Lise Lebleux

Lise Lebleux, was born in 1998 in Vesoul, Haute-Saône. She graduated from the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts (ENSBA) in Lyon.

I traverse a territory in search of the acoustic specifics that are unique to it, and I attempt to record the unique sonic connections that exist between the residents and their environments. This study involves following individuals who invite me to listen to their environment of activity or life, and intersecting these sonic moments with the broader acoustics of the territory. Recording the presence and speech of a person is primarily based on a relationship of communication and trust, and it allows for the preservation of a sonic trace. The biologist and surgeon Henri Laborit explains in his book Biologie et Structure that: "What is language, indeed, if not a means of preserving the time and experience of past generations in a signal, most often sonic or optical?" Thus, each sound piece created results from the recordings of a specific and unique time, with its intrinsic conditions.

My site-specific sound installations are created from the acoustic, architectural, and historical specifics of the exhibition spaces. I seek to establish direct connections between the recording locations and the places of exhibition and diffusion. The French writer Bastien Gallet has had a significant influence on my sound installation practice. In his book Composer des étendues, he explains that: "Installing sounds, that is to say, creating a sonic expanse, is added to the place in such a way that it has the power to change its state, making this state sensitive to the slightest presence. Installing sounds means composing an expanse and its encounter with the place."

Contact: lebleuxlise@gmail.com.

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

Ces lieux d’à côté Hamburg, Germany 2022 - 2023
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Ces lieux d'à côté is a sound installation that attempts to transform the Kunstverein Harburger Bahnhof art centre into a sound observation post for different places. Through this sound composition, listeners gain access to places they will never visit, and it is only through listening that they are mentally...

Ces lieux d'à côté is a sound installation that attempts to transform the Kunstverein Harburger Bahnhof art centre into a sound observation post for different places. Through this sound composition, listeners gain access to places they will never visit, and it is only through listening that they are mentally projected into these different spaces.

In the main auditorium, the circular shape of the eight enclosures is reminiscent of the domes of observatories. Each speaker represents one of the eight locations in the sound composition. The reverberation naturally present in the exhibition is also integrated into the sound mix. The Kunstverein Harburger Bahnhof has a high ceiling with a delay (time between the signal and its repetition) of several seconds. The field recordings took place in various spaces such as tunnels, caves and shafts. The reverberant acoustics of these spaces were accentuated by the architectural properties of the art centre. A sound installation is linked to the specific architectural features of a site, which establishes a relationship between the architecture of the exhibition space and the meanings and particularities of the sound recording locations. As the architect Richard Scoffier explains: "Architecture makes it possible to welcome people who are strangers to the world".
The second room in the exhibition space was dedicated to the question of translation. The three texts are in German, English and French, so that listeners can access the meaning of the vocal exchanges.

Site-specific sound installation exhibited at the Kunstverein Harburger Bahnhof, during a group show entitled, "If a Tree Falls in a Forest and No One Is Around; Does It Even Make a Sound". On view from December 2022 to January 2023.
https://kvhbf.de/#/programm/ces-lieux-da-cote

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