Long brass ribbons, like a canopy, overhang Théodore Reinach's bed. They are embossed with a long musical score that is deeply linked to his personal history: the Delphic hymns.
These verses were discovered during excavations at Delphi in 1893, engraved on a marble wall. Reinach transcribed them, giving to the modern listener access for the first time to the sounds of ancient Greek music. The musical notation, here faithfully reproduced, was done by means of small letters inscribed above the chant to be sung. "Listen" is the first word of the Hymns.

‘The ancient world never existed, but, undoubtedly, we dreamt it, once said Fellini about his movie The Satyricon. We could propose the opposite here: the ancient world existed, because we heard it, and read it, and picked it.

Embossed brass strips, steel structure
Strips: 15 300 cm
Structure ± 284 x 100 cm