Author: Mathias Arrignon

Listening as Porosity | a three-day event focused on relationnal field recording practices, curated by Mathias Arrignon, 4-6 December 2026 “B.— Listening is being porous. A.— Let’s allow the world to settle and hum within us for a moment, shall we? “ Excerpt from Bref éloge du coup de tonnerre et du bruit d’ailes, by […]

[unreleased] echome demo | work-in-progress performance project with artist Désiré LH, April 2024

Xynthia les objets de la mémoire | collection of testimonies of victims of storm Xynthia reworked into a sound piece (52min28),  “– La Faute was a paradise on Earth […]  – We saw the water coming, it rose very quickly, up to 2.4 metres, leaving little room to breathe […]  – It felt like the end […]

Brief elegy to the pale | sound piece in octophony (31min32), field recordings and electro-acoustic composition “If I knew that this would be the last time I would hear your voice, I’d take hold of each word to be able to hear it over and over again.” — Gabriel García Márquez This sentence forms the […]

[unreleased] draft of a sonic feel | work-in-progress performance project, February 2023

Field elegy | solo sound performance, combining field recordings, synthesizers and sound effects (glitch, lo-fi, delays and reverbs) “a spontaneous arrangement of sounds, evoking a sense of nostalgia for a time and place that never really existed“ Work description: February 2025, Field elegy was played at the experimental music event, Open Decks, organised by Sound […]

Au fil de l’eau | participatory sound piece (32min52), combining field recordings, saxophone hydrophones, synthesizers and spoken words “a sonical celebration of a village’s bodies of water“ Work description: Au fil de l’eau is a sound piece produced in collaboration with musician Désiré LH, as part of the duo project echome, during an artist-in-residence program […]

Beneath the ship’s engine | radio piece (9min48), combining field recordings, synthesizers and spoken words “resonant affects and memories from moment of relational listening“ Work description: On the ferry to Brodick, I remembered a friend of mine saying that listening to the sound of a ship’s engine is a soothing experience, as it reminds her […]

 Thérémine préparé | live performance focussed on the use of a DIY theremin “theremin as a space“ Work description: Live performance at The Glad Cafe, Glasgow, during a night of experimental music organised by Sound Thought Collective. In this performance, Mathias Arrignon is a using a DIY Theremin (OpenTheremin V4), with a set of […]

entre-deux ≬ 介于两者之间 | audio live-performance with two wireless speakers, French & Chinese spoken words, field recordings and glitch effect “voicing the emotional complexity of dual heritage identiy“ Work description: This piece, featuring two wireless speakers repositioned several times all around the venue by the artist, immerses visitors in an internal dialogue, reflecting the intricate […]