During my stay on Vassivière, I portrayed the island in a number of interventions, performances and sound explorations. ‘Paysage Fusillé’ originated whilst hearing the reverberations of a gunshot, fired somewhere around the lake. Together with a local hunter, Yannick, I explored the island by night, whilst he released shots from different positions on the island. There were eighteen shots. Each position provoked different echoes; their sounds reflecting the contours of the landscape.

A visual translation of the echoes in sonar graphics was realised by Michel Legris, professor in hydro-acoustics. He conducts research of the lake, a valley which was flooded in the 1940’s to serve for the production of hydro-electricity. The landscape is burdened through human behaviour: a shot landscape.