Prix GMEM des Phonurgia Nova Awards 2023

Purpose of residency: Reprise of creation, composition

Matière (noir, blanc, bleu) is a quadraphonic sound performance about mining in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The DRC is known for the presence in its soils of rare metals and earths such as copper, tin, cassiterite, cobalt and coltan, to which lithium has now been added. 


Nicknamed "white gold" by proponents of "green growth", the extraction of this metal, essential for the manufacture of electric batteries and high-voltage cells, contributes to the devastation of soils and landscapes, and perpetuates human trafficking, particularly in Manono, the capital of Tanganyika province, home to one of the world's largest lithium reserves. 

Combining field recordings, interviews, sound design and live readings, Matière (black, white, blue) aims to alert and raise awareness of our ambiguities by bringing a materiality and physicality to what is rendered invisible to us: our technological lives are made possible by the work of the men and women who extract the minerals from which our technological tools are made.
Mentions
Biography(s)
Material (black, white, blue)
Némo Camus, winner of the Phonurgia Nova Awards
Residence
Mon. Oct. 16 -- Fri. 27, 2023
Distribution

Némo Camus
design, composition and recordings

Némo Camus
Joëlle Sambi
Esther Mugambi...
writing and live reading

Cassandra Cristin
set design 

Éric Morel
mixing, spatialization

Emmanuel Longo Masengo
Ilunga Wa Ngoy Ilus
logistics, transport DRC

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