Venue
Death has not ended the lives of these owls. Removed from their original habitats, they continue another existence as museum specimens, their bodies sustaining the appearance of life long after death. Drawn from the vast ornithological collections of the Musée des Confluences, they bring together species that vary widely in size and appearance. From small woodland owls to imposing eagle owls and snowy owls of the Arctic, they reflect the breadth of biodiversity preserved within the collection. Across many cultures, owls have acted as messengers between the worlds of the living and the dead. These specimens now undertake another passage, carrying bodies once animated by flight into the museum, where death becomes a condition of knowledge.
Collection of Musée des Confluences, Lyon
Discover also
- Passer d'un rêve à l'autre / To pass from one dream to another
Robert Filliou – Idiot ici, idiot là, ample food for stupid thought, 1977
Museum of Contemporary Art of Lyon (macLyon)
- Passer d'un rêve à l'autre / To pass from one dream to another
Robert Filliou – L’Histoire chuchotée de l’art, 1995
Museum of Contemporary Art of Lyon (macLyon)
- Passer d'un rêve à l'autre / To pass from one dream to another
Álvaro Urbano – Untitled, 2026
Museum of Contemporary Art of Lyon (macLyon)
- Passer d'un rêve à l'autre / To pass from one dream to another
Robert Filliou & George Brecht – Affiche pour Banqueroute, La Cédille qui Sourit, 1968
Museum of Contemporary Art of Lyon (macLyon)
- Passer d'un rêve à l'autre / To pass from one dream to another
Hayley Millar Baker – She was like the lizard that fell into the water and became a crocodile, 2025
Museum of Contemporary Art of Lyon (macLyon)
- Passer d'un rêve à l'autre / To pass from one dream to another
Timo Hogan – Lake Baker, 2021
Museum of Contemporary Art of Lyon (macLyon)
- Passer d'un rêve à l'autre / To pass from one dream to another
Huda Takriti – once upon a time they thought the end would come from above, 2026
Museum of Contemporary Art of Lyon (macLyon)
- Passer d'un rêve à l'autre / To pass from one dream to another
Brilant Milazimi – Saturn, 2026
Brilant Milazimi – Untitled, 2026
Museum of Contemporary Art of Lyon (macLyon)
- Passer d'un rêve à l'autre / To pass from one dream to another
Mónica Mays – Engine, 2025
Museum of Contemporary Art of Lyon (macLyon)