Oliver Beer – Resonance Project: The Cave

Oliver Beer's video opera was filmed in prehistoric south-western France, amid some of the world's oldest cave paintings. In the work, eight singers perform the earliest musical memories of their childhood. Lullabies, folk songs and voodoo melodies sounding in the work surround you and convey the experience of a cave that only a few are able to enter. The work features the musicians Rufus Wainwright, Woodkid, eee gee, Mélissa Laveaux, Hamed Sinno, Jean Christophe Brizard, Mo'Ju and Michiko Takahashi. Beer taught them to make use of the cave's natural acoustics, which amplify the sound many times over. For the work, Beer arranged a new multi-voiced whole from their songs. The installation consists of 16 audio channels and eight video projections. The exhibition also includes Beer's paintings, which he made by moving pigment on canvas using the vibration produced by sound.