The influences of the locale (translated by Owen Martell)
The propagation of sound in a locale is a complex vibratory / undulatory phenomenon which involves acoustic measurement just as much as it involves aesthetic appreciation. How to account for the size of things by their sonic properties? Beyond technical protocol, listening becomes tied up in the surfaces of the world. Recordings, sonic readings, open out into a musical form which reactivates a perception of that which surrounds us, whether visible or not; a reinjection.
Thus, for twenty years or so, my musical practice has been a series of experimentations / improvisations with this sonic locale. As it passes through my microphones, the site of the survey – everyday life – is transformed into a site of play. The dimensions of the real world generate sonic representations whose proportions found another perspective on the world.
Eric La Casa was born in May 1968 at Tours, he now lives and works in Paris. He is represented by Isabelle Gounod – Paris (http://www.galerie-gounod.com/). Since 2003 his works have included: 2011 - Low Velocity Zone. Commissioned by Olivier Delavallade for Domaine de Kerguehennec (Bretagne); 2011 - Captured Space. Commissioned by Magnetic Traces Paris; 2010 - Appels à contre-courbes. Commissioned by Bruit du Frigo for Panoramas biennale (Bordeaux); 2010 - Double Exposition. Commissioned by Zadkine museum (Paris); 2007.11 - Zone Sensible. Commissioned by Call&response (London, England); 2010-11, Project Space gallery (Melbourne, Australia) 2009, and Instants Chavirès gallery (Montreuil) 2007; 2005.11 - Reflected waves. Commissioned by SOMN (Murcia, Spain) 2011, Light and sound gallery (Portland Art Center, USA) 2007, and West space gallery (Melbourne, Australia) 2005; 2004 - Inscape. Commissioned by Audioframes for Lille 2004.
Since 1991 he has worked on music to expand the idea of what music consists of today = to interrogate the perception of reality, producing a number of recordings including: 2010 - 2CD W² (water and wind) 1998-2008 (140'). (Herbal International, Malaysia); and 2009 - CD Zone sensible 2 / Dundee 2. editions : Room40, Australia. He also collaborates with musicians, poets, dancers, visual artists, film makers, and has composed many pieces for international CD compilations (Germany, Japan, The Netherlands, USA) and for radio, and performed concerts of improvised electroacoustic music : Paris (le Grand Palais/La force de l'art), Strasbourg (MAMC), Los Angeles (Beyond Baroque festival), San Francisco (7hz festival), Melbourne (Liquid architecture festival), London (BFI - Imax), Glasgow (Tramway, CCA, Glasgow Film Festival). He has composed the soundtracks for a number of art videos including All Divided Selves by Luke Fowler (2011-12).
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Nominated by ICA www.ica.org.uk
Image caption: during the process - low velocity zone 2011
This work is part of ICA SOUNDWORKS - www.ica.org.uk/soundworks