Babel, le fleuve des oiseaux

Volières |
from 13 to 29 octobre 2017

Installation on the dock and the edge of river the Rhône betwee 15 and 45 dock Augagneur 69003 LYON
from 13 to 29 octobrer
collective creation presented by the Anteprima Company
with the young unaccompanied minors of the group A bottle at the sea
artistic coordination Antonella Amirante

artistic conception Perrine Lacroix
sound creation Nicolas Maisse
author Simon Grangeat

with Abasse, Ahmed, Ahmed Oui Al Assane, Baba, Baba Sadou, Dragana, Gaoussou D, Gaoussou, Ibrahim, Idrissa, Inza, Ismaël, Jules, Lancei, Marius, Massaliou, Moussa, Noumory, Ouili, Ousmane, Siriki, Sofia, Momo


This project follows the exchanges with the young people where evocations to the birds have often appeared.

They have built more than 35 nesting boxes, which, along with the Rhone, are on the trajectory of migratory birds. So these young migrants, waiting for housing, made shelters for migratory birds. This metaphorical parallel reminds us that migration is a natural phenomenon. Like birds, man has always migrated. Palaeontologists believe that Homo sapiens owes its survival to its ability to migrate. This enabled him to respond to the glaciations and heat wave of the last hundred thousand years. People continue to migrate for different reasons, depending on the region. Few things change, except our apprehension and political decisions.

On the banks of the Rhone are two large metallic structures. One is on the water, an empty aviary inhabited by the sky. The other invites passers-by to stop, settle and listen to the voices of Abasse, Ahmed, Ahmed Yes Al Assane, Baba, Baba Sadou, Dragana, Gaoussou D, Gaoussou, Ibrahim, Idrissa, Inza, Ismael, Lancei, Marius, Massaliou, Moussa, Noumory, Ouili, Ousmane, Siriki, Sofia, Momo