Acousmonium II
Bernard Parmegiani
The Eye Is Listening
19’, 1970
21:30 — 21:50
This piece by the world renowned composer Parmegiani opens with the sound of a thundering train, and throughout The Eye is Listening triggers various climates within the sonic imagination, encouraging the listener to lose oneself outside of familiar territories. As Parmegiani stated when he created the piece, ‘the eye, now a solitary wanderer only has ears for what assaults it.’ This archival work will be diffused by Emmanuel Richier.
Bernard Parmegiani. Photo courtesy of the artist.
Jessica Ekomane
Manifolds
21:50 — 22:10
Interweaving individual perception and collective dynamics, Jessica Ekomane’s quadraphonic performances address the social-political roots of the listening experience. Crafted around Malawian tunings and Pygmy-inspired treatments of polyphony, Manifolds presents multiple voices unfurling into a dislocated and tumultuous sonic landscape. The piece emphasises spatiality as a parameter of composition, exposing the hidden irregularities inside heterogeneous environments that might appear smooth, but ultimately form a non-linear whole.
Jessica Ekomane. Photo by Camille Blake.
Félicia Atkinson
Neither Back Nor Front Than This Burning Rock (For Georgia O’Keeffe)
20’, 2021
22:10 — 22:30
A composition for electro-acoustic tape and improvised grand piano, Fender Rhodes and voice, this work was inspired by a trip taken to Georgia O’Keeffe’s Ghost Ranch Estate in New Mexico. Blending art, sound and text, Atkinson blurs environmental field recordings and cut-up poetry, conveying the ineffable connections between people and place.
Félicia Atkinson. Photo courtesy of the Artist.
