2024
For the past 40 years, bird populations in Europe have declined by 25% due to intensive agriculture and pesticide use.
The decline of bird species specialized in agricultural environments has been particularly severe. Their 32.5% decrease in France between 2001 and 2024, representing the disappearance of several million birds, reveals the profound impact of the current agricultural model on living systems.
This decline may feel closer to us, more visible, than that of other species also affected by human activity, because all we have to do is look up at the sky or listen to notice an absence.
What remains of living beings when they gradually disappear from our environment? Anatomical plates, text, photographs, sounds. These archives are now digital. We are replacing vanished life, often lost because of human actions, with digital data.
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Electro birds song created with #SunoAI
Graphics made with #Midjourney, animated and synchronized with the music thanks to a custom made Python program.