L'ÎLE AUX CHIENS
L'île aux chiens is a geolocated audio drama that takes you on a walk among the ghosts, plunges you into the mysteries of la Citadelle de Marseille and sheds light on a little-known episode shrouded in fantasy and suspicion: the occupation of the Citadelle by hundreds of animals under the aegis of the Armed Forces Health and Veterinary Service from 1978 to 2011.
In this geolocated sound fiction, author Valérie Manteau invites you to explore the sensitive areas of shadow that remain in the interstices of Marseille's grand heroic history, which was written stone by stone in the fort. A walk among ghosts that plunges you into the mysteries of the Citadelle and sheds light on a little-known episode, surrounded by fantasies and suspicions: the occupation of the Citadelleby hundreds of animals, under the auspices of the Army Health and Veterinary Service from 1978 to 2011.
By choosing to entrust its evocation to a civilian intervener, a simple dog walker, this geotagged audio fiction, embodied at human scale, will accompany your stroll while attempting to lift the veil on these taboos protected by the walls that stand at the heart of the city.
Geolocated sound journeys
Geolocated sound fictions, comparable to a radio fiction, a podcast, or an audiobook, are composed of original works (literary and musical) custom-made by artists (author and composer) for a given territory, according to its configuration, history, and constraints, and always in direct relation with its inhabitants.
Geolocated sound fictions are available for listening on your smartphone by downloading the GOH mobile application.
Les Ensembles 2.2
A creative studio working in the field of sound and hybrid arts. Ensembles 2.2 specializes in designing projects for public spaces. As experts in the field of sound, we conceive, produce, support, and distribute multifaceted creations: compositions, concerts, installations, and sound journeys. Our works are the result of precise and accessible artistic work, accompanied by a territorial approach and tailored mediation services.
A partnership between the Marseille Citadelleand Ensembles 2.2.
Text by Valérie Manteau
Directed by Gaëtan Gromer
Music by Gaëtan Gromer, Antoine Spindler
Voices by Stina Soliva et Matëo Granger (français) ; Ella Perrin et Richard Doust (english)
Sound recording & mixing Antoine Spindler
Photo by la Citadelle de Marseille
Application GOH
Executive Producer les Ensembles 2.2
Partners La Citadelle de Marseille, Chroniques Biennale des Imaginaires Numériques, Radio Grenouille
With the support of Ville de Strasbourg, Région Grand-Est, la CEA, FEDER and DRAC Grand-Est.
How to launch the sound journet once at the Citadelle ?
- Download the GOH application
- Launch the application
- Select the journey - the closest one to you will appear first
- Put on your headphones
- Start listening
- Head towards one of the visible bubbles on the map (some will appear as you walk)