FESTIVAL ON / OLIVIIER LASSON + REEVE SCHUMACHER : IMPROVISATION EN EAU MAJEUR / ARLES

 November, 2019

 


Festival ON invited Olivier Lasson and me to occupy the Chapelle de la Madeleine in Arles for three days, open to the public. There we made a totem-stack of loud-speakers that screamed our improvisational music. I can't prove it, but I'm convinced that with all our chanting and shenanigans we made it rain one night!

MUSÉE TRANSITOIRE / PARIS

October, 2019

 

"Echo" made with mooring rope, twine and flourescent lights. Dimensions variable.

 

                                                                           Detail of "Echo"

 

 
 
An abandoned five-story parking garage in the middle of Paris: an ideal spot for an exhibition. At least that's what Romina Shama and Amandine Cassadamont thought when they curated a whole roster of international artists including Yours Truely for Musée Transitoire's first installment, "I would prefer not to." It was a very dynamic show with an emphasis on sound installation. I installed two works in-situ and performed Sonic Braille for the opening in a new jacket I made for the occasion. There was a nice write-up in Mediapart.

ÉGLISE DE FRÈRES PRÊCHEURS / INSIDE THE BELLY OF A WHALE / ARLES

May, 2019



 






 

For one month, the city of Arles provided the Église de Frères Prêcheurs, an immense 14th century Dominican church, for me do an exhibition. Curated by Mélanie Bellue and co-produced by LHOSTE it became much more than an exhibition. It became a testing ground in collaboration and improvisation with numerous artists, musicians, yogis, dancers, writers, trapezists, cyclists and the public alike. Sonic Braille and a corridor of loud speakers resounded thoughout the voluminous space that was punctuated by sculpture, large format works, installations and performances.

MIREILLE MATHIEU - Collage à partir de pochettes vinyles originales

 






En parallèle à Sonic Braille, Reeve Schumacher travaille sur les pochettes de disques de Mireille Mathieu.
Séduit par son parcours et sa beauté, il accumule ses disques avec la frénésie du fan ou du collectionneur.
Méticuleusement découpées, les pochettes de ses disques sont imbriquées dans des collages d’une grande précision.



RADIO NOVA / SYLVAIN PRUDHOMME + REEVE SCHUMACHER / L'AFFAIRE FURTIF / PARIS

 April, 2018

 


Live from the studio of Radio Nova, Sylvain Pruhomme reads excerpts from his book, "L'Affaire Furtif," with musical accompaniment of Sonic Braille.

LES RENCONTRES D'ARLES / NOTHING BUT BLUE SKIES

 

NOTHING BUT BLUE SKIES 2016
145 x 135
acrylic paint on ink jet print


In good company: NOTHING BUT BLUE SKIES hangs next to a Thomas Hirschorn sculpture 
and a Gerhard Richter for an exhibition in Les Rencontres de la Photographie in Arles 2016.  
Curated by Mélanie Bellue and the festival's director, Sam Stourdzé.