Matteo Zimmermann and John Menoud present a performative, musical reading of Francis Ponge’s Texte sur l’électricité, blending spoken word and live sound in an eclectic lecture format. The piece revives Ponge’s 1950s commission by the Compagnie d’Électricité, probing themes of electrification, modernity and the everyday with wit and clear-sighted poetry. The duo navigates playful rhythms and sudden surges of intensity, where language itself crackles and invites reflection and laughter.
In French.