Nabaztag Opera (English subtitled)

Nabaz'mob, opera for 100 smart rabbits
by Antoine SCHMITT and Jean-Jacques BIRGE
http://www.nabazmob.com

Filmed by Françoise Romand

A coproduction Violet - Web Flash Festival,
created at the Centre Georges Pompidou on May 27th 2006
after an original idea by Guylaine Monnier

Choreography and music by Antoine Schmitt and Jean-Jacques Birgé

100 Nabaztag smart rabbits, brought by their owners, did meet at Centre Pompidou, in the same spirit of the flashmobs, to all play together an opera specially composed by Antoine Schmitt et Jean-Jacques Birgé.
Inviting John Cage, Steve Reich, Conlon Nancarrow and György Ligeti, this musical and choreographic partition in three movements, transmitted via wi-fi, plays on the tension between the music ensemble communion and individual behavior to create a strong and involved showpiece.
Computer indiscipline is the subject of this opera, a desire to be together and the difficulty to do it.

ARS ELECTRONICA Award of Distinction Digital Musics 2009

Film:
#5 of Top 10 YouTube Videos About Internet of Things
Nominated star video on Daily Motion

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• nabaz'mob
• nabazmob
• nabaztag
• birge
• schmitt
• romand
• rabbits
• opera
• birgé

[androctonus7]

90 were brought by their private owners, 10 by Violet (among which the black one which was a prototype !)

[elladik]

do you know that nabastag means a hare in armenian!

[androctonus7]

Yes. Of course ! The founder of Violet who invented the smart rabbit is Armenian...

[Fl0werp0werz]

AAh I want one! And you can buy all sorts of ears on sites ;)

[KendoNatsumi]

Man I love these bunnies. My friend very French and has a house in France, showed me these last year and now I'm getttin' one! x3

(Well probably just the nano:ztag but whatever XD)

[Xenothetrue]

Why 100 ? In the dialogue, he says : "90 lapins"

[NabaztagTag]

There is a black rabbit in the center at time 0:23. What is that? A mood-Nabaztag?

[NabaztagTag]

che belli i conigli!!!!!

[MarydoBruno]

we've got a rabbit and plenty of ears!

[isagreeneyes]

OOH this is SCARY! I'm going to have nightmares for a long time now*Cries* Soo wierd

[jelainchua]

how were they able to make the rabbits play? was there a wifi connection there somewhere? hehe! cute bunnies :))

[P3FOYFN]

It'd be cool if each one played the sound of a single instrument. Like a Nabaztag orchestra.

[dupa50000]

eeeeeee?