 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) |
Writing Machine (2005) 18' 
artists: music: Nicolas Bernier voice: André Garant description / program note Writing Machine is an 8 channel electroacoustic piece intended to be played on loudspeaders orchestra. The piece is inspired by the American writer William S. Burroughs and by some relationships I have found between his work and electroacoustic music. I was inspired by his “cut-up” technique which consists of taking several text sources, cutting some parts of text, and pasting them in random order until it gives the desired effect. I applied his technique to his own words, cutting them and reconstructing new word structures. patterns of alternation at specific intervals. Writing Machine was comissionned by Zentrum Für Kunst Und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe (Germany) and made possible with the financial support of Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec and the Canadian Embassy in Berlin. Thanks to André Garant for landing me his voice. distinctions Selected in the 33rd Bourges International Competition of Electroacoustic Music and Sound Art (France) public presentations Akousma (3) [Ludger Brümmer] (Canada, 2006) Olhares de Outono (Portugal, 2005) Festival 404 (Argentine, 2005) Elektra Festival (Canada, 2005) Trans_Canada Festival (Allemagne, 2005) |
