Céleste Boursier-Mougenot

Trained as a musician and composer, French artist Céleste Boursier-Mougenot creates works by drawing on the rythms of daily life to produce sound in unexpected ways. His installation for The Curve takes the form of a walkthrough aviary for a flock of zebra finches, furnished with electric guitars and other instruments and objects. As the birds go about their routine activities, perching on or feeding from the various pieces of equipment, they create a captivating, live soundscape.

Céleste Boursier-Mougenot
New Commission for The Curve
27 February 2010 – 23 May 2010
Barbican Art Gallery
Silk St
London EC2Y 8DS
Free admission
Open daily 11am-8pm
Open late every Thu until 10pm