nicolas bernier
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strings.lines

MUSIC
Nicolas Bernier

VIOLA DA GAMBA
Pierre-Yves Martel

VIOLIN
Chris Bartos

PRODUCTION
2008-2010

LENGTH
40’

PRESENTATION
Surround sound with live electronics and strings.

DESCRIPTION
[...] j'étais parti du la du diapason,
note de référence sur laquelle tout le monde s'accorde,
symbole en quelque sorte d'une musique de hauteur [...]

- Bernard Parmegiani

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On one side, the antique musical instrument and on the other, electronic paraphernalia.

On one hand, this obsession with old objects, obsolescence, dust. On the other, a fascination for bareness, sobriety and purity.

The tuning fork: symbol of tonal music, object used for centuries. It produces a sound close to the sine wave, elementary sound of electronic music. The acoustic tuning fork is an endangered species, soon to be replaced by the electronic tuner.

Based on recordings of strings and tuning forks, string.lines is a linear path around the dichotomies of acoustic/electronic, tainted/pure, ancient/modern. The sine wave is graphically represented by a line.

The line is a boundary.

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strings.lines was created between September 2008 and Febuary 2010 in the artist personal studio.
Thanks to Chris Bartos, Pierre-Yves Martel & Crónica.

Dedicated to my friend urban9.

Will be release on Crónica in late 2010.