Aymeric Hainaux & François Chaignaud (France) – MIRLITONS

Duration: 70 min.

Recommended age: 12+

Statement of intention by François Chaignaud:

The point of departure of our reunion was odd rhythms – 7 beats – which are anomalies in our orthonormal and binary Western environments, which form a challenge to our respective practices.  It is through the percussion of my feet on the ground that I sought to confront Aymeric; this led us to develop a percussive (heels against the floor, lips against the microphone), implacable, slightly liming, and rough music. The feet and the mouth stand in opposition, bodies are sculpted and activated through these two extremities, and we arrive in a place that is simultaneously connected to the underground and the skies.

Our encounter has become a confrontation, a competition, an alliance, a ritual – somber and tiring it appeared to invoke its antidote, its underside. Those few moments we shared in the opacity of the studio confirmed our desire to meet regularly to let these mirlitons escape, confront and comfort each other.

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