Gilgamesh

Gilgamesh is a play by Boris Gétaz and Matthias Staub, inspired by the epic of Gilgamesh. In a post-apocalyptic future, an immortal cyborg wanders in a desert, looking for traces of civilisation, and trying to understand the cause of the collapse. Facing the technical deficiencies of her own body she meets a supernatural character that conveys the knowledge of another time, letting her facing her death.

A first version of the play has been presented in Bern.

With Vanessa Sindihebura et Gyohey Zaitsu
Direction: Boris Gétaz, Matthias Staub
Music: Boris Gétaz
Text: Elliot Vaucher
Costumes: Aurelia Joly

Usure d'Espace

Usure d'Espace is a dance performance by Clelia Vuille and Marion Geisler created for the collective exhibition Traces de passages in Lausanne (Switzerland).

Hexa

Hexa is an audio tale written and directed by Elliot Vaucher.

MAY VEGETABLES GROW WITH ELECTRICITY

MAY VEGETABLES GROW WITH ELECTRICITY is a sound essay and series of performances that question our relationship to technological progress in the current ecological and climate crisis. Mixing improvised and composed music, excerpts from articles, adverts, interviews, and conferences, the work tests the essayistic possibilities of sound and non-narrative voice. Instead, meaning comes from the juxtaposition or superposition of disparate elements already in media circulation.

This essay was the final project of my Master in Sound Arts at the University of the Arts London (London College of Communication).

L'Étude du Pain

L’Étude du Pain is a sonic essay commissioned by Espace Libre (Biel, Switzerland) and Lumpenstation for the podcast collection Close distance: Covidiality.

The starting point was an interrogation about the relation between humans and micro-organisms. This essay approaches subjects as diverse as disease, fermentation, hygienism, urbanism, and ends up with a headlong rush about the coronavirus outbreak and the media’s, scientific, and political coverage.

Wassermusik

Wassermusik is a sonic essay made during a residency at Espace Libre in Biel/Bienne (Switzerland). This essay was originally about the Jura water correction but approaches more broadly the relation between humans and nature and the concept of anthropization.

Hidden Feelings

Hidden Feelings is the final project of Joanne Guiraud, a student in Jewelry and Metal at the Royal College of Arts, London. The music was first created as a soundtrack for a film presenting the collection but has also been used in fashion shows, including at La Fête du Slip in Lausanne (Switzerland).

Uréthane

Uréthane is the final project of Marine Giraudo, a student in visual communication at the École Cantonale d’Art de Lausanne (ECAL). The piece is an immersive and surreal virtual reality experience that presents creations of the Swiss stylist Vanessa Schindler.

The piece was presented at ECAL and at Villa Noailles in Hyères.

Feu, ou voyage en deux temps

Feu, ou voyage en deux temps is a collaboration with the visual artist Mounia Steimer presented for the art space Le Mât in Neuchâtel (Switzerland). Le Mât is a peculiar space. It is a mast in the port of Neuchâtel, and artists are commissioned to create a flag for the mast. We decided to add a sonic piece, which consists of music mixed with excerpts of an interview of a fisherman. The piece was played by four speakers tied to the mast and playing the music circularly, reminiscent of the light of a lighthouse.

Quatuoracorde1.0

Quatuoracorde1.0 is a piece for 4 string instruments: 1 violin, 1 viola, 1 cello, and 1 double bass.

Partie1

Partie1 is a piece for cello, dance, and live electronics. It is a collaboration with Lydia Weyrich. In this piece, a camera analyzes the movements of the dancer, who thus processes the sound of the cello.

Space, modular and string instruments

Space, modular and string instruments is a performative installation. It is a collaboration with Timon Kurz. I played the cello, and Timon played a modular synthesizer and a self-made string instrument. We met a few times to jam, and we created a sound piece that was played in a room through 8 speakers. The music is constantly played, and the sounds are spatialized. Sometimes, the performers come to the room and improvise. Their improvisation is then recorded and added to the original sound, adding a new layer of sound to the composition. This piece challenges the boundaries between installation and performance, between improvisation and composition.

Trümmerbedeckt

Trümmerbedeckt is a piece for voice and live electronics. It is a collaborative work by Flurina Ruos (voice), Mathias Smith (electronics), and Boris Gétaz (electronics).