Liaisons mécaniques
Nicolas Bernier
Programme notes
Krrrchstchack.
The event is triggered by a profound attachment to physical matter and nostalgia of an era I did not live through
I proceeded to gather peaces of machines and gears. My collection held reminiscent objects
I sampled the small objects before deconstructing them, splitting them, dividing them up. From these fragments, I constructed new gears. I wanted to maintain, as much as possible, the essence of the physical characteristics of the sounds. The only thing left to do was to activate the musical mechanics.
In this context, the gears are release mechanisms. They engage a change in space, a material transformation, a stop, a change of direction or simply another mechanism. They play a double role
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Liaisons mécaniques was realized from December 2006 to April 2007 in the studios of the Université de Montréal (Québec) and Musiques & Recherches (Belgique) and premiered on April 27, 2007 at Petit théâtre Mercelis in Brussels (Belgium). The piece was commissioned by Musiques & Recherches. It was realized with support from the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec (CALQ) and the Agence Québec-Wallonie-Bruxelles. Thanks to Robert Normandeau and Annette Vande Gorne. The work was awarded the 2nd prize ex æquo at CIMESP 2007 (Brazil) and mentions at Concurso Internacional de Composição Electroacústica Música Viva (Portugal, 2007), Digital Art Awards (Fujisawa, Japan, 2007), and 34th Bourges International Electroacoustic Music and Sonic Art Competition (France, 2007).
Premiere
- April 27, 2007, Concert de créations, Petit théâtre Mercelis, Brussels (Belgium)
Awards
- Mention, Work of Programme Music Prize, 34th Bourges International Electroacoustic Music and Sound Art Competition 2007, Bourges (Cher, France)
- 2nd prize ex æquo, International Electroacoustic Music Contest of São Paulo 2007, São Paulo (Brazil)
- Mention, Concurso Internacional de Composição Electroacústica Música Viva 2007, Parede (Portugal)
- Mention, Digital Music, Digital Art Awards 2007, Fujisawa (Japan)
- Composer(s): Nicolas Bernier
- Year of composition: 2006-07
- Duration: 10:02
- Instrumentation: fixed medium
- Publisher(s): Ymx média
- Commission: Musiques & Recherches
- ISRC: CAD501210008
