The programme:
6.30pm: Meeting with the author and the two artists.
Continuing its exploration of the temporal dimension and transdisciplinarity, which is embodied both in its collection and in its artistic and cultural project, in 2012 the Frac launched the Sound Houses project dedicated to the question of sound in art. Since then, the project has taken on a variety of forms, including an editorial collection, a series of concerts and a specialised archive. Since 2012, the Frac has held the audiovisual archives of Julien Blaine, and since 2014, those of Joëlle Léandre. The activist-reviewer-poet of orality and the adventurous avant-garde bassist-improviser have met on numerous occasions during their artistic wanderings. Musicologist Jean-Yves Bosseur spoke to these two formidable characters to trace the constellation of notions that link them and that they share, and which are so many points of access to the history of the aesthetic revolutions that have marked the history of music and art in the twentieth century.
An erudite musicologist with a doctorate in aesthetic philosophy, Jean-Yves Bosseur is the author of numerous works on twentieth- and twenty-first-century music and on the links between music, sound and the visual arts. Also a composer, he often collaborates with visual artists and poets.
7.15pm and 7.30pm: Performances by Joëlle Léandre and Julien Blaine.
Joëlle Léandre is a world-renowned double bassist and composer, with an unconventional approach that is often more performance than concert. Her artistic approach is a cross-disciplinary one, embracing not only musical improvisation but also theoretical writings, poetry, painting, drawing and dance. For this evening, she will be offering an improvisation linked to her instrumental practice in the field of free music.
Julien Blaine established himself as one of the most prolific poets of his generation in the 1950s. And from the 60s onwards, he never stopped embodying (stripping down) language. Through his performances and publications, he strives to convey the corporeal quality of the poem. At the Frac, the artist will perform Récital sans parole with a few conches and horns from different continents, his own sounds and a certain kind of music. Accompanied by extracts from his text Parodie sérieuse (La litanie).
8pm: Signing session and aperitif.
All evening: Presentation of the Sound Houses sound archive.
Exhibition of a selection of archives, and sound extracts to listen to in the shop and in the hall.
