This variation of the “Garden of Sensations” was created especially for children and impeded people with little live artistic and immersive experience.

 

MINIATURE GARDENS : AN ADAPTED  WORK

 

MUSICAL CONCEPT : The artist reused the real /virtual score concept of the “Garden of Sensations”.

 

PLASTIC CONCEPT : Rather than diverting objects, the installation inspires participants to create original objects with a poetical feel .

The experience presented to younger audiences mixes touch with music and vibrations and lets children, and those with little exposure to art, discover and appreciate an original art work.

This installation gives hearing-impaired audiences the chance to experience music through feeling vibrations, or neurologically-impaired people that to experience music by feeling air being blown, making it possible for them to share in an artistic experience that before may have been out of bounds. Miniature Gardens creates a poetical, musical and playful approach to experiencing one’s environment, offering a space for exploring  sensation.

 

Associated with original sounds, these sensations create a link with our own nature by evoking dreamy gardens. By presenting the audience with multiple entries for perceiving artistic work, Miniature Gardens creates an atmosphere conducive to turning within, rediscovering sensations for some, opening to the world for others.

The installation is made up of 4 modules: Soundbox, Sound Slippers, Dream Pillows and Singing umbrellas.

 

A 2-PART  WORK

 

Part 1: Listening to a musical piece

Part 2: Interacting with the audience

 

The musical performance opens a sound experience led by a musician and a guide.

 

The musician presents each module by means of an associated musical piece. A “guide” follows him or her and invites the audience to interact with the installation. The musician goes from one module to the other and offers his musical interpretation of the sound worlds in the installation. At the end of this guided tour, each participant is left to experiment with the textures, actions and sound universes of the installation at his own pace or in her own way, in a leisurely stroll driven by music and curiosity.

 

Duration: 30 minutes

Audience minimum playtime: 20 minutes

Capacity : 25 people max.