Berceuse pour un paysage

forty tubular bells in oxidized brass

David Horvitz chose an element of the Breton intangible culture as the raw material for  Berceuse pour un paysage (Berceuse for a landscape). The installation consists of forty tubular bells, suspended from the framework of the building, which compose the notes of the traditional melody  Luskellerez Vor (Berceuse de la Mer), (Lullaby of the Sea). The whole was oxidized by rain, cider vinegar and seawater. Over the duration of the exhibition, the bells are activated on two occasions by professional musicians during performances. The rest of the time, visitors have the opportunity to make them sound using driftwood collected on Breton beaches. Everyone can thus propose an interpretation of the lullaby, at their own pace and measure, by positioning themselves in the center of the loop.