Research
Several works (amongst them Seul Richard, Unfold, Outside Lectures, Feedbackroom,Open Source, Réanimation) gave rise to research studies, which have been conducted individually or within the context of institutions: the Electroshop research and creation workshop at École nationale supérieure d’art de Nancy, the École nationale supérieure des Arts Décoratifs de Paris, Chartreuse de Villeneuve lez Avignon, École des beaux-arts de Rennes, CITu, the Cube, Lux Scène nationale de Valence, Monaco Inter Expo, Kawenga (Montpellier), ARCAL, Avant-Rue, which I wish to thank for their commitment. See also the publication R&C / Research and Creation, published by Burozoïque / Editions du Parc in 2009.
Some of these projects are also supported by French public programs : the Dicream (Seul Richard, Unfold) or Arcadi (Fermata), and by associations like the CIDMA program supervised by Daniel Habault (which has supported every project since 1998).
Collaborations
These works are also the result of very regular collaborations with artists, researchers, producers, performers and technicians: Hiromi Asaï (actress and performer),Samuel Bianchini (artist), David Beytelmann (historian), Pierre and Matthieu Carniaux (movie director and editor), Mathieu Chamagne (composer and programmer), Jean-François Chiama (tenor), Jean-Baptiste Droulers (engineer, technical supervisor), Juliette Fontaine (artist and author), Béatrice Horn (producer), Jasch (composer and programmer), Emmanuelle Lafon (actress), Pascale Langrand (architect), Luc Larmor (artist and composer), Françoise Lebeau (producer), Sébastien Le Gall (step coach), Florence March (lecturer at Université d’Avignon et des Pays de Vaucluse), Daniel Migairou (producer), Judith Morisseau (actress), Frédéric Nauczyciel (photographer) Sandrine Nicolas (actress), Alexandre Nollet (photographer), Valérie Pihet (Medialab Sciences Po), Simon Pleasance (translater), Sylvain Prunenec (choreographer and dancer), Noëlle Renaude (author), Jean-François Robardet (artist), Esther Salmona (artist), Susanne Wernsing (curator), Maryseult Wieczoreck (soprano), Louise Williams (traducer), Alyson Wishnowska (dancer).
Credits
Infocus
Production Pandore Production.
With the technical support of Jean-Yves Bernier.
Fermata
Computer programming:Â Mathieu Chamagne
Production Kawenga Territoires numériques, ARCADI, Le Troisième Pôle, Pandore Production, with the support of Conseil Régional and Direction des Affaires Culturelles de la région Languedoc Roussillon, Direction des Affaires Culturelles de la Ville de Paris, and in partnership with the Mediterranean Film Festival. Delegated production: Pandore Production.
Step to step
Performer : Sébastien Le Gall.
Residency at Atelier de recherche et création Espaces sonores et interaction (Studio for creation and research into sonic and interactive spaces) – École régionale des beaux-arts de Rennes, coordinated by Luc Larmor. With the collaboration of Pierrot Alizon, Christophe Aslanian, Pauline Boyer, Helena Guilloteau, Benjamin Husson, Yves Morel, Aurélie Peterschmitt, Cynthia Tonnerre.
With the help of Lelabo, du CITu (Federation of Paris I and Paris VIII university laboratories) and the CIDMA.
Production: Pandore Production and École régionale des beaux-arts de Rennes
Delegated production: Pandore Production
Thanks to Françoise Lebeau and Pierre Reis
Réanimation
Design, stage direction, apparatus:Â Samuel Bianchini et Thierry Fournier
Choreography and performance: Sylvain Prunenec
Dancer and audience real-time captation, real-time music: Thierry Fournier
Computer image production: Frédéric Durieux
Animation: Samuel Bianchini
Production École nationale supérieure d’art de Nancy – Research and creation ElectroShop workshop - Espace Pasolini (Valenciennes). In partnership with the CiTu, Federation of the Paris 1 and Paris 8 universitiy laboratories; and with the support of the Groupe ICN and the Groupe SFR-Cegetel. With collaboration from Mathieu Redelsperger, Marine Fechtig et Marjolaine Phulpin, students at École nationale supérieure d’art de Nancy
Creation for Next Festival, Espace Pasolini, Valenciennes 2008
Open Source
Architecture: Pascale Langrand
Computer programming: Mathieu Chamagne and Jan “Jasch” Schacher
Technical and engineering direction: Jean-Baptiste Droulers
Assistant: Jean-François Robardet
Creation for the Monaco pavilion, Expo Zaragoza 2008
Production: Monaco Inter Expo – Executive production: Le Troisième Pôle
See You
Assistant: Mathieu Redelsperger
Production: Pandore Production. With support of the Cube, Creation center for digital arts, and from Stemmer Imaging (cameras and lenses).
