RUST presents: Méryll Ampe (video interview)
Sculptor, composer, and live performer, France-based artist Méryll Ampe establishes connections between his sound and sculptural practices. He imagines the sound as a medium to carve in real time, improvising from analog sources (oscillators, filters, drum machines, etc.). By playing with the interweaving of volumes, perspectives, and dynamics, he creates sharp and raw materials.
Méryll Ampe enjoys pushing the boundaries of sound, delving deep into its essence with a constant interest in roughness and porosity. During live performances, he engages in an instinctive and radical manner, using his awareness of the space and his own body as a barometer to weave massive sonic states that expand, intersect, blend, or decompose. The result is thunderous bursts of abstract noise and rhythmic saturations.
Rust met the artist who has put away the gouge and mallet to make room for machines. In this interview, Méryll reveals the origins of his musical practice, which stems from a long journey through materials and visual arts. He also unveils the inner workings of his compositions, dissects the processes behind his creations with his words, and discusses his relationship with live performance.
His music is a story of alchemy and spontaneity that intertwines place and audience in a musical ether. More than just a concert, it’s a constantly renewed experience, built around his obsessions and curiosities.
In short, Méryll’s pieces are doorways to the underworld, that restricted space between matter and imagination where anyone can contemplate his or her electronic chimeras.
Watch full interview :
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Photo de couverture : © Bérangère Fromont
