I spent a week at Fabrica as part of their residency programme, ‘Making Space ’, to develop a new sound art installation, In The Name Of. It was an opportunity to unfold the sculptural material, the seven voice sculptures, into space, something I could not have done in my home studio. This residency was such a privileged time; the two limited-capacity viewings led to a profound exchange, at times quite passionate and emotional. I am very grateful to Liz Whitehead, the curator and director of Fabrica, for mediating these feedback sessions and for the enriching discussions we had throughout the residency. Thank you to the Arts Council of England (DYCP) for supporting this project. See more here
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Publication on Baschet's Voice Leaf in Organised Sounds /
My article on Baschet’s ‘Voice Leaf’ (1965) was recently published in Organised Sounds. It was an absolute joy to visit the Structures Sonores Baschet barn near Paris. Many thanks to the Structures Sonores Baschet association and to Sophie Chénet.
‘My article introduces the Voice Leaf, an outsider among Baschet’s numerous sound sculptures because of the use of the performative voice. Conceived in 1965 by French pioneers Bernard and François Baschet, the sculpture for voice consists of a stainless steel sheet folded as a leaf using origami technique. ‘ (…) ‘This article remedies the lack of textual documentation on the Voice Leaf. It sheds light on a little-known work of the Baschet brothers that has been overlooked in the historical and theoretical discourse of music and fine art. It thereby allows us to bring into the light the legacy of this singular sculpture for voice, a voice sculpture, in fact, the only one in the extraordinary palette of Baschet sound sculptures.’ (Louvel, Organised Sounds, 2025)
Image: Jacques Barsac, Sculptures Sonores Baschet, 1982, performance by Bernard Baschet. Bernard et François Baschet © ADAGP 2024.
Publication on Lukas Kühne's Tvísöngur in Divergence Press /
My article ‘Lukas Kühne’s Tvísöngur: Sculpture for a Concrete Voice’ has now been published by Divergence Press, Centre for Research in New Music (CeReNem), University of Huddersfield. Thank you to Patrick Valiquet. This is the first output of my research in Seyðisfjörður, Northeast Iceland, thanks to the Henry Moore Foundation research grant. http://divergencepress.net/2024/08/06/lukas-kuhnes-tvisongur-sculpture-for-a-concrete-uncompressed-voice/
Photo: Olivia Louvel