฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀odbo

théâtre฀de฀sons฀
sounds฀theatre

Whether฀it฀is฀touched,฀rubbed,฀hit฀or฀blown,฀each฀object฀reveals฀its฀own฀personality,
holds฀a฀dialogue฀or฀a฀soliloquy,฀shapes฀landscapes,฀and,฀moved฀within฀a฀circular฀space,
it฀gives฀way฀to฀your฀imagination.

Inside฀the฀circle,฀a฀woman,฀a฀man,฀resonant฀objects.฀Basic฀materials,฀objects฀found฀on฀the฀spot,
primitive฀instruments฀(bows,฀tubes...)฀moving฀around,฀rubbing฀against฀the฀walls฀and฀floors,
discovering฀the฀sound฀of฀the฀place,฀with฀a฀multitude฀of฀intensities,฀densities฀and฀textures.

Volumes฀of฀sounds฀create฀the฀shapes฀of฀an฀imaginary฀landscape,฀meeting฀and฀leaving฀each
other,฀landing฀nearby฀and฀suddenly฀taking฀off.
A฀living฀acoustic฀universe฀comes฀onto฀the฀scene.

Around฀the฀circle,฀those฀who฀look฀and฀listen,฀hear฀and฀see,฀those฀who฀dream,฀smile฀and
compose฀their฀own฀vision฀of฀this฀abstract฀microcosm.฀Every฀one฀sits฀in฀the฀front฀row,฀involved
through฀their฀breathing,฀their฀slightest฀movements฀and฀their฀heartbeats.

In฀the฀intimacy฀of฀the฀circle,฀sounds฀overflow฀into฀other฀senses฀and฀sensations.฀You฀can฀feel
them฀through฀gentle฀touches฀or฀light฀breaths,฀and฀see฀them฀through฀the฀gestures฀that฀give฀rise
to฀them.

The฀circle฀promotes฀the฀circulation฀of฀energy฀and฀the฀feeling฀of฀conviviality,฀of฀being฀together
instead฀of฀facing฀each฀other.฀Then฀everyone฀can฀feel฀this฀unlimited฀confidence฀in฀the
unexpected฀that฀gives฀rise฀to฀spontaneous฀and฀free฀improvisation.

The฀circle฀is฀a฀simple,฀nomadic฀and฀ancestral฀area฀of฀expression,฀which฀can฀be฀set฀up
everywhere฀with฀no฀need฀for฀specific฀equipment.฀odbo฀offers฀a฀sensitive฀experience฀to
everyone฀who฀is฀ready฀to฀listen,฀with฀either฀wide฀open฀or฀firmly฀closed฀eyes,฀and฀to฀let
themselves฀go฀with฀their฀imagination.
Roland฀Devocelle,฀born฀in฀1969.
Self-taught฀musician฀and฀composer.
Came฀to฀free฀improvisation฀through฀jazz฀and฀free฀jazz฀saxophone.

Audrey฀Rocher,฀born฀in฀1977.
Self-taught฀musician฀and฀clown.
Came฀to฀free฀improvisation฀through฀clown฀art฀and฀improvised฀music฀with฀the฀trumpet฀and฀trombone.

Since฀2000,฀they฀are฀cooperating฀in฀the฀field฀฀of฀sound฀arts,฀light฀art฀and฀corporeal฀art.
Their฀work฀is฀a฀combination฀of฀their฀different฀experiences฀of฀live฀performance,฀sound,฀dramatisation,฀
relation฀to฀the฀audience฀and฀improvisation,฀and฀is฀also฀enriched฀by฀their฀approach฀of฀visual฀arts.

They฀have฀explored฀the฀acoustic฀characteristics฀of฀all฀kinds฀of฀objects฀or฀materials฀and฀the฀relations฀
between฀sound฀arts฀and฀other฀artistic฀expressions฀฀in฀duo฀and฀also฀in฀several฀artistic฀collaborations
฀based฀on฀musical฀and฀฀multiart฀free฀improvisation,฀with฀painting,฀clown฀art,฀dance,฀light฀art...฀฀

They฀shared฀improvisations฀with฀artists฀such฀as฀Felip฀Costes฀(painter),฀Jean-Marc฀Eon฀(drums),฀
Antony฀Maubert฀(฀electro-acoustics),฀Luc฀Bouquet฀(drums),฀฀Stéphane฀Gauchon฀(objects,฀
electroacoustics),฀฀Amaël฀Ferrando฀(voice),฀Patrice฀Soletti(guitar),฀Wilehad฀Grafenhorst฀(electronics),
Fine฀Kwiatkowski฀(dance),฀฀Ephia฀Gburek฀(dance)...

They฀performed฀at฀Albert฀Marzelle฀Museum฀(Marmande฀-฀France),฀Blinzelbar฀gallery฀(Hamburg฀–
Germany),฀«฀Café-lecture฀Les฀Augustes฀»฀(Clermont-Ferrand฀-฀France),฀Théâtre฀Lakanal฀-฀Pierre฀Tabard
(Montpellier฀-฀France),฀Denmark's฀Intuitive฀Music฀Conference฀(Svenborg฀-฀Denmark),฀Zieu฀M฀Zic฀Festival
(Rennes฀le฀Château฀-฀France),฀Symposium฀Improvisierte฀Musik฀(Kleinsassen฀-฀Allemagne),฀
Fine฀Arts฀Museum฀(Agen฀-฀France),฀Le฀Placard฀Festival฀(Agen฀-฀France),฀฀
Le฀Bruit฀de฀la฀Musique฀Festival฀(Saint-Sylvain-sous-Toulx฀-France)...

Technics
Circular฀space:฀3,50฀m฀minimum฀(the฀audience฀sits฀around฀on฀chairs฀or฀on฀the฀floor)
No฀sound฀system฀required฀(unplugged฀instruments)
Electricity฀desirable฀(for฀light)฀but฀not฀absolutely฀necessary
Duration:฀30฀to฀60฀minutes
Audience฀max:฀50฀people
Setting฀up฀time:฀45฀minutes
Dismantling฀time:฀45฀minutes

We฀can฀create฀upon฀a฀given฀theme,฀upon฀the฀sound฀of฀a฀place,฀or฀as฀a฀result฀of฀meeting฀local
improvisers.

Roland฀DEVOCELLE
Audrey฀ROCHER
+33.(0)6.38.01.63.38
audrey.rocher@orange.fr