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Armand LESECQ
Sound & Audiovisual Artist - Sound Designer - Electroacoustic Composer
armand.lesecq@protonmail.com
The Hague / Paris
Contact : armand.lesecq@protonmail.com
BIO
ENG
Armand Lesecq (1994, FR) is an interdisciplinary artist and music composer developing a practice in the fields of sound and visual art, art-science, experimental music, and expanded cinema.
His research lies at the crossroads between studies of altered states of consciousness (hypnosis, lucid dreaming, sensory deprivation), psychophysical phenomena (otoacoustic emission, phosphene), and the role of mental projections in the process of reality-making (perception). His work revolves around the induction of psychic states, the suggestion of mental images, and perceptual confusion.
He is developing research on closed-eye cinema with the project Phosphene. He is active as an electronic musician in the experimental music scene, playing solo as well as in projects Nuits (Emilie Skrijel, Tom Malmendier, Stéphane Clor), Hyperborée (Léa Roger, Clara Lévy, Stéphane Clor) and Hourvari (Nicolas Zentz). He specialized in sound spatialization and developed tools for creating spatial morphologies. He also works as a sound designer, mixer, and electroacoustic composer for film, installation, and performing arts.
Armand has presented his work in the worlds of art (Venice Art Biennale), art-science (Waag, Amsterdam), music (Météo Festival, Mulhouse), digital art (36 degrés, Paris), and cinema (Fabrica, Treviso). He is co-founder of the Parisian spatialized music festival Les Sonifères and of the experimental music label Ligne de Crête.
Armand holds a Master's degree from the Artscience Interfaculty (KABK & KC, The Hague, NL), studied at the HEAR Strasbourg (FR) and electroacoustic music composition at the Conservatoire de Pantin (FR).
FR
Armand Lesecq (1994, FR) est un artiste interdisciplinaire et compositeur explorant les champs des arts sonores et visuels, de l’art-science, de la musique expérimental et du cinéma étendu.
Ses recherches se situent au croisement des études sur les états modifiés de conscience (hypnose, rêve lucide, privation sensorielle), des phénomènes psychophysiques (oto-émission acoustique, phosphène) et du rôle des projections mentales dans les processus de création de réalité (perception). Son travail s’articule autour de l’induction d’états psychiques, de la suggestion d’images mentales et de confusions perceptives.
Il développe une recherche sur un cinéma pour paupières closes avec le projet Phosphène. Il est actif en tant que musicien électronique, se produit en solo ainsi que dans les projets de musiques expérimentales Nuits (Emilie Skrijel, Tom Malmendier, Stéphane Clor), Hyperborée (Léa Roger, Clara Lévy, Stéphane Clor), Hourvari (Nicolas Zentz). Il est spécialisé dans les questions de mise en espace du sonore et développe des outils de création de morphologies spatiales. Il travaille également en tant que sound designer, mixeur et compositeur électroacoustique pour le film, l’installation et le spectacle vivant.
Armand a notamment présenté son travail dans des contextes appartenant au monde de l’art (Biennale d’art de Venise), de l’art-science (Waag, Amsterdam), de la musique (Météo Festival, Mulhouse), des arts numériques (36 degrés, Paris), et du cinéma (Fabrica, Trévise). Il est cofondateur du festival parisien de musique spatialisée Les Sonifères et du label de musiques expérimentales Ligne de Crête.
Il est diplômé d'un master de l’Artscience Interfaculty (KABK & KC, La Haye, NL), il a étudié à la HEAR Strasbourg et au conservatoire de Pantin en composition de musique électroacoustique.
EDUCATION
- 2022 Master degree, ArtScience, Royal Academy of Art (KABK) & Royal Conservatory (KC), The Hague, NL.
Thesis on connections between neurosciences, dreams & political imaginaries. - 2020 Bachelor of Art (DNA), Haute École de Arts du Rhin (HEAR), Strasbourg, FR.
- 2017 Conservatory diploma (DEM), electroacoustic composition, SACEM Prize, Pantin, FR.
Essay on space in experimental music and the development of a High Order Ambisonic sound spatialization workflow. - 2014 BTS (two-year technician qualification diploma), Audiovisual, sound department, Suger, Saint-Denis, FR.
Certifications & Workshops
2024: Workshop - Music mastering, INA, FR
2018: Certification MAX level 1, IRCAM, FR.
2017: Workshop - Audio Spatialization , IRCAM, FR.
EXPERIENCE
2014-now: Freelance sound designer, sound editor, re-recording mixer, mastering engineer & music composer.
2015-19: Full time position as sound editor, sound designer and re-recording mixer for cinema, TV and museums. Shaman-Labs / Commune Image, Saint-Ouen, FR.
Co-founder of Les Soniferes Festival, Paris.
Co-founder of Ligne de Crête, experimental music label.
Events (selection)
Performances at Venice Art Biennale, De Waag (Amsterdam), Festival Météo (Mulhouse), Cave12 (Geneva), Highlight Festival (Delft), Fabrica (Treviso), Festival OFNI (Poitiers), Festival Jazz à Luz, iii (Den Haag), Festival Bruisme (Poitiers), Festival Superflux (Tours), Festival Plage Magnétique (Brest), Forum des Arts Sonores de Bastia, Le Périscope (Lyon), Le Cube (Garges), Le Générateur (Gentilly), DOC! (Paris), Arsenal (Metz), Mains d’Oeuvres (St-Ouen), Cité de la mode & du design (Paris), Fonderie Kluger (Geneva), Arcan DNA (Grenoble).