Creation for Cube Festival 2008, curated by Carine Le Malet
Unfold
Unfold interactive installation: Thierry Fournier
Last Room film direction: Pierre Carniaux
Film editing: Pierre et Matthieu Carniaux
Installation coproduction:Â Pandore Production
Film production:Â AMIP -Â Shellac
With the support of DICREAM – Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication, 2008
Outside Lectures
Design and stage direction: Thierry Fournier
Authors: David Beytelmann, Juliette Fontaine, Thierry Fournier, Noëlle Renaude, Jean-François Robardet, Esther Salmona
Performer: Emmanuelle Lafon
Production: Chartreuse de Villeneuve lez Avignon, Centre national des écritures du spectacle, 2008
Delegated production:Â Pandore Production – Producer: Daniel Migairou
Feedbackroom
Created in the context of the ElectroShop research and creation workshop, 2006-2007, co-produced by Ecole nationale Supérieure d’Art de Nancy, Groupe ICN and École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Nancy, with the support of CITu. With the participation of Julien Cazals, Charles Huguet, Louise Vigier (Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Nancy), Isabelle Ferrière, Yannick Larvade et Oscar Péré (ICN Graduate Business School), Régis Fanjat, Chia-Chin Lin et Guo Tsong (Ecole nationale supérieure d’art de Nancy) and the friendly collaboration of Jean-François Robardet
Siren
Authors: Samuel Bianchini and Thierry Fournier
Voice : Maryseult Wieczorek
Production : Dispothèque and Écholalie, 2006-07
The Life of Things
Curated by Susanne Wernsing and Lisa Noggler
Technocal and engineering direction: Jean-Baptiste Droulers
Video editing: Matthieu Carniaux
Work commissioned by Technisches Museum – Wien (Austria), 2006
Ce qui nous regarde
Authors and interactive script: Emmanuel Mâa Berriet and Thierry Fournier
Interactive video and musical system: Thierry Fournier
Visual computer direction and captation: Emmanuel Mâa Berriet, Franz Hildgen
Musical computer direction: Jasch
Main video operator : Antoine Tracou
Actors : Valérie Blanchon and Christophe Brault
Voices: Julie Carbonnel
Research assistance: David Beytelmann and Julie Carbonnel
Delegated production: Le Troisième Pôle
Production : French pavilion of the Aichi World Fair / Japan 2005
Stories Machine
Author: Thierry Fournier
Objects design: Zarko
Landscape design and architecture: Pascale Langrand
With the collaboration of François Schelameur for landscaping
Production Jardin du Nombril (project directed by Yannick Jaulin), 2004
Production administration: Cécile Renault
To Agrippine
With the voices of Hiromi Asaï and Véronique Gens
Extract of Handel’s Agrippina – courtesy La Grande Ecurie et la Chambre du Roy 2004
Work commissioned by Studio-Théâtre de Vitry, 2004
Electric Bodyland
Work commissioned by Institut de Musique Electroacoustique de Bourges
Creation for the Synthèse Festival, Bourges, June 2003
Shadow of a Doubt
Interviews: Marc Augé, Bernard Bachelier, Alain Claëys, François Desriaux, Bernard-Marie Dupont, François Ewald, Christophe Gérard, Olivier Godard, Pierre-Henri Gouyon, Martin Hirsch, Pierre Lascoumes, Anne-Laure Morin, Christophe Noisette, Guy Riba, Isabelle Stengers, Jacques Testart, Hervé Touraquet
Interviews directed by Thierry Fournier
Actors: Valérie Blanchon, Christophe Brault, Bernard Cupillard
Documentary research and script collaboration: Anne-Laure Stérin
Video recordings and script collaboration: Pascal Nottoli
Computer programming: Thierry Fournier, Jean-Baptiste Droulers
Technical direction: Jean-Baptiste Droulers
With the technical support of: Sylvie Tissot, Jan Schacher and l’École Nationale Supérieure de Création Industrielle
Work commissioned by the Lyons Natural History Museum, 2003
The Screens
Play by Jean Genet Рstage direction by Fr̩d̩ric Fisbach
Musical creation, sound, voice amplification, real-time system: Thierry Fournier
Musical assistant, sound-engineer and performer: Jean-Baptiste Droulers
Production Studio-Théâtre de Vitry, 2002-03
Moulting Angel
Isabelle Choinière (choreography, system) and Thierry Fournier (interactive system, music and sound, motion capture)
Lighting design: François Roupinian
Assistant and interactive systems engineering: Jean-Baptiste Droulers
Creation for Synthèse Festival, Bourges, june 2001
The Nibelungen Treasure
Co-authors and script: Olivier Auber, Emmanuel Berriet, Thierry Fournier
Design and image direction: Olivier Auber and Emmanuel Berriet
Interactive musical creation and real-time system: Thierry Fournier
Musical performers: Armelle Orieux (soprano), Laura Gordiani (alto), J-François Chiama (tenor), Eric Guillermin (bass)
Production Nibelungen Museum
Sweetest Love
7 pieces based on the texts of John Donne (Song, Women’s constancy, A fever)
Performers Jean-François Chiama (tenor), Jean-Christophe Jacques (barytone), Jean-Loup Pagésy (bass), Thierry Fournier (electronics)
Creation for film: Anne Théron Ce qu’ils imaginent, 2002
Production Pickpocket & Thierry Fournier
Architecture of Paradise
From Plato’s Timeas-Crateas
Performers: Armelle Orieux (mezzo-soprano) Laura Gordiani (alto), Vanda Benes and Lyndee Mah (spoken voice).
Commissioned by Marie Sester for the eponymous installation (SFMOMA, 2000)
Production Marie Sester & Thierry Fournier – with support from CIDMA
Photographs
Samuel Bianchini, Jean-Michel Couturier, Thierry Fournier, Frédéric Nauczyciel / see-you-tomorrow, Alexandre Nollet, Jean-François Robardet.
Legal
© Thierry Fournier 2009. All texts and photographs © their authors.
Photographs and videos are available on simple request.
