Autonomics is a performative sonic automata construction project, based on the notion of energy models in electroacoustic music.
Energy models place action at the heart of musical creation, and Autonomics transposes these basic actions (percussion, friction, oscillation, flow, rebound, etc.) onto automated, mechanical lutherie.
Sound research focuses on nuances, resonances and the “infrathin", seeking expressiveness in automation and inviting deep, active listening.
The installation unfolds in two connected spaces, one where the automata perform and another where they resonate, a diptych that enables the deployment of a dialectic of sonic and visual perception.
Support
ADEF (Arab Digital Expression Foundation); Fonderie du Mans; V2_Lab (Rotterdam); European Union; Goethe Institut; Trafo Center for Contemporary Art
Partnership
Friche la Belle de Mai
Kinda Hassan
Multimedia artist
Kinda Hassan is a Lebanese artist based in Paris. In her work, she creates environments that invite the public to experiment with modes of perception blending incongruity and causality. Since 2016, she has been working with sound as her medium of choice, exploring it above all in its ability to embody movement.
She has collaborated as a sound artist on numerous films and performances, and her work has been exhibited in many festivals and art spaces, including the Cannes, Berlinale, Oberhausen, Jihlava and Transmediale festivals, Mucem, La Maréchalerie Art Center, Mumok, Casa Arabe, as well as other art spaces, festivals and platforms in Europe, North America and the Middle East.
She was born in Beirut in 1984, where she lived and worked until 2013. She obtained two Master's degrees, in visual arts at the Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts in 2007 (ALBA), and in sound design at the École supérieure d'art et de design (ESAD-TALM) in Le Mans in 2018. Since 2021, she has been enrolled in the electroacoustic music composition program at the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Départemental (CRD) in Pantin.
Bart Plum (Mr. Stock)
Electronics engineer
Bart Plum (Mr. Stock) is an electronics, software and sound engineer who has been working with artists on numerous projects since 1994. He has taught at the Rotterdam Academy of Fine Arts.
He designs, builds hardware, programs unique and project-specific software for various applications, such as... detecting and tracking visitors in installations and interactive environments; collecting and converting seismographic data to reproduce "historical" earthquakes on an earthquake simulation table; controlling machines and motors for anthropomorphic robots; and teaching robots to play the guitar.
GMEM (Educational studio)
41 Jobin Street13003
Marseille
VERNISSAGE
Fri. May 3, 2024
6:00 pm - 10:00 pm
OPENING OF THE INSTALLATION
Sat. May 4 - Sun. May 12, 2024
(every day except May 7)
3:00 pm - 7:00 pm
LOCATION
Friche la Belle de Mai (GMEM, Studio pédagogique)
RATE
Free admission
DURATION
continuous
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
GMEM is committed to the environment and invites you to use sustainable means of transport.
TIP FOR SUNDAY MAY 5
Due to the Hip Hop Society festival, conditions are not ideal for enjoying the installation on Sunday May 5, so don't hesitate to choose another date.
Kinda Hassan
design, construction, sound creation
Bart Plum (Mr. Stock)
construction, hardware and digital programming