Lise Lebleux

Giving a body to sound, exploring its physicality in space and the way it moves through us — this is where my work is situated. Sound touches our skin, resonates within our flesh, is absorbed and circulates through us: it becomes a living material, elusive yet deeply intimate. What draws me to sound is this ability to inhabit us while simultaneously unfolding around us. Each diffusion is, for me, a physical and psychological encounter between a place, sounds, and listeners; a singular moment where sensitive relationships are woven. I conceive of a sound installation as a sculptural-architectural form, as a gesture of adding a new sonic membrane that connects, through sound, the body and space. The work of sound spatialization is composed from our perception of spaces, while relying on the architectures through which sound propagates. In listening, our bodies absorb sound, resonating beneath our flesh and within our bones.

Sculpture-architecture / sonic skin / sound ecology / inhabitant–environment / memories of places / acoustic spaces

Contact: lebleuxlise@gmail.com.

Portfolio available here in pdf.

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

Listen to the House Introduction Lyon, France Geneva, Switzerland 2020
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This time of sound and visual experimentation at Villa Gillet was filmed and recorded. Several days spent alone in this large empty house, to bring it back to life, if only for a few moments...

This time of sound and visual experimentation at Villa Gillet was filmed and recorded. Several days spent alone in this large empty house, to bring it back to life, if only for a few moments.

Under the direction of French musician and philosopher Agnès Gayraud, and accompanied by musician François Virot and filmmaker Clara Lemercier-Gemptel, we set out to preserve and capture the essence of this place. This composition retraces our exploration of the villa, a journey from the attic to the underground passageways, where secrets persist and still seem to vibrate in the air.

Radio play
Radio 5e étage, Centre d'Art Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland

Villa Gillet, Lyon, France.
Villa Gillet, Lyon, France.
Villa Gillet, Lyon, France.