AudiOs guides
One Os-dioguide is a kind of audio guide produced by a group of people, young and old, who describe and analyze a place, a work of art, a landscape, etc. – a commentary recorded in advance that visitors can listen to later while looking at something, similar to the audio guides found in museums or historical sites, but with a slight difference: while these "traditional" portable devices are produced by professionals in history or tourism (or both), the idea is that this ephemeral group of commentators, with the help of an artist, creates a sound object resembling an audio guide, but which in fact recounts their personal relationship to the place, work, or landscape chosen, combining official history, personal narrative, and critical analysis.
Short audio-guided tour of the Louvre Museum
In partnership with the Théâtre de la Ville (Paris) and the Louvre Museum
Restitution as part of Museum Night on May 14, 2022
By a10thgrade class at Maurice Ravel High School, led by Gaëlle Bourges
High school students from Paris's 12th arrondissement met with Bertrand Brie, Gaëlle Bourges, and Stéphane Monteiro to discuss the show OVTR (ON VA TOUT RENDRE) : after workshops on critical analysis, writing, and sound creation, they produced a sound object resembling an audio guide—an Os-dioguide! – which offers a tour of the Greek antiquities department. This audio guide focuses less on the history of the works and more on the students' personal relationship with the place and what they discovered there, giving pride of place to their critical thinking.
Project led by Bertrand Brie, Gaëlle Bourges, and Stéphane Monteiro
Teenagers hiding behind Diane ©Gaëlle Bourges
The audio tour of the Louvre can be done using your phone and headphones. You can download the audio guide by scanning the QR code.