Multichannel sound-light installation, speakers, field recordings, 2016
Repetend continues the experimental recording method on a regional scale. It features eight 24-hour recordings made at the city center gates and in rural areas of Paris. By accelerating the recordings to 256 times their original speed and synchronizing them, this site-specific installation connects the diverse soundscapes with the rhythms of contemporary life, representing the movements of countless individuals converging in these locations.
REPETEND: Installation and project CDs at Jed Voras Gallery, Paris, 2016
Developed during my residency at Cité Internationale des Arts, Repetend continues the experimental recording method the artist devised in his previous projects Time Concentrated on a larger scale. In this work, I took a portable recorder out to parks, subway stations, streets and other public spaces in Paris at the gates of the city center and rural area, made respective recordings of each location for 24 hours, and then condensed the files into abstract noises through a 256-time- speed acceleration, and therefore to observe and compare different structures and textures of soundscapes from these condensed recordings of each location.
In collaboration with the independent art platform The Voyeris, this work is exhibited in Jed Voras Gallery, Paris. In its presentation, a multi-channel installation played and synchronized each time-lapsed recording in a loop. With the immersive drones surrounding the exhibition space, this work attempts to connect the structure of different soundscapes with the rhythms of contemporary life.
The places of field recordings include:
- Cité Internationale des arts, Paris 4th ARR.
- Nearby Bastille, Paris 12th ARR.
- Saint-Michel Notre-Dame, Paris 5th ARR.
- Jed Voras Open space, Paris 13th ARR.
- Studio at Montmartre, Paris 18th ARR.
- Beside the tramway, Montrouge, Paris 14th
- District Highschool campus, Neuilly-sur-Seine, 92051
- Bérault station, Vincennes, 94080
Soundtracks from the limited edition CDs
The exhibition at Jed Voras Gallery was curated by Michela ALESSANDRINI and Ekaterina SHCHERBAKOVA within the frame of The Voyerist (www.the-voyerist.com), with the partnership of Cité Internationale des Arts and the Centre Culturel de Taiwan à Paris.
Press release for “Repetend” exhibition from The Voyerist.
