baptiste leroux

Close-up of the artwork, a circular metal object with abstract patterns on its surface

T.O. 1139

2020 — Narrative sound sculpture

T.O.1139 is a black box. Its shape is reminiscent of a gramophone cylinder, a Walkman or a CD player. The viewer/listener can listen to a scientist’s logbook. During a monitoring mission on a landfill planet, he discovers a form of life. The user is invited to touch the five metal pieces to navigate between the audio clips of this science fiction story.

Materials

Aluminium
Wood
Electronics
Sound

Collaborators

Thanks to Birane Ba and Pierre Leray for their performances.
Thanks to Lucas Marchetti for the composition, mixing and arrangements.

Exhibited at

Scène de Recherche as part of the Science Festival, October 2022
Météorites entre Ciel et Terre, Le Havre Natural History Museum, as part of the Heritage Nights programmes, September 2022

A spectator wearing headphones presses a button on the artwork to switch audio tracks

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