Pedra / Corda / Pell

"The discovery of the sound produced by stones opened up my practice of sculpture. sculpture. From now on, my sculptures will be instruments, tools, allowing me to play.

"The work is no longer an end in itself, but a medium for playing in the present, in in space.

"I like the idea of works that serve to work.

"What interests me is the permeability between the 'tools' I make and the gestures I discover in using them. gestures that I discover when handling them. Often these discoveries modify the objects, and then the gestures are refined and transformed.

"It's through these interactions that my objects take shape.

"I like the idea of moving forward without objective(s), of lending an ear and a hand to that which has no name. name.

"The stones are part of a time scale that goes beyond us, and playing with them also means playing with our idea of time and our relationship with the world.

"In my performances, I use simple repetitive gestures such as pushing, pulling, rubbing, turning and balancing.

"My objects are used to give the sound enough body so that you can experience something of the order of erosion".

By Alexandre Chanoine

Alexandre Chanoine studied sculpture at the fine arts schools in Nantes and Bourges. He soon turned his attention to stones and discovered their potential for sound. He did a work placement at the La Borde psychiatric clinic (institutional psychotherapy), where he took part in workshops run by Alejandra Riera. She invited him to take part in the exhibitions "poétique de l'inachévement" in 2014 and "jardín de las mixturas" in 2022 at the Museo Reina Sofia in Madrid, where his sculptures became instruments that he manipulated, moving towards performance and experimental music. Some of his performances are based on the spaces he occupies. He has already performed with Kévin Orliange, Frédéric Bernier (Homnimal), Félix Blume, Pascal Battus and D'incise. He mainly performs solo with various instruments that he designs and builds himself.