A pamphlet is available that sets out all the technical details for setting up and transport, as well as the rates for hiring the exhibition.Caesar, who earned his name from his delivery by Caesarian section, was born at the L.A. A gigantic work.” Daniel Gérard Information A message that was strong, yet subtle.Gilles Martin manages the feat of brilliantly renewing his approach. The scenography was extremely explicit: there is a warning message before you go in to look upon the coffin…There followed a funeral ceremony for the last gorilla, who died in 2027. “ For me, Gilles Martin’s Memorial Exhibition on the last silverback was like an earthquake. To close the ceremony, Gilles Martin gives a funeral oration to honour the memory of Kolinga one last time.
Before burial, solemn homage is paid to the gorilla by a storyteller reciting Kolinga’s memoirs.
The procession leaves the funeral parlour and ends at Kolinga’s tomb.
Next, they form a cortege that follows the coffin, which is carried by six bearers dressed in black. Initially, guests spend a moment of silence before the gorilla’s remains in the funeral parlour. The public invited to the Happening “ 2027 – Memoirs of a silverback” will take part in Kolinga’s symbolic burial. The event can take place on the date of the private view. The chronology uses twenty dates to takes us through Kolinga’s life, from birth in Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo to death in 2027. On the walls, Gilles Martin presents an exhibition of 50 black-and-white pictures. He tells his story, his childhood, his survival in the forest, and the extinction of his fellows… FunerariumĪn imposing USA-style coffin, silver in colour, stands in the middle of the funerarium. Before dying, Kolinga calls to mind his past. Kolinga, the last representative of the mountain gorillas, has just been killed by a hail of bullets from a Kalashnikov machine gun fired by a poacher. The story: the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), November 2027. On its front face, spectators can reach the memoirs of Kolinga, the dead gorilla. The memorial is set opposite the cemetery. The event can be held both inside and outside. The crosses are identical and aligned in neat rows, as in a USA war cemetery. The cemetery is made up of 130 crosses (or more, depending on the space available). Humans and gorillas share almost 99% of their genes that genetic closeness reinforces the troubling sense of belonging. The staging, heavy with symbolism, calls forth emotion, and, like a deforming mirror, it propels us – regardless of our beliefs – to our own deaths or to those of beings who are dear to us. To mark spirits and to ensure that the public is anchored in 2027, the presentation panel for the exhibition is a giant obituary notice that announces the extinction of the last mountain gorilla. Before he died, he left to living beings the memoirs of his life in the Congo cloud forest… Obituary notice The Memorial Exhibition “2027 – Memoirs of a silverback” is a funerary sanctuary set up in honour of Kolinga the silverback. A sanctuary for KolingaĪn indoor or outdoor exhibition. The orangutan, the bonobo, the chimpanzee, and the gorilla are amongst those species threatened with extinction in the short term if exceptional protection measures are not put in place as a matter of utmost urgency.īased on that finding and in order to give a jolt to consciences, the photographic Happening “ 2027 – Memoirs of a silverback ” projects spectators into the future: on 1 st November 2027, the last representative of the mountain gorilla species called Gorilla beringei beringei dies, killed by poachers. The scientific community is unanimous: several species of primates are at risk of becoming extinct in their natural habitats in the next 10 to 15 years.
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