Les deux paysages
sound piece and book
2022
exhibition LBO centre d’art, Ehpad Les Blés d’Or, Saint-Baldoph, 2022 (cur. Mohamed El Khatib, Valérie Mréjen)
coproduction Malraux scène nationale Chambéry Savoie/Ehpad Les Blés d’Or/Compagnie Zirlib
a project carried out as part of a program to support artistic creation Mondes Nouveaux
–
The project Les deux paysages is tied to the context of the exhibition
at the Ephad Les Blés d’Or and is intended, first and foremost,
for the people who live or work there, and secondarily, for visitors.
It consists of two works: a landscape to listen to and a landscape to read.
These two works share the same theme—stories of landscapes—
but are independent of one another; they have no direct connection
in terms of materials or creative processes, and are meant to be
experienced separately.
ddddd
ddd
Il y a (panorama)
sound piece
2002/2022
standing in front of a landscape and listening through headphones
ssss
On the second floor of the building, at the end of a hallway and facing
the mountain, there is a slightly secluded spot—a potential place for contemplation and listening.
On a small shelf next to a chair specially placed facing the window, an audio player and headphones are provided for listening (voluntarily and alone) to a vocal, landscape-inspired, musical, and silent composition.
Il y a (panorama) is a composition originally created in 2002, remixed, expanded, and set to music in 2022 as a new version. In this reimagining, a child’s voice—the narrative’s guiding thread—describes, fragment
by fragment, various aspects and details of a landscape.
We do not know whether this landscape is real or imaginary, unique or composite, present, remembered, or invented. The voice is set against scenic backdrops, whose shifting and varied geography—evoked by a few sounds and noises—cannot be precisely pinpointed. A few musical elements punctuate the narrative, giving it its rhythm and breathing space.
hhh
preliminary sketch of a first design option with speakers
ddd
excerpt
ddd
fff
ddd
set design Louise Sari / photos 1-3-4-5 D.P. / 2 Yohanne Lamoulère
dddd
Un paysage
book
2022
freely accessible on-site
ddd
Landscape to read: a long collective landscape poem.
During visits to the nursing home, a few residents opened their doors to us. We talked, and some of the conversations were recorded
(in collaboration with Charlotte Imbault) to serve as the material
—not for a sound composition, but for a transcription and then a written piece.
The conversations centered on the concept of landscape.
Several attempts at description brought to light a number of landscapes—both present and past—that had been traversed, inhabited, recalled, dreamed of, or imagined. From these recorded and subsequently transcribed accounts, certain words and phrases were selected
and isolated to be incorporated into a long, written, landscape-inspired, and collaborative composition.
Black & White
105 x 148 mm
28 pages
jjj
photos D.P.
ff
about
– catalogue of the exhibition, text by Dominique Petitgand, Atelier EXB, 2023, Fr.
– audio-guide for the visit of the exhibition, created by Camille Nauffray, with the voice of Frédéric Pierrot, 2022, Fr.