Zone Négative @ Soma #1

10 days and nights of residency in SOMA with Tyfen Guilloux

Following stage pictures by Arina Sidorova, Muriel Bolle, MaxRiz, Anna Borrel

Performances

Ligne-corps

In front of a real-time video (on Nightshot mode) alternating between two cameras, two individuals draw lines on their body, undressing to discover some new surfaces. The sound is a slow beat synchronised with the automatic switch between cameras, in addition with a light-sensor instrument pointed to the screen, changing pitch at every cut.

Eve Morse

Two individuals are sat at a table. Each of them has a plate with an apple, a syringe, a cooking knife, a hammer. The game progresses by destroying the apple with the tools. To mark the end of each action, a sample button is pressed, recording and playing in a loop the additions of all actions, from subtle syringe sounds to hammer hits.

Eve Morse

Kiss

Two individuals are communicating through a wandering piezo mike, rubbed on the skin, hair and inside the mouth.

Kiss

Antichocs

A slow-motion video shows two persons naked, slapping each other. In front of the screen, the same persons are facing each other around a big drumskin. Everytime the skin is hit, the video accelerates and triggers more slaps, like a video game. The sound is a mix between the drum and the slapping noise at various speeds.

Antichocs (video image by Elsa Pennaccio)

Tendre

Two individuals are at the each end of a rope. Behind them, two sonar instruments play a pitch depending on their distance to the back wall. When they start to pull the rope, they attract each other, changing the pitch of each sound, creating harmonics and dissonances.