Anne-Laure Chamboissier
Bernard Heidsieck, poetry in action
For some days now, "Vaduz", "La poinçonneuse" and "Carrefour Chaussée d’Antin" have been echoing in my head and going round in a loop like scannings. Bernard Heidsieck, one of the pioneers of sound poetry, passed away this Saturday 22th November. That effectless musicality that was peculiar to him, that very special voice with its composed tone which marked each one of us who discovered him (...)
Anne-Laure Chamboissier
De l’image au son et vice versa
The following text proposes a non-exhaustive introduction to the relation between visual arts and sound/music from the early twentieth century until today. It seemed important to me to not only take into account the constant interaction of certain artists with sound and music, but also, and as importantly, that of some composers with visual arts.