INSTALLATION+PERFORMANCE

WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 15TH 2012

AT THE MOIS-MULTI FESTIVAL AT MEDUSE, QUEBEC CITY.
MAGALI AND ME, WILL PERFORM ON OUR THREE AUDIO DEVICES THAT ARE CONNECTED TO THE TOPOLOGY, MARINE FLUXUS AND AMBIANT SOUND OF QUEBEC CITY.

AFTER UNTIL THE FEBRUARY 29TH, THE INSTALLATION WILL BE SHOW IN THE STUDIO D’ESSAI.

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IN 2009 MAGALI BABIN AND HERMAN KOLGEN INITIATED A SERIES OF IMPROVISATIONS ON A DISSECTED DRUM KIT, EXPLORING ITS PHYSICAL FORM AND SONIC TEXTURES. INSPIRED BY THESE IMPROVISATIONS, FLESH + WOOD + METAL ARE THE MATERIALS COMPRISED IN THIS SOUND INSTALLATION.

HISTORICALLY, PERCUSSIVE INTRUMENTS WERE A MEANS OF COMMUNICATION FOR ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS, IT IS THEREFORE APPROPRIATE THAT THIS INSTALLATION BE STRONGLY IMBUED WITH NOTIONS OF COMMUNICATION AND TERRITORY.  THE THREE COMPONENT OF FLESH + WOOD + METAL ARE ACTIVATED ACCORDING TO THE TOPOGRAPHICAL VARIATIONS, MARINE TURBULENCES AND THE AMBIENT SOUND OF THE CITY OF QUÉBEC. A THREE-WAY SONIC DIALOGUE WILL ALLOW US TO HEAR WHAT THE EAR DOESN’T ALWAYS PERCEIVE, BUT THAT THE BODY SENSES.

FLESH + WOOD + METAL IS ALSO A RECONSTRUCTED MUSICAL INSTRUMENT. IN PERFORMANCE, THE THREE COMPONENTS ARE PLAYED BY THE ARTISTS, WHO WERE ABLE TO INVENT A SENTIVE AND POWERFUL SONIC LANGUAGE BUILT AROUND THESE THREE MATERIALS.