"Les Archives du Coeur" - Addition of heartbeats from three countries to Christian Boltanski's archive on Teshima

Christian Boltanski has been recording heartbeats around the world and archiving them in "Les Archives du Coeur", a museum located on Teshima where visitors can listen to any human pulse recorded for this ongoing project.

3,568 heartbeats from three European countries have just been added to the archive. These heartbeats were recorded between March 2012 and January 2014 in Finland, Germany and Greece in the venues below, and can now be listened to on Teshima.

■Venue: IHME Project 2012
Location: Joensuu Regional Library, Joensuu, Finland
Recording period: March 12 - April 1, 2012
Number of recordings: 356 heartbeats

■Venue: IHME Project 2012
Location： Rovaniemi City Library, Rovaniemi、Finland
Recording period: March 12 - April 1, 2012
Number of recordings: 604 heartbeats

■Venue: Christian Boltanski Bewegt
Location: Wolfsburg Kunstmuseum, Wolfsburg、Germany
Recording period: March 1 - July 21, 2013
Number of recordings: 172 heartbeats

■Venue: Christian Boltanski Eyes
Location: Onassis Cultural Centre, Athens, Greece
Recording period: October 8, 2013 - January 12, 2014
Number of recordings: 2,436 heartbeats