Mumble of the Homecoming Oak

Immersive installation w/ sound vibration

Lyon, FR
2022

In Mumble of the Homecoming Oak, Nadia Kaabi-Linke draws a parallel between the displacements endured by trees endemic to the Lyon area because of industrial forestry and the loss of loved ones. During several workshops, the area’s residents revealed the skeletons of collected oak leaves. Participants who dedicated their leaves to a deceased person have entrusted their intimate and often painful memories of losses. The inner sounds of their bodies, like heartbeats, blood streams inside their veins, diaphragmatic percussions, etc., were converted into vibrations resonating through the tree’s branches and leaves. In the installation, the tree became a medium for the human spirit as it synchronized the pulse of the skeleton leaves with the participant’s intimate memories carried by their body’s inner voices.

The animation of the oak tree through bodily sounds expressing personal feelings reminds us how much all organic processes, human individuals, animals, plants, and even death transcending commemorations, relate through the metabolism of nature. Treating the various forms that death can take, Kaabi-Linke embraces the tree-of-life symbol, which is familiar to many cultures around the world, bringing nature and trees back into our lives and collective awareness.

3-Dimensional Timebased

Media
Immersive installation with sound

Dimensions
variable

Exhibition
Manifesto of Fragility – 16th Lyon Biennial
14/09 – 31/12/2022

Pdf (online)
Mumble of the Homecoming Oak – Portfolio

Collection
MAC Lyon

Links
Paul Ardenne, Art Press, 07/10/2022
#Veduta – Artist Residencies
Manifesto of Fragility – 16th Lyon Biennial

A detail of Mumble of the Homecoming Oak (2022). The immersive installation was realized as an intervention at the former Union building of the old Fagor Factory in Lyon. Today the building is abandoned while the larger factory halls are used for different purposes.

©Photo: Blandine Soulage, 2022

Immersive view from the opposite site of the room.

©Photo: Blandine Soulage, 2022

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We developed a sound installation without sound. It is all about vibrations.

As part of a Veduta workshop, artist Nadia Kaabi-Linke invited residents to collect oak leaves which will be transformed to integrate her work presented during the Biennale!

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Nadia Kaabi-Linke and David Pivot (Office national des forêts, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) on the project Mumble of the Homecoming Oak.

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#Veduta Rétrospective |2021 – 2022

The Veduta residency program partnered with the 16th Lyon Biennial and supported the production of the site-specific installation.

Thank you, Veduta!

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