Silo score | site-specific and participative sound installation | format: a metallic silo, two contact microphones, a surface transducer and an audio workstation with voice effect chain “Sonic re-purpose of an abandoned space.“ Work description: Silo score is an installation created during the workshop “Intimacy of the crowd — Fragility of the voice” […]
Author: Mathias Arrignon
Bee-ing at home
Bee-ing at home | site-specific sound installation | format: a tree with a beehive, two lavalier microphones, a recorder, two headphones and two chaises longues “A bit of quiet, please… beings at work.“ Work description: Bee-ing at home is an installation created during the workshop “Thinking with the ears” led by sound artists Sam Auinger […]
To the hum of the forest
To the hum of the forest | sound piece | format: stereo, 24min20s, made with field recordings, found sounds, tree- listening recordings, theremin, virtual synths. “Low sounds from the woods“ Work description: On the threshold of pastoral pulsations, pilgrim legends and aerial contrails of the Swiss army, a sycamore tree stands peacefully on the edge […]
Radio France
Radio France | concerts, talk shows, on-air mixing and audio fictions | Job position: apprentice sound recordist From 2013 to 2015 during my first degree in sound engineering, I did my apprenticeship at Radio France in the Maison de la Radio et de la Musique in Paris. It was here that I first learned […]
In the Studio, Jordi Savall | BBC World Service
In the Studio, Jordi Savall | Radio documentary produced by Overcoat Media and broadcast on BBC World Service | Job position: Sound recordist On September 2020, I worked in collaboration with Steven Rajam and Lluís Amiguet to interview the famous Catalan composer Jordi Savall who was preparing a musical celebration of the life of the […]
La Story | Podcast of Les Echos Newspaper
La Story | Podcast series produced by Les Echos’ newspaper | Job position: audio producer From June to November 2019, I was working as an audio producer on the Story, the podcast of the newspaper Les Echos. La Story brings the audience the latest news and its analysis simply, clearly and intelligently. Every day, the […]
Touiza
Touiza | Short Film (30min) | Director: Karim Bengana Synopsis During the troubled times of the Algerian war, Yasmine wants to leave the house of the lady for whom she offers her services as a maid. Annoyed by her mistress’s bitter and moody mood and her spoiled poodle, she uses all her determination to carry […]
Oceanomicon
Oceanomicon | Sound installation with a touch-responsive map made with fabric | format: Cyanotype on canvas 4m x 3m, computer, field recordings, two speakers and two theremins “Can a sonic sensitivity raise empathetic awareness about such a silent climate change as the ocean acidification?“ Work description: The Oceanomicon is a cartographic artefact which emerges from […]
Sands of time
Sands of time | Soundscape composition (10min01) / collaborative sound work with Gong Zixiao | format: stereo Sands of time is a collaborative sound work with Chinese sound artist Gong Zixiao during the art writing workshop led by Dr David Mollin at the London College of Communication. This collaboration had to get us involved […]
Sillage (Sound Envelope | Spark Festival 2021)
Sillage | Soundscape composition (7min28) / collaborative sound work with Lina Simon | format: stereo + text “Chimerical sonic spaces between Hong Kong and London “ Context: On October 2021, I was engaged in a sonic correspondence with artists living in Hong Kong and London. We were exchanging listening gems, viewed as a […]