26.01, 17:30 > 22:00
27.01 > 31.01, 12:00 > 19:00
01.02, 12:00 > 16:00
“Fade Out” is a technical term both used in cinema and sound to designate a transition or an end : the decrease of a signal until silence or complete disappearance. The scene focuses on the progressive burying of a drumset under a gravel flow where each impact is amplified and recorded as crashing on the different instrument’s parts. The sequence proposes the immersive experience of a raw technical process, by materializing the transition between two states. The flow produces a rhythm section which slowly turns into a sound and visual choking.
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Paul Destieu is a French media artist whose work encompasses installations, videos, and sound pieces. His practice explores the evolution of media within contemporary contexts, deeply influenced by technological history, language, cinema, and sound. Destieu’s works examine the tension between the emergence and disappearance of both traditional and modern techniques, probing the fragile boundary between system formation and collapse. Through his work, he challenges and reshapes our perception of modern history. His pieces have been shown across France, Germany, the UK, and the US, and are included in public collections such as FRAC SUD and the Fonds d’art contemporain de Marseille.