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To Merge

2022

Performance Singing Composition

In a world that he perceives as agitated, Jérôme Porsperger proposes a moment suspended in time, a meditative and spiritual anchoring, luminous and sensitive. An invitation to introspection, unplugging, the awakening of the senses, a change of perspective and to wonderment. The first performance of this cycle took place on February 5, 2022 at Fondation CAB in Brussels, Belgium in dialogue with the works of American minimalist artist Fred Sandback

In a large room characterized by a great natural resonance, the artist explores his counter-tenor (soprano) voice range between vocal improvisation and composition : improvised melodic lines, short or sustained sounds, harmonic echoes, furtive passages of sacred music or revisited operas, personal compositions.

He reacts to the unfolding of sound in space: the intention (duration and intensity) of each musical and bodily phrase is realized in dialogue with the place and the works of art.

He reacts to the deployment of the sound in space. The intention (duration and intensity) of each body and musical phrase is achieved in dialogue with the space and the artworks.

The sounds emitted by his body resonate through the works and the volume of the space, creating suspended moments, visions and invisible tensions.

His movements, slow, measured and precise, as well as his motion in space, integrate themselves into the space’s architecture and the artwork, creating static and suspended / cosmic visions.

The dimensions of the space and its resonance as well as the long-duration performance allow his being, his body and his voice to converge and to enter into symbiosis with the space, the artwork and the public. An intimacy and an availability are gradually formed between the artist and his public, collectively living a present, strong and unique moment. The voice, as a mediating source of emotion, links to beauty and spirituality.

The public can come and go smoothly. It is delicately welcomed by knowledgeable staff at the entrance with these words: So as to create an atmosphere conducive to listening and to observation, please speak softly, circulate delicately and put your phones on mute.

Thanks to their random placements in the space and their poses of listening, the spectators visually participate in the performance. Organically and progressively, Jérôme Porsperger's voice resonates and breathes with the audience, the moment takes on a form of performative meditation that opens up to the audience's body.

The length of this performance is 4 hours. Approximately every hour, a 10 minute break is announced by the tinkling of a small bell activated by the artist which allows for the breathing and the circulation of the public.

The performance can take place in the afternoon, the evening or at night.

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