9 & 14 November

Jean-Luc Hervé: Sombre / Topos – Music Salon with a Population of Sound Animals

Jean-Luc Hervé presents “Sombre / Topos – Musical Salon with a Population of Sound Animals” in collaboration with Utopiana and the University of Geneva. This innovative project features sound broadcasts, performances, and a seminar. Hervé explores the interplay between music and the environment by positioning sound sources throughout a house, crafting a natural polyphony that mimics animal populations. The performances, woven into this soundscape, gradually evolve and separate, forming an independent “sound population” that remains even after the performers have exited.

Chemin Mestrezat 7A,
1202 Genève
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Photo Credit: Italian School, Papageno the bird-catcher, from The Magic Flute by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 1756-91

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