INA GRM - Acousmonium at Sonic Acts Biennial 2022

INA GRM - Acousmonium at Sonic Acts Biennial 2022
7-9 October 2022 - Het HEM, Zaandam, The Netherlands
The Acousmonium is a radical sound diffusion system developed in the 1970s by Francois Bayle and first used by France’s National Audiovisual Institute Musical Research Group (INA GRM). Back at Sonic Acts for the 2022 edition of its Biennial festival, INA GRM’s Acousmonium was central to each day of the Inner Ear(th) programme at Het HEM - a weekend dedicated to sound art and musical performance.
The live performances and archival works diffused through the Acousmonium included:
‘The Eye Is Listening’ by Bernard Parmegiani (24’, 1970) diffused by Emmanuel Richier (GRM)
‘Manifolds’ by Jessica Ekomane (17’, 2022), performance
‘Neither Back Nor Front Than This Burn-ing Rock (For Georgia O’Keeffe)’ by Félicia Atkinson (20’, 2021), performance
‘Orient - Occident’ by Iannis Xenakis (10’, 1960), diffused by Jules Négrier (GRM)
‘Three Entropic Landscapes’ by Matthias Puech (22’, 2019)
‘Pulsion / suspension’ by Leila Bordreuil (20’, 2022), performance
‘Apart From’ by Jaap Vink (12’, 1980-85), diffused by Kees Tazelaar (GRM)
Breach by Olivia Block (20’, 2022), performance
‘MARIACHI·SME’ by Nina Garcia (20’, 2020-21), performance
‘Rhapsodia’ by Michèle Bokanowski (17’, 2016), diffused by Phillipe Dao (GRM)
‘The Falling Man’ by Aho Ssan (24’, 2020), performance
‘Forma’ by Lucy Railton (23’, 2019), performance
‘L’Orvietan’ by Beatriz Ferreyra (13’, 1970), diffused by GRM
‘If I Don’t Know Why Should I Ask’ by Jules Négrier (17’, 2020), performance
‘4x4’ by Arnaud Rivière (25’, 2022), performance
‘Top in the Sky’ by François Bayle (21’, 1979-80), diffused by GRM
‘Aurea Loops’ by Ben Bertrand (24’, 2021), performance
Sonic Acts Biennial 2022 took place at various locations in Amsterdam, interweaving an exhibition, sound performances and discourse programme, accompanied by artist presentations, workshops, excursions and more. As a part of the Biennial, Inner Ear(th) presented a wide range of concerts, transmissions, installations, workshops and field explorations at Het HEM. Resonating with the location’s complex histories, the programme excavated the multiple ecologies and geographies of the inner ear and earth through the reverberations of spatial sound.
Find out more at
sonicacts.com/discover/bienni...
inagrm.com/fr
Curation & production: Sonic Acts
Recording: Miodrag Gladovic, Jules Négrier
Videography team: Alcaeus Spyrou, Davide Ghelli Santuliana, FridayMilk, Roman Ermolaev
Video editing: Hrvoslava Brkusic
Sound mastering: Hrvoje Niksic, Kramasonik Studio
Sound logo: Roc Jiménez de Cisneros www.vivapunani.org