El Llamado
Whistles, instructions
2020
Commissioned by Maison des Arts Georges & Claude Pompidou
Centre D’Art Contemporain
Résidences Internacionales D’Artistes
El Llamado
Whistles, instructions
2020
Commissioned by Maison des Arts Georges & Claude Pompidou
Centre D’Art Contemporain
Résidences Internacionales D’Artistes
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Martine Michard
Yann Leguay
Kata Królikowska
El Llamado is a performative work for solo or multiple voices.
The work is produced with whistles of different sizes, materials and shapes used to acoustically explore the landscape and the architectural qualities of the location. Its duration, format and number of performers are adapted according to the context where the work is exhibited.
In 2020, for the exhibition Sol Infini curated by Martine Michard, without public announcement, during the exhibition period, a solo performer activated a whistle for 60 minutes every day at Saint-Cirq-Lapopie located at the Lot department in southwestern France, offering an unexpected and incidental encounter in a highly visited location.
In the same context, through an amplification system discreetly installed in four points of the town, recordings made with a selection of whistles were amplified 24 hours a day. A sound installation in public space that offers an ambiguous situation to question the verisimilitude of what is heard.
For the production of this work, whistles have been acquired in Austria, Germany, Italy, China, Spain, Greece, Hong Kong, Portugal, France, India, Mexico, United States, Poland, Czech Republic, Russia, Japan and Nepal.