French artist Abraham Poincheval has emerged from living inside a rock for seven days.

Poincheval spent the last week in a body-shaped slot carved out from a limestone rock.

He ate stewed fruit and purees in a stone equipped with an air vent and personal items like a log book.

Poincheval said he hopes th experiement will have helped him to explore varying concepts of time for different species and natural objects in his performances.

The artist is no stranger to living inside enclosed spaces.

Poincheval spent 13 days living inside a hollowed-out bear sculpture in Paris's Museum of Hunting and Nature in April 2014, eating worms and beetles to mirror a bear's diet.

His next feat will be to mimic a hen by incubating eggs until they hatch.