Gilberte 3000
The Cosmic Caravan — a mobile sensory laboratory, a musical odyssey
The Cosmic Caravan Gilberte 3000 is an immersive installation that recontextualises a 1970s family caravan as a mobile sensory laboratory.
Conceived by artists and musicians Xavier Cormier and Guillaume Milochau, this total artwork invites participants to become actors in a motionless odyssey through ever-shifting soundscapes and visual terrains.
The set-up
The caravan doesn't broadcast sound — it resonates. Its outer skin is by visual artist Marek Missal.
The caravan resonates
Hidden audio exciters are built into the walls; the caravan literally vibrates. Beforehand, visitors chat with Gilberte on their phones — her poetic words encourage them to dare to take the mic.
Soundscapes
Field recording, modular synthesiser, guitar, voice. Each session improvises a conversation with Gilberte and produces a soundscape that exists in the present moment.
Outdoor projection
At nightfall, Gilberte 3000 lights up like a lighthouse. The video feed runs through TouchDesigner — mapping, slit scan, feedback.
Gilberte 3000 sets us on the threshold between the visible and the invisible.
Configurations
Three ways of inhabiting space, from the intimate to the monumental — and a show in progress.
- 01 Standalone caravan Visitors step in, pick up a mic and move between sound stations — field recordings, radio archives, words from the poetic chatbot, ambient music.Festivals, gardens, public squares
- 02 Concert and projection An outdoor live concert; the caravan becomes a projection surface. Guitar, voice, modular synth and field recordings.Outdoor night, exhibition space, art centre
- 03 Intimate concert Inside the caravan: modular synth, spoken word and voice. Every sound, every breath inhabits the space.Gallery, industrial wasteland, large hall
- 04 Le Voyage Live performance in development: Sony Trinitron CRT, surveillance camera, modular synth, guitar, stained glass.Show and residencies — in progress
Dates
- Gilberte 3000 — soloLe Gros Lot, Gennevilliers — solo live set with projection mapping 3 October 2026
- Le Gros Lot openingLe Gros Lot, Gennevilliers — new version, live concert with Xavier Cormier · video ↗ 27 June 2026
- PODADA 2025Boucle Nord de Seine — standalone caravan October 2025
- Artists' fair, 2nd editionT2G Théâtre de Gennevilliers — standalone caravan · programme ↗ 5 July 2025
- Le Sacre du Gros LotLe Gros Lot, Gennevilliers — open studios October 2024
Credits
- Concept
- Xavier Cormier (House of pan !) and Guillaume Milochau
- Audio compositions
- Praxed
- Outer skin
- Marek Missal
- Photos
- Brian Ravaux, Guillaume Milochau