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Mutek set-up

May 27th, 2010

I took the day to prepare my audio set-up for mutek Ectoplasm3, curated by eric mattson _ june 3th. I will improvise with Jean-Pierre AubÃ© that will use live frequency interference captations. Kind of airwaves spy. On my side, I will create some tectonic ambiances ( large scale motions of Earth’s lithosphere ) from my field recordings archive. To play with these field recordings, I set-up today a special EctoPlate instrument that can produce friction texture’s and can also activate ( by few pressure sensors ) my field recordings.
There some picts of my today laboratory. If the tests are fairly conclusive, I will improve this tectonic instrument for next Thursday. I recorded also my first test improvisation, it’s near near 35min. I like very much the overall feel.
Ecto JamSolo 01eq

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accordeons adventure

May 25th, 2010

With the beautifull weather, we decided this week end going to Montmagny _ a little city near Quebec city. One reason was taking time in the countryside for the birthday anniversary of Eva ::: and on the other end because she finded for my new installation series call WINDFIELDS lots of used accordeons near the accordeon museum of montmagny. We didn’t know this little village is a very important place for the accordeon international communauty. She organise for me an appointment with one of the best artisanal accordeon builder and repair shop. I was very happy to bring back lots of old and beautifull accordeons. This installation in plan to be presented in september in Korea.

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Back from geneva

May 19th, 2010

hey ! I’m just back from Mapping festival in Geneva_switzerland. It was a great edition for Mapping. New venues ::: Grutli theater + MusÃ©e d’art Contemporain beside the underground Zoo and Spoutnik. I received a very dynamic and warm reception by the audience for INJECT. I want to thank’s all the young+effervescent Mapping team that was so kindly with me. They make me feel part of their unique family . . . make me dancing until 10am _ hi ! As the chouchou of Amira, it will be a pleasure to accept all their invitations for the future. There is some pict from the installation I presented at the Museum.

Posted in ALL, DUST ACCUMULATIONS, TRAVELS |

MAPPING INJECT SET-UP

May 15th, 2010

thank’s to Fanny, Ben and Sam for their support and kepping spirit and energy until the end. They finally upgrade the projector not without lots of technical problems, but at the end the audience had a great technical context.

Mapping2010 030-k

[ The great Ben, maestro of the phase circuit ]

[ and Fanny _ suprised to see before the video check that the projector does not have light _ hum _ it’s probably an option !!! ]

[Erasers _ before their real time collaborative expemiment performance”]

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from Elektra / montreal 2010

May 10th, 2010

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Have fun !!!!

April 28th, 2010

I bought 3 identical pair of glasses to preserve my look for the next 10 years. hi hi !!! after a good patÃ© chinois ( traditional quÃ©bec meal ) + bottle of wine, we decided trying them ( Eva + Luc and me _ the coneheads trio ) / foto ::: Claude ChoiniÃ¨re.

and now _ Eva and me with Roy Orbison wigs

The real Roy Orbison with his legendary guitar

and again _ the three Stooges

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Ã‰levage de poussiÃ¨re

April 27th, 2010

Because Dust is inspired by 1920 Man Ray photography ::: Ã‰levage de poussiÃ¨re ::: I found these beautifull accumulations at the Cube before my performance

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DUST > CUBE

April 15th, 2010

AprÃ¨s 3 mois de prÃ©paration, j’ai prÃ©sentÃ© hier ma derniÃ¨re performance DUST au CUBE _ en France, plus prÃ©cisÃ©ment Ã Issy-les-Moulineaux. C’est un centre de crÃ©ation entiÃ¨rement dÃ©diÃ© au numÃ©rique. J’en profite pour remercier Carine pour son acceuil et ses succulents petits plats libanais.Et Michael pour la technique audio+video.

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INJECT > NEMO 2010

April 12th, 2010

Voici quelques photos de INJECT Ã PARIS, dans le cadre du festival NEMO. Je tiens Ã remercier chaleureusement toute lâ€™Ã©quipe du festival et surtout signaler la grande qualitÃ© des Ã©quipements techniques. Merci Ã Gilles, Julien et Irem _ the official 2.5 nemo Team.

Dear Julien _ afraid of my beast nikon

Julien en pleine engueulade typiquement parisienne _ sous le regard ricaneur de Irem

La chouette Ã©quipe NÃ©mo 2 et demie _ Irem Ã©tant la demie.

INJECT 11 avril au 104

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DUST shoot

March 2nd, 2010

I just finished shooting macro elements accumulations of dust _ we experimented with a hi-speed camera / 500 fps and my Nikon D300. the result is quite convincing. there are only 40 days before the first of the DUST CUBE in Paris. there is some picts from the shooting _ all the other elements will be virtual _ virtual dust _ .