"Since my arrival in Marseille, the industrial areas of the Etang de Berre have fascinated me. I have, on many occasions, wandered between the fascinating spaces of the refineries, walked on the banks of the lakes and ponds, listened to the towns and villages between fresh and salt water." - Christian Sebille

The refining of oil designates the whole of the treatments and transformations aiming at drawing from oil the maximum of products with high commercial value. The refining of Oil designates the whole of the treatments and transformations aiming at drawing from the territory of the Etang de Berre the maximum of sounds with high poetic value .

For two years, Christian Sebille has been gathering experiences and encounters in the area around the Etang de Berre. Listening to the sound identity of the industrial and human landscapes he has crossed, he has created a sound palette.
Interviews with inhabitants, workers, fishermen or walkers, sound recordings of the ports or refineries, landscapes and beaches, all come together in a vast collection of sounds, the raw material for future compositions and concerts.

This first sound leafing is completed by the one elaborated by the students of the Technical High School Jean-Moulin of Port de Bouc, of the Conservatories of Martigues and Vitrolles within workshops of recording, electroacoustic improvisation and composition.

This creative process is again enriched at a third level by performative collaborations between young amateurs and professional artists: Philippe Foch, percussionist and virtuoso improviser, the YIN Ensemble under the direction of Philippe Festou...

The Pétrole concerts are played in situ in improbable places: body shops, airfields, beaches...

This artistic creation of territory gathers according to workshops, performances and concerts outside the walls, a multitude of partners: professional high school, Conservatories of Martigues and Vitrolles, the Yin Ensemble, the Bureau des Guides, the ENSA-M, Radio Grenouille...

Residence at the Jean Moulin Technical High School - Port de Bouc

Oil
CONCERT IN THE OPEN AIR
Sat. May 5, 2018
MACAP - Modèle Air Club d'Aix-en-Provence

In partnership with MACAP where Christian Sebille and Philippe Foch invoke turbines, whirlpools and vortices

As part of the1001 Nights #8, organized by GR2013, overlooking the territory of Berre.

Residency at the Fernand Léger Art Center - Port de Bouc

CORPUS TORQUEM
CHOREOGRAPHIC AND MUSICAL CREATION
Fri. May 25, 2018
Centre d'arts plastiques Fernand Léger - Château St Gobain - Port de Bouc

Béatrice Mille, choreographer - Floryan Varennes, visual artist - Christian Sebille, composer.

A second artistic collaboration was realized with the Fernand Léger Art Center and ESPE students around the question of the art-music-dance crossover.

Residency at the Conservatoire de Musique et Danse Pablo Picasso - Martigues 

Oil
CONCERT
Christian Sebille, Ensemble Yin, Conservatoire de Martigues
Wed. 26 June 2019
Fort de Bouc - Martigues

In resonance with the sounds it reveals, Pétrole was performed in the Fort de Bouc, erected at the mouth of the Caronte channel and today enclosed in the area of the petrochemical industrial complex.