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Jean Dubuffet, The Exemplary Life of the Soil (Texturology LXIII) 1958
Jean Dubuffet
The Exemplary Life of the Soil (Texturology LXIII)
 1958
Vie exemplaire du sol (Texturologie LXIII)
Oil on canvas

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These pictures show some of the materials from which sound samples were taken. The computer-generated soundscape that you hear in this track was made by Lotto Lab.

Dried soil
Hitting dried soil with a drumstick
Opening a bottle of water
Opening a bottle of carbonated water
Flicking a brass funnel
Flicking a brass funnel

A Geiger counter on a saucer
A Geiger counter on a saucer
Glass spheres in a jar
Glass spheres in a jar
Tapping aluminium honeycomb
Tapping aluminium honeycomb
Tate conservators brush The Exemplary Life of The Soil
Tate conservators brush The Exemplary Life of The Soil
The striking of a match
The striking of a match
The crunching of a sugar cube
The crunching of a sugar cube