Art Of The Day Weekly

Animal voices

PARIS - We have all heard the croaking of frogs, the squawk of crows or the clear whistle of the blackbird in the spring. But then, city dwellers are increasingly disconnected from nature. That is why the Fondation Cartier is offering an accelerated initiation to whistles and grunts, through the work that bio-acoustics specialist Bernie Krause has developed for decades by recording the sounds of the inhabitants of woods and plains. This is a good opportunity, with the paintings, installations and scientific photographs put in to enrich the exhibition, to remind everyone that our own survival depends on that of the animal world that surrounds us.
• Le grand orchestre des animaux at the Fondation Cartier, from 2 July 2016 to 8 January 2017.

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