Clément Édouard FR
Invu [ARCHIPEL]
Sound Installation
Saturday 24 October from 2 pm to 10 pm
Sunday 25 October from 2 pm to 6 pm
Friche la Belle de Mai
Module
Marseille
Performances by Isabel Sörling as part of the installation on Saturday 24 October from 4 pm to 8 pm and on Sunday 25 October from 2 pm to 6 pm.
Free entry
Friday 30 and Saturday 31 October, from 7 pm to 11 pm
Musée Granet
Aix-en-Provence
En partenariat avec Arts Vivants Aix
Performances by Isabel Sörling as part of the installation on Friday 30 and Saturday 31 October from 7 pm to 10 pm.
Free admission
The installation brings together an ancient world that is fading away and a world that is as yet undefined, one that may emerge through listening and movement.
Seven ceramic sculptures inhabited by voices make up [Invu] ARCHIPEL. Their forms were created from the sound waves of the voices they emit. One remains stationary, in the centre; its voice gradually fades away. The other six can be touched, picked up, moved and brought closer together by the public. Their movements alter the soundscape and the flow of the voices through the space.
Melodies pass from one voice to another, shifting and transforming as they go. Little by little, a collective composition takes shape and opens up a shared space – at once fragile and powerful – where the bonds that are forged become a source of strength.
During certain performances, the singer Isabel Sörling joins the voices of the installation live.
Cast
Concept and composition — Clément Édouard
Object design and set design — Eva Vedel
Voice and performance — Isabel Sörling
Sound design — Antoine Gonot, Mattéo Fayet
Recorded voices — STIMMLIPPE Ensemble (Gilles Poizat, Marie Nachury, Anne Davienne, Greg Gilg, Vivianne Balsiger) and Borja Flames
Lyrics — Inspired by the poems of the sculptor Antoine Bourdelle
Mentions
A project by the CHRONIQUES CRÉATIONS Platform.
Production : Compagnie Mage
Coproduction : GMEM – Centre national de création musicale de Marseille, Rotondes – Explorations Culturelles (Luxembourg), GMEA – Centre National de Création Musical d’Albi and CHRONIQUES, a regional centre for creative work in the digital environment – SUD Region – Provence-Alpes-Côte-d’Azur, as part of the Biennale des Imaginaires Numériques.
Avec le soutien de la Région Rhône-Alpes-Auvergne, la DRAC Rhône-Alpes-Auvergne, la Maison de la Musique Contemporaine, la SACEM, la Spedidam, l’Adami. Dispositif sonore développé en collaboration avec l’IRCAM, Paris
Clément Édouard
A composer and audio artist, Clément Édouard focuses on the nature of sound, his field of vibration and his perception, and his relationship with natural places and materials to create listening experiences that are simultaneously imaginary, physical, internal… He fosters a unique relationship with the vocal and the subtle, and delves particularly into notions of lightness and intensity, of the presence/absence of natural/composed echoes. His approach looks like an exploration, which he indulges by discerning zones of shadow, identifying mysteries, and by mapping it out.
