XpiR est une rencontre entre une vidéaste et un saxophoniste. Leur spectacle est joué live.
Côté visuel , Brigit Ber mixe ses propres images : photos, séquences ou vidéos, animées en mouvements lents ou chaotiques. Scènes de vies, textures visuelles… Son monde visuel est envahissant ou discret, figuratif ou abstrait.
Côté musique , François Wong exploite le son d’un saxophone traité au travers d’oscillateurs d’ondes, de modulateurs, de distorsion et de samplers.
Ensemble, ils jouent un spectacle ludique et improvisé en gardant l’interaction comme fil conducteur. La souplesse de la musique live et l’ergonomie du logiciel Arkaos permettent d’aborder le VJing sous son angle interactif : l’apport humain et la sensibilité son prépondérants.
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XpiR is an original project, a meeting between a video jockey and a saxophone player. Their performance is played live.
Visual side : the VJ Brigit Ber mixes her own images: stand-alone or sequential photos, videos. Small movements of quiet poetry; cascades of images; scenes of life; visual textures… her visual world is invading or discrete, figurative or abstract, but always natural (no use of special effects).
Music side : the saxophone player François Wong comes from jazz but enlarges his instrument’s possibilities, using sound effects like wave oscillators and ring modulators, live samplers and loops.
Together, during the show, they interact in a game of opening and improvisation, reacting live. Images and music alternatively take the lead, building a sensitive and ludic space. “When we start the performance, it’s like jumping in the unknown: what will be the first image? With which sound will I react? It really works when we reach a deep listening of each other, like a passionate conversation†says François.
The project exploits the flexibility of the live music and the ergonomics of the software Arkaos to deliver a new show every time. Although VJing uses technology for images and sound, XpiR approaches VJing under its interactive angle: human input and sensitivity are paramount.
