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Wed 9 June 2021 ,
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Thu 10 June 2021 ,
8 p.m. -
Centre Pompidou, Grande salle
Access plan -
Duration: 1h30 (without interlude)
Program (in French)
The composer Nicolas Frize explores the work of Roland Barthes in this creation that combines art and philosophy, semiology, and musical and literary performance. Live musical sequences, video and radio archives, extracts of texts, unpublished drawings... these elements, juxtaposed or simultaneous, cut into reflections and echoes, create a dense and refined abundance. Mixing the pleasure of the text, the strength of the sounds, and the grain of the voice—real or recomposed by computer engineering—Nicolas Frize imagines here a personal approach of Barthes' philosophy. In the first part, the public will go through "Œuvre latérale", a spatialized sound creation in the Centre Pomidou’s Forum.
Music and Litterature – premiere 2021
In celebration of the 41st anniversary of the death Roland Barthes (1915-1980)
Nicolas Frize conception and musical composition
Robin Meier IRCAM computer-music design
Christophe Veaux (Deepzen) scientific collaboration (synthesis of Roland Barthes’ voice)
Éric Marty scientific advisor
Romane Charbonnel assistant director
Vincent Schmitt, Peggy Martineau voices
Stephan Olry tenor
Jeff Cohen piano
Christelle Séry guitars
Marc Calentier trumpet
Ghislain Hervet bass clarinet
Hsiao-Yun Tseng percussions
Executive Producer Les Musiques de la Boulangère Coproduction IRCAM/Les Spectacles vivants/service de la Parole-Centre Pompidou; Collège international de philosophie; Université Paris Lumières; CERILAC-Université de Paris; Centre Roland Barthes. In Partnership with the Institut national de l’audiovisuel; the Bibliothèque nationale de France; l’INA GRM. With the support of France Culture, the Éditions du Seuil and the Librairie Flammarion-Centre Pompidou.