Residencies (selection)
2024 : ACROE & Apnées, multichannel composition residency, ambisonic dome, Grenoble, FR
2024 : Willem Twee Studios, sound research residency, Institut Français NL, Den Bosch, NL
2023 : GRAME, LIPS Lab, Immersion et nouvelles écritures, Villeurbanne, FR
2022 : Château Ephémère, Digital Arts, Sound Art & New Writings, FR.
2022 : Lieu Multiple & A veau-l'eau, Nuits, Aposiopèse, field recording & music, Poitiers, FR
2022 : CESARE CNCM, Research residency with Nuits, Reims, FR.
2021 : La Fraternelle, Research residency with Nuits, St-Claude, FR.
2021 : GMEA CNCM, Research residency with Hyperborée, Albi, FR. Work on spatial morphologies with an acoustic trio.
2018 : SILO, with Hourvari (doublebass and electronic). On site composition in a 10m high concrete silo.
Awards
2022 : Waag Future Lab, Art, Technology & Society Award for the project Phosphene
2017 : SACEM, music composition award for Halocline
2015 : Mixage Fou, sound design contest, Digital Salade Award
Music releases
2023: Nuits - Concert à Bruisme, binaural, Ligne de crête.
2023: Hourvari - Concrétions, Ligne de crête.
2023: Faux Semblant, Acoustic Territories vol. 0
2022: Hourvari - Parade, various on Syrinx Music.
2022: Tentative d'évaporation, soundtrack for a dance piece by Claire Hurpeau.
2021: Hyperborée, Live at Météo Festival, Mulhouse, Dreieck Interferences.
2021: Nuits, Latitudes
2020: Armand Lesecq, Parages, Compilation #2 confinement, Dreieck Interferences.
Audiovisual Live
2022-ongoing: Phosphène, Live AV, expanded cinema, cinema for closed eyes and spatial sound.
2019-ongoing: Remous, Live AV, DIY audiovisual instrument, water, feedback, hydrophone.
Video
2023: Crêtes, music video for Hourvari
2023: Tourner la pierre, music video for Hourvari
2022: Tangible Window, short movie, transparent multi-layered screen.
Music band
2020-: Nuits, quartet, electronic, accordion, drum, cello (Emilie Škrijelj, Tom Malmendier, Stéphane Clor).
2021-: Hyperborée, quatuor, electronic, violin, harp, cello (Clara Levy, Léa Roger, Stéphane Clor)
2018-: Hourvari, duo, electronic & doublebass (Nicolas Zentz).
2022-2023: Autre Collectif Ensemble, guest musician.
Music composition commission
2023: "Forgotten Ordinaries", binaural audio composition, commissioned by Highlight Delft Festival, iii (Instrument Inventors Initiative), Theater de Veste, NL.
2022: "Vibrant Landscape", composition for dance (directed by Claire Hurpeau).
2021: "Tentative d'Évaporation", music composition for a dance piece choreographed by Claire Hurpeau.
2020: "Quercus", music composition, short-movie (directed by Julien Munschy, produced by Le G.R.E.C).
2018: "@FARRAHAM22", music composition for an interactive installation by Aude Nasr & Paul Bourigan, 100% Festival, La Villette Paris.
Sound design
2024: "Bestiari", Sound design & Spatial Mix (HOA, IKO, WFS), directed by Carlos Casas, Catalan Pavillon, Venice Art Biennale, IT.
2023: "Paris 2043", immersive audio mix, EY Fabernovel, directed by Christophe Cheysson, produced by Mymetta.
2021: "Mahalla", Venice Architecture Biennale , Spatial mixer, ambisonic 3D mix, directed by Carlos Casas.
2019: "Cemetery", re-recording mixer 5.1, feature film directed by Carlos Casas.
2018: "The Show", sound editor, series directed by Jan Kounen, produced by BlackPills.
2020: "Quercus", sound editor & music composer, short film directed by Julien Munschy and produced by Le G.R.E.C.
2019: "Still Life" d'Edouard Sautai, exhibition at "La Maréchalerie - centre d'art contemporain (Versailles)" and at "Domaine de Kerguehennec" (Morbihan). Field recording & Sound editing.
2018: "16 Levers de Soleil", sound editor, feature documentary directed by Pierre-Emmanuel Le Goff, produced by La 25e heure.
2018: "Dans la Peau de Thomas Pesquet", cinéma 360°, 2x20min. Directed by Pierre-Emmanuel Le Goff. Produced by La vingt-cinquième heure. Prize "coup de coeur" du 360° film festival 2018. Sound editing, ambisonic and binaural spatial mix.
2017: "Monumelt", d'Edouard Sautai, exhibition at "galerie Fernand Léger", Ivry s/ seine. Sound design.
Sound installations
2023: A few seconds, installation for a chair, microphones and audio delays, collective exhibition "A meeting place for sounds", CLB gallery, Berlin, DE
2022: Surfaces, metal plates orchestra, Het HEM, Amsterdam, NL
Software dev.
2017-2023: Creation of a spatial workflow for Ableton Live. (Touch OSC, Ableton Live, IRCAM Spat, Cycling'74 MAX.)
2022: Custom spatialisation tools, MaxforLive & IRCAM Spat, interactive installation by Sandipan Nath.
2020 : Spatial workflow conception for Tommy Lawson and Jean-Daniel Bécache. (Touch OSC, Ableton Live, IRCAM Spat, Cycling'74 MAX.)
Academic paper
2024: Co-author, "Bestiari: a hypnagogic experience created by combining complementary state-of-the-art spatial sound technologies, Catalan Pavilion, Venice Art Biennale 2024", AES NY 2024
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