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Chantier 2014-2018

root — Wed, 29 May 2013 19:30:00 +0000

François Verret will begin his vast 5-year project “Chantier 2014-2018″ at IRCAM, passing through Paris, Grenoble, and Edinburgh. Chantier 2014-2018 combines sound fragments and vocal trenches, acoustic and optical landscapes, visual haikus, and the utterances of a ventriloquist. An on-the-fly assembly of tableaux vivants inspired by the hallucinations of those who come back from the battlefield, haunted by the ghosts of History; time is sometimes paused to show us the true nature of a still life. Chantier 2014-2018 is written like an improvised and premeditated journal, intermittent and collective. A crucial movement or the unique way the space has been arranged undermines the masterful authority of speech, of fiction, or of a date.

How does one expose an event, be it trivial or historical, sifting through uncertain, fading, outrageous memories? In his “pre-posthumous works”, Robert Musil describes the agony of a fly caught in Tanglefoot, the threat of a flying arrow, a buzzing of iron in the southern Tyrol sky above the lines of combat. A horrifying feeling of foreboding mixed with an unexpected happiness.

Constantly on the lookout for these moments of shock, François Verret, as a playwright, engages a group of close artists-actors, dancers, musicians, and video artists-simultaneously in his research lab.
Where to start? In the very environment of the front lines.

Stage Design, Director François Verret
Graham F. Valentine actor-singer
Jean-Pierre Drouet percussions and voice
Martin Schütz electric cello
Germana Civera, Charline Grand, Jean-Christophe Paré actors-dancers
Video Claire Roygnan
Lighting Raphael de Rosa
IRCAM Computer Music Design Grégory Beller

A Compagnie FV, IRCAM-Centre Pompidou, MC2 Grenoble, Pôle sud Strasbourg coproduction. With the support of the SACD. The Compagnie FV is subsidized by the DRAC Île-de-France and the Région Île-de-France.

François Verret. Chantier 2014-2018

root — Tue, 28 May 2013 12:58:16 +0000

In the part of ManiFeste-2013: Chantier 2014-2018. opening
Wednesday, May 29 at 7:30pm | Thursday, May 30 at 7:30 and 10pm, IRCAM, Espace de projection
Germana Civera, Charline Grand, Jean-Christophe Paré performers
© IRCAM, 2013

François Verret

root — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 09:18:50 +0000

For over 30 years, the choreographer François Verret (b. 1955) has dedicated time, energy, and passion to artistic creation, and to dance. For him, dance is a team art where listening is essential. He always wanted to sharer his artistic experiences with others in addition to creating the conditions necessary for this.

In his eyes, the creative process has always been an intense group adventure with infinite dialogues, exchanges and differing viewpoints. Constructing something together with other artists from other cultures and artistic languages is part of this adventure, of the necessity that characterizes each piece.

François Verret. No Focus

root — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 11:52:05 +0000

No Focus, October 9, 2012, premiere, Opéra de Lille. Director François Verret. Scenography Vincent Gadras. Jean-Pierre Drouet piano

A part of ManiFeste-2013: Chantier 2014-2018. opening
Wednesday, May 29 at 7:30pm | Thursday, May 30 at 7:30pm & 10pm, IRCAM, Espace de projection