This edition is in partnership with the Cresson team of the AAU laboratory at ENSA Grenoble as part of the B_AIR research program (Funding : Creative Europe Culture Sub-programme 'Support for European cooperation projects' 2020 EACEA-32-2019)
Abstract
Researcher, musician and composer Nicolas Frize listens to the sounds of the world. For over forty years, he has been scrutinising living spaces and public places, exploring the sound potential of objects. He is one of those people who enjoy the impact of a train passing under a small bridge in a corner of the countryside, and who are particularly interested in the crinkling of cotton balls in the hand, the rubbing of plastic on the skin or the shattering of crystal glass. He stages concerts in unlikely locations, orchestrating the audience's movements to multiply the listening experience.
Nicolas Frize works in hospitals, offices and factories, usually as part of public commissions, increasingly in residence, or artistic collaborations, for example with the Renzo Piano Building Workshop. He has also taken part in research programs run by the French Ministry of the Environment, and worked for municipalities such as Saint-Denis to establish sound audits of the urban context, leading to social proposals.
This book is a buzzing structure that traces an artistic, philosophical and political project. It is the singular account of a man mad about listening, an artist, a citizen, who takes us closer to what the world of sound can teach us.
