[ISEA2010] Artist Statement: Sophie Bélair Clément – Choir Piece for 24 Voices Attuned to the Spectrum of Frequencies of a Sodium Lamp Powered by 60 Hertz, 2008

Artist Statement

Sound installation

For her work Choir Piece for 24 Voices Attuned to the Spectrum of Frequencies of a Sodium Lamp Powered by 60 Hertz, Sophie Bélair Clément has analysed the acoustic frequency spectrum of a sodium lamp, and has subsequently commissioned a choir to perform and sing
this spectrum of sound. In the exhibition, the artist presents a recording of this choir performance as a sound installation piece.

  • Sophie Bélair Clément is interested in exhibition circumstances, in information obtained in the course of the documentation process and in the dissonances that derive from attempts at recreations. Her performances and installations, contextually developed in collaboration with cultural workers and musicians, suggest sustained attention to the immediate and mediated space. Bélair Clément lives in Montreal, Canada. In 2010 she is artist in residence at Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, on invitation by the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec.

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