La dialectique de la proximité (13 min, 2025) is an immersive sound performance for dome of speakers, bone-conduction headphones, synthesizers, cassette recorders, and amplified markers.
Proximity does not only define a measurable distance: it shapes our emotions, just as being close to or far from a loved one affects our mood. This performance explores the relationship between these two spatial sensations. Using the speaker dome and bone-conduction headphones, the piece alternates between a vast sonic space and an almost private intimacy. An ephemeral sonic architecture is constructed through synthesis, where the boundaries between vastness and intimacy, body and sound, blur, inviting the audience into a fully immersive experience.
The recording was made using a binaural microphone to capture the sound in the hall and two contact microphones placed on the bone-conduction headphones.
The performance premiered at the Society for Arts and Technology [SAT] in Montreal on October 9, 2025, as part of the Augmented Concert event. Commissioned by Mezzo Forte and Akousma.
Thanks to Mezzo Forte, Akousma, SAT, Olivier Biron, Pierre-Mathieu Fortin, Guillaume Fortin, Joël Vaudreuil and Louis Cummins.
