VIDEOBAR #92

This post is also available in: Français (French)

VIDEOFORMES presents :

Organ(e)

Created in 2011, by Geoffrey Veyrines (visual artist), then joined by Olivier Dec (organist / harpsichordist) and Pierre-Alexandre Faurd (guitarist / bassist), they form the trio Organ(e).

Organ(e) is a sound sculpture, shaped live in the heart of churches, cathedrals and other resonant spaces. It is an invitation to travel and to meditate.

The first creation for organ, entitled “Les sphères”, was played for the Festival “Musiques Démesurées”, in the form of a monumental 360 degrees installation, in the cathedral of Clermont-Ferrand. Organ(e) was also presented for the “Sound Festival” at King’s College in Aberdeen, Scotland, and in Givors in partnership with the École nationale supérieure d’architecture de Lyon. Supported by the DRAC Auvergne and by Clermont Metropole, with the grant for creation in contemporary and experimental music, the trio focuses its research on the creation of a musical experience, a springboard to letting go and to frequency contemplation.

The residency with Vidéoformes for Vidéobar#92, is the occasion to present the work in progress of a new composition for harpsichord, crystal vessels, analog noises, voices and synthesizers. The journey is sonic, musical, olfactory and visual. Sitting or lying down, the audience is immersed in a sound bath with the musicians, where the bewitching fragrances of olibanum tears awaken the presence of quartz and amethyst crystals.

Olivier Dec : Organ or harpsichord

Geoffrey Veyrines: Digital audio station, singing bowls, synthesizers and theremin

Pierre-Alexandre Faurd: Guitar, bass, chimes and analog noise

Presentation of the artists :

Geoffrey Veyrines

Visual artist, graduated from ESACM in 2012, he develops a musical and sound work using writing and digital technologies. He initiated and conceived the project Organe in 2011. In 2013, he creates the duo “Larège & Meyrines” as a composer and arranger. In 2016 he composed the music for the film “Sables” by Nelly Girardeau, as part of the grant for the documentary film “brouillon d’un rêve” with the SACEM. In 2019, he will create “O” a pictorial and musical project, articulated around the genre “sung poetry” as an author, composer and performer.

Olivier Dec

Harpsichordist and organist, he graduated in 1998 from the Conservatory and the Faculty of Musicology of Strasbourg and founded the baroque ensemble “Alcina”. In 2004, he collaborated with musicians from the Lyon Opera on Karl Jenkins’ “La messe de l’homme armé”. In 2008, he experimented with the world of film music, in “Dogora” by Patrice Leconte, in association with Etienne Péruchon, at the Vienna Antique Theatre. He is involved in the restoration of the organs of Isère and participates actively in their development. He collaborates with Organ(e) since 2012 in composition and for concerts as an improviser on the organ.

Pierre-Alexandre Faurd

Musician, guitarist, bassist, he created Benco Box with Stephen Levin in 2010. They produce two albums and evolve in the “French noise” scene alongside bands like Poil, Jack Dupont, or with La Femme and Mustang.

In 2018 he joins “Remorse” an “extreme metal” formation with mathcore /grindcore tendency which shares the stage with references of the genre like Blockheads, Comity, Inside Conflict… The group produces the album “Nexus” in 2021. He integrates Organ(e) in 2021 that he feeds with his matierist approach of the sound and his skills of engineer.

This project has been supported by : The DRAC Auvergne in 2013 / Aid to the creation Plastic Arts

Clermont Communauté in 2014 / Research grant for experimental, current and contemporary music / Festival Musiques Démesurées in 2015 / production grant

• Artist’s website: http://www.lhde.org