Two concerts by Julie Semoroz and the Contrechamps Ensemble. Auditorium. On Saturday, November 11, 2023, at 7:30 PM, 8:30 PM, and 10 PM
As part of the In Between exhibition, by sound artist Julie Semoroz, to be held at the University of Geneva Exhibition Hall from 10 to 26 November 2023, two concerts are being offered on 11 November 2023 in collaboration with the Ensemble Contrechamps, CISA Unige and NCCR Evolving Language in the MEG auditorium.
These two pieces echo the theme of the MEG's current exhibition "Being Together".
They stem from reflections on emotional vocalisation, animal vocalisation and inter-species communication. Julie Semoroz's research has given rise to several art-science projects as part of two research centres - the Centre interfacultaire en sciences affectives (CISA) and the Pôle de Recherche National (PRN) Evolving Language. A round table discussion with Julie Semoroz, two researchers and musicians from the Ensemble Contrechamps will be held at the end of the programme.
Capacity:
For the piece FORALGUES: 45 people
For the piece HAI: 200 people
The event is free and no registration is required.
Times:
Each play will be performed twice, with a round table in between.
- 19:00: Doors open
- 19:30: Foralgues, piece with transducer
- 20:00 HAI (Human-Animal Interaction), piece for ensemble, voice and electronics
- 20:30 round table (1h)
- 22:00 Foralgues, piece with transducer
- 22:35 HAI (Human-Animal Interaction), piece for ensemble, voice and electronics
Description of the two concerts :
FORALGUES, 30min
Concert with transducer, a device that converts sound into physical vibrations.
Equipped with a transducer, each participant is invited to explore their body and senses to feel the vibrations induced by the musicians of Contrechamps and the animal and human vocalisations produced by Julie Semoroz. In this way, each participant becomes a sound for the duration of an acoustic and vibratory concert.
HAI (Human-Animal Interaction), 15min
Piece for ensemble, voice and electronics
A contact microphone on vocal cords in a fjord in northern Norway, capturing the voice before it becomes sound underwater. Human-animal interaction using sound waves captured by hydrophone, inaudible on the surface. Julie Semoroz appropriates this contact music in the making, and composes on the basis of fields shared with scientists from the NCCR evolving language programme.
Musicians:
Julie Semoroz, composer, voice, machines
Maximilian Haft, violin
Hans Egidi, viola
Katarina Leskovar, cello
Thierry Debons, percussion
Christophe Egéa, sound engineer
Round table speakers:
Didier Grandjean, Professor at the University of Geneva, Faculty of Psychology and Education (CISA UNIGE, Campus Biotech, NCCR Evolving Language)
Julie Semoroz, artist and composer
Moderator: Aurélie Coulon, science journalist at Le Temps
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