Lise Lebleux

My compositions, based on sonic quests for territorial identities, are constructed not as a faithful reproduction of the recording locations, but as the result of a process of transformation and manipulation. I conceive listening situations where sounds are in decline, strange spaces raising a climate in peril. Sounds taken from the real world are used to place listeners in familiar acoustics that tip over into deconstructed landscapes where landmarks fade away. These spaces, anchored in reality but punctuated by musical and fictional passages, give rise to hybrid places in evolution. I see a sound installation as a gesture of adding a new sound membrane that connects the body and space through sound. I want to think of the sculptural form and the spatialisation of the sound installation as inseparable. The work of spatialising the sound is based on our perception of spaces, sensations and our inner selves, while at the same time relying on the architecture through which the sound will propagate. This propagation interferes with and reverberates on all the surrounding surfaces as well as against and within our own bodies. As we listen to sound, our bodies absorb it, resonating beneath our flesh and in our bones.

Contact: lebleuxlise@gmail.com.

Portfolio available here in pdf.

Design, programming: Marianne Plano. Font: Leif Book, Store Norske Skriftkompani.

Ces lieux d’à côté Hamburg, Germany 2022 - 2023
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The amplification of sounds from little-known natural outdoor locations covers the acoustics of the Kunstverein. Translated into several languages, they weave a sonic dialogue, inviting visitors to listen deeply and actively. The experience becomes a unique echo of these hidden landscapes...

The amplification of sounds from little-known natural outdoor locations covers the acoustics of the Kunstverein. Translated into several languages, they weave a sonic dialogue, inviting visitors to listen deeply and actively. The experience becomes a unique echo of these hidden landscapes.

A succession of landscapes and amplified voices completely invades the exhibition space, cut off from the outside world. This project, recorded in France and Germany, explores the intersection of languages and geographical areas. Real-time translation of the words accompanies the sound broadcast, making it easier for listeners to understand the voices.

Site-specific sound installation
Group show
Kunstverein Harburger Bahnhof, Hamburg, Germany

Ces lieux d'à côté remix Glasgow, United‑Kingdom 2023