 nicolas bernier read the biography contact nicolasbernier.com selected works
projects
live + diffusion look at the dates sur fond blanc (2009) Les arbres (2004-2008) Tricycle DVD (2007) objet abandonné en mer ... et retrouvé en forêt (2007-2009) Ail et l'eau faille (2007) perf + instal + in situ La chambre des machines (2010) boîte. (2008) sub•a•quat•ic (2006) Big Wheel (2006) Poster music (2006) musique croncrète 10 passages (2008) Les chambres de l'atelier (2008) Liaisons mécaniques (2007) Writing Machine (2005) prizes and distinctions look at the distinctions press articles read the articles press photos photo_.1 photo_.2 photo_.3 musique for dance/film/theater
dance/film/theater
UBU: Une fête pour Boris (theater, 2009) Junction : On The Side Of The Road (theater, 2009) UBU: Complexe de thénardier (theater, 2008) O Vertigo: La chambre blanche (danse, 2008) UBU: Othello (theater, 2007) O Vertigo : étude #3 (dance, 2007) Nicolas Roeg : Puffball (film, 2007) Tony Chong : Revolver (dance, 2006) O Vertigo : ANGELs (dance, 2006) |
Liaisons mécaniques (2007) 10'
artists music : Nicolas Bernier excerpt > listen to an excerpt! [mp3] description / program note Krrrchstchack. The event is triggered by a profound attachment to physical matter and nostalgia of an era I did not live through: the era of machines, real ones, set in motion by physical mechanisms. I proceeded to gather peaces of machines and gears. My collection held reminiscent objects: cameras, 8mm projectors, music boxes and antique toys. I discovered naturally rich materials made of different granular textures and an abundance of micro-articulations. The gears are expressive and precise; they engage a defined process. I sampled the small objects before deconstructing them, splitting them, dividing them up. From these fragments, I constructed new gears. I wanted to maintain, as much as possible, the essence of the physical characteristics of the sounds. The only thing left to do was to activate the musical mechanics. In this context, the gears are release mechanisms. They engage a change in space, a material transformation, a stop, a change of direction or simply another mechanism. They play a double role: sound material and transition between events, just as the ties and slurs of musical writing. The structure of Liaisons mécaniques is inspired by the circular and repetitive movements of the gears. The arc form presents the same elements at the beginning and at the end, which brings to light the antithesis evoked by the work: stability and recurrence. Liasons mécaniques is commissioned by Musiques & Recherches (Belgium) and was created with the financial support of the Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Québec and the Agence Québec-Wallonie-Bruxelles. distinctions Mention at Digital Art Awards (Japan, 2007) mention at Musica Viva (Porto, Portugal, 2007) mention at 34e concours de musique électroacoustique (Bourges, France, 2007) 2e prix at CIMESP (São Paulo, Brésil, 2007) public presentations 05/06/2008 (Festival Synthèse, Bourges, France) 04/04/2008 (Avril à Lisbonne, Lisbonne, Portugal) 12/01/2008 (Beast, Birmingham, UK) 29/11/2007 (Akousma, Montréal, Canada) 03/11/2007 (Mantis Festival, Manchester, UK) 25/10/2007 (Musicacoustica, Beijing, China) 28/008/2007 (Sao Paulo, Brésil) 27/04/2007 (Bruxelle, Belgique) |
