In the last three years, we have attempted to sketch the random panorama of
contemporary "sound arts". For those directly concerned, such a heuristic
phrase can federate as much as it can divide. The listening process, whether
it be physical, distracted or critical, unaware of its own habituation,
sometimes even define the status of an artist. This fourth selection «
MUSIC NO MUSIC » aims to explore the variations on musicality; its criteria,
its limits, its vocabulary. In an area still to be outlined, should one opt
for the traditional posture of musicology and wonder about tone, rhythm or
language? Will the underlying attraction towards the sublime and virtuosity
always counteract D.I.Y processes? Could we embrace the principles of Cage,
Schaeffer, the Dada and Punk energies to constantly challenge our judgement
automatisms and tend towards audacious shapes and structures?...
Each of the present artists, through the formal or conceptual decisions
bordering his creative gesture, adds a fragment to the global answer. Often
enlightened, fortunately subjective.