Valkiri (Fr)

1 November 2019 City Sonic

Mer Media (creation)

Mer Media is an invitation to listen and relax. From old media, electronic toys, radio, cassette player, the technological overall from a near past, produces an atmosphere equaling a seaside, in calm weather. Time passes, freezes and leaves like the tide. People talk in the distance, the wind comes breezing over the skin. Take a seat in a sun lounger, and immerse yourself in a refreshing and zen atmosphere.

Production: Transcultures as part of an European Pepinieres of creation residency.
First version conceived in the frame and with the support of the ARTour Biennale.

Biography

Valkiri (Lille) focuses his research on a hybridization between the technologies of yesterday and today. From any type of media – old or young – he develops devices designed to anchor in a place and make it vibrate. His work on the diversion of electronic objects (hardware hacking, circuit bending) and the algorithmic, allowed him to develop a reflection about the place of humans in our time, the autonomisation of machines, and relations which unite them. From there, Valkiri offers both digital installations and electronic music concerts with his “Toys Symphonic Orchestra”.

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