Portraits of Spectators: Live Composition from Typewritten Text
Performance at the Théâtre de Cornouaille (National Scene of Quimper)
December 2021
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This project involved crafting live, typewritten texts based on tailored questions, capturing the essence of the spectators’ experiences and reflections.
Photo Credits: Loïc Thersiquel, Marie Serres-Giancotti, Louise Hubinont
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Questions posed to the audience:
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How do you like to be addressed?
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How do you enjoy leaving a performance?
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If you could become an artist for a night, who would you be?
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What truly draws you to the theater?
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Be aware that you are part of an audience from the perspective of the artistic team. How do you feel about this "ephemeral collective" that momentarily gathers to appreciate the performance?
Paulette
The line of fortune
for the compass needle
Paulette knows
that the shiny silks
are treasures.
Paulette
travels
from the velvet seat.
Paulette recounts
her drums—
with grace,
to the abbeys.
With a long, wide horizon
in her sights,
she keeps the space ahead
for observation.
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Hadrien
To amaze the moment,
that’s what unfolds
with the reveal of the performance.
Hadrien, as if in a dream,
thinks of full houses
and living moments—
instigated by the passion
of the vivid.
On a thread, one must not fall—
there lies
the presence at the stage.
Once upon a time,
the moment hammers
its different face
with each blow.
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Christine
An intrigue
in this hall.
A few mirrors.
A divided subject,
two sculptures
of salt
observe
the rays—
life
instated in every form.
Christine, with her twists
in reflections,
teleports living art
into a semaphore.
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Victoria
With a handful of joy
in each hand,
Victoria leaves
a performance,
sometimes
smiling—
For the smile
is like a garment.
Victoria knows
it adorns the soul;
it is a dream,
like a scene—
a moment
where bonds unite
and tongues loosen
after the applause.