Raymond Delepierre (Be)

“The Swalling hEARt imagined by the sound artist Raymond Delepierre, presents a project in the shape of an imposing spherical mass enthroned like a sort of enigma which is situated in the middle of the space. Moving their hands over the smooth and slightly softened surface of this generous belly, the visitors will be surprised to feel how it stirs. Touched with their fingertips, rumblings will take shape, by impressinga series of sounds onto the balloon: sounds of the wind blowing, waves crashing on the shore, the high-pitched sound of sirens…” Catherine De Poortere / PointCulture.be

Production: Transcultures, Raymond Delepierre with the support of the ULB.

Stubborn waves is a mobile sound installation, composed of two megaphones attached to a turntable that broadcasts a sound-sweep of frequencies over a period of about 8 hours. The diffusion is increasing on one megaphone and decreasing on the second one, in order to create harmonic resonances. This installation is referring to the various means put in place by the military protagonists during WWII to fight, spy, attack, appropriate the other, by amplification and sound capture processes. Such examples of this are big ears, radars, sonars, brown frequency, infra-sounds, etc.

The rotating movement is reminiscent of watchtowers, the Doppler effect during the passage of a civilian or military rescue vehicle, or the passage of airplanes. The installation is accorded musically to its context.

Production: Raymond Delepierre with the support of Transcultures.