yannick guédon
fr | en
infimie
2008-2015
live performance



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version for voice, electroacoustic, light and video
  • Yannick Guédon
  • Jean-Michel Olivares
  • Frédéric Petit
  • Stéphane Zarouati
  • voice
  • electroacoustic
  • video
  • light

infimie is a variation on only one note, leading to a continuous exploration of voice mobility.
The singer makes his way into the audience area which is distorted and blurred by the electroacoustic and light scores.

The vocal score involves a fine variation of vowels and resonators. It tends to overlap sounds in a progressive way using harmonics, a staining of consonants such as hissing and sibilating, and the different possibilities of the tongue articulations.
The tiny and slow development of timbres do not seek any end and create a continuous sensation of eluding time.
The singer defines his path through the audience considering the various acoustic potentials of the venue which will modify the tone of his voice.

The electroacoustic part broadcasts two simultaneous sound partitions. The first quietly creates minute interferences to the voice to enrich or filter it. The second focuses on disturbing and mystifying the nature of the sound environment.
At the same time, two partitions of light will gradually transform and draw on the visual space of the spectator. One is based on in situ light sources and creates a kind of place marking. The other proceeds with a slow spreading of light lines with a videoprojector. Both explore the reality of the spatial context while attempting to modify it subtly.


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production | ensemble thymes
with the kind support of
Conseil Régional Languedoc-Roussillon
Conseil Général de l'Hérault
the city of Montpellier

kind acknowledgments to
la Baignoire/Cie Les Perles de Verre
the National Choreographic Center of Montpellier

Etre en Scène/Cie Yann Lheureux
the secundary school of Lansargues
Nicolas Volland and Association Départementale Danse & Musique 34 (fr)
Alexandra Charvet
Fabien Dutartre
Laurent Olivares

version solo
in the frame of « Exercising Fragility in Theatres and Beyond », 5th edition of On Enclosed Spaces and the Great Outdoors - Bijloke, Ghent, in collaboration with KASK&Conservatorium - November 2025
festival Dérivations, Le Ring, Toulouse - 24th July 2016
Klang im Dach, Munich - 19th July 2016
Klangraum, Düsseldorf - 7th July 2015
fondation suisse, cité universitaire internationale, Paris - 9th December 2012
autresens, Mazère-sur-Salat (31) - 5th March 2008

electroacoustic version
Klangraum, Düsseldorf - 19th July 2015

version for voice & electronics
la CIT, chapelle des pénitents, Aniane (34) - 7th March 2009

version for voice, electronics, lights, video
la fonderie, Sète - 24th and 25th November 2007
festival Montpellier quartiers libres - 2nd and 13th October 2007

presentation
Studio Yann Lheureux, Montpellier - 30th March 2007
Collège de la Petite Camargue, Lansargues - 9th March 2007
Studio Yann Lheureux, Montpellier - 20 octobre 2006
National Choreographic Center of - 14th July 2006
La Baignoire, Montpellier - 9th June 2006

residencies
Studio Yann Lheureux, Montpellier (fr) - 26th to 30th March 2007
Collège de la Petite Camargue, Lansargues (fr) - 26th February to 9th March 2007
Collège de la Petite Camargue, Lansargues (fr) - 20th November to 1st December 2006
Studio Yann Lheureux, Montpellier (fr) - 16 au 20 octobre 2006
National Choreographic Center of Montpellier (fr) - 5 au 14 July 2006
La Baignoire, Montpellier (fr) - 5th to 9th June 2006
National Choreographic Center of Montpellier (fr) - 27th to 31th March 2006