Céleste Boursier-Mougenot

 
Known for installations that are as much auditory as visual, Céleste Boursier-Mougenot (born 1961 in Nice) is an artist and composer based in Sete (France). First trained as a musician at the Conservatory for Music in Nice, he began his career as a composer for the Pascal Rambert theatre company. His most well known piece, from here to ear (1999-2014), fills a room with chromatically tuned, amplified electric guitars and flock of finches. The birds create sound both through their own calls and their interaction with the instruments. The resulting aleatory music recalls John Cage's compositions, and a sonic environment that has its roots in everything from the 1960s experiments of La Monte Young to the more recent work of artists like Susan Hiller.
 
Céleste Boursier-Mougenot - Behavioral Objects I - A Case Study
2016
English edition
Sternberg Press - Monographs and artists' books
An introduction to the notion of behavioral object based upon a case study on three emblematic works by Céleste Boursier-Mougenot.
Céleste Boursier-Mougenot -
2015
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Palais de Tokyo (Paris)
Palais de Tokyo - Monographs (coedition Les presses du réel)
New monograph.
Céleste Boursier-Mougenot - Tombeau - Autour des œuvres de Céleste Boursier-Mougenot
2015
bilingual edition (English / French)
Immédiats / Analogues - Monographs
Drawing relations between writers' quotes and the works of Céleste Boursier-Mougenot (with a text by Benoît Viguier).
Céleste Boursier-Mougenot - Rêvolutions
2015
bilingual edition (English / French)
Immédiats / Analogues - Monographs
An extensive documentation on Céleste Boursier-Mougenot's installation for the French Pavilion of the 56th International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale.
Céleste Boursier-Mougenot - Perturbations
2015
bilingual edition (English / French)
Immédiats / Analogues - Monographs
sold out
New monograph.
Céleste Boursier-Mougenot - Etats seconds + Perturbations (special offer)
2015
bilingual edition (English / French)
Immédiats / Analogues - Monographs
64.00 54.00 €
Special offer: the two complementary monographs États seconds and Perturbations.
Céleste Boursier-Mougenot - Etats seconds
2008
bilingual edition (English / French)
Immédiats / Analogues - Monographs
First monograph on Céleste Boursier-Mougenot, conceived by the French artist/musician, adapting in the book format his sound installations.
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