Anthony Duchêne

Anthony Duchêne was born in 1976 in Montpellier (FR), he lives and works in Marseille (FR)

This work does not aim to describe an auditory reality, but rather to develop a reflection on the sound codes that are specific to us. The rotation of a vinyl record, the mechanism of a sprinkler system are examples that directly evoke a distinctive and precise sound event: they are the vectors that transmit noises familiar to our ears.

The sound loop, staged by these various diffusers, has neither beginning nor end: it suggests sound in a relationship to time where the focus is not on pitch or harmony but on a silent duration. In Le moindre geste by Fernand Deligny (both the book and the film), one must accept getting lost, letting oneself be carried by the errant lines traced by Yves’s path, who tries in vain to reconnect with the guiding thread. The wandering and the visual and sound disjunctions in this film, as well as the mechanisms of silent cinema, are elements I use to explore the phenomena of sound in a relationship that is both plastic and spatial.

One could also mention the displacement of sound, as is the case in Rotatif Sectoriel Twist, through a device that suggests a garden sprinkler. The emission and fall of the water are used in this case as auditory pretexts. It is not a reconstruction or an imitation of reality, but a schematization that shifts from auditory illusion to sound drawing.

Anthony Duchêne’s work in on display during the exhibitions Anthony Duchêne, Pierre Labat, 2006 and Sylvain Ciavaldini, Anthony Duchêne, Yannick Papailhau, Alexandra Pellissier - offsite, 2008