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  Born in 1985, Oliver Beer lives and works in London. Stray Voices uses radio waves and explores Electronic Voice Phenomena (EVP). Also known as “stray voices”, EVP are unclear and unknown vocal sounds that appear in sound recordings, in radio reception or in amplification by electronic devices. They are sometimes interpreted as supernatural phenomena. An installation of sculptural elements – including the strings of an upturned grand piano – serve as antennas, which capture the...

Choreographer, dancer, curator and CalArts Dean Dimitri Chamblas joins forces with Kim Gordon, a visual artist and “one of the boldest women in rock” according to The New Yorker, for an intimate and experimental performance between music and movement. The audience is invited to explore the setting where the performance takes place and engage in an immersive, open-ended journey.« I’m upside down but there is still sound coming from my guitar which lies over on the ground. The lights are blurry...

PÉTRICHOR AMOR, 2019 Since 2007, Fanny Adler and Vincent Madame have collaborated on vocal performances which they define as chanted, rhythmic and musical landscapes. Through song, they explore stylistic themes borrowed from literature or popular culture, revisiting Bernard-Marie Koltès, Jean Genet, Pierre Gicquel, Henri Michaux, Guillaume Apollinaire and Robert Kramer.“What if our desires and bodies were attracting us towards the back of a cave or to the foot of a tree rather than beneath the...