May 20 2023 – Book launch at ACUD Berlin
Book launch of “Sawt, Bodies, Species – Sonic Pluralism in Morocco” by Gilles Aubry SA 20.5.2023, 18H ACUD Club, as part of the exhibition and concert program Notes from below. 18h00-19h30h Book presentation moderated by Kathrin Wildner Gilles Aubry presents “Sawt, Bodies, Species – Sonic Pluralism in Morocco” published by adocs Press. 20h00-21h00 Artist talk […]
May 11 2023 – Notes From Below, opening at Acud Galerie Berlin
Notes from Below 11.5 – 10.6.2023, ACUD Galerie Exhibition, concerts, presentations, discussions With Gilles Aubry, Keli Safia Maksud, Sara Ouhaddou and Simnikiwe Buhlungu. Curated by Bhavisha Panchia Notes from Below is a three-pronged project that brings together the works of artists and musicians whose research, poetics, and discursive practices are attuned to sounding out […]
Sawt, Bodies, Species – New book available on adocs Press
In Sawt, Bodies, Species, Gilles Aubry offers an account on sonic pluralism in Morocco across a wide domain of activities, including archives, music, art, healing, and ecology. Sawt, in Arabic, literally means sound and voice. Sound in Morocco thus intimately relates to the body; it never quite corresponds with its modern Western counterpart as a […]
April 8th 2023 – Atlantic Ragagar at Rewire Festival
Gilles Aubry’s film essay Atlantic Ragagar is part of Rewire festival 2023! Screening on Sat 8 Apr, 15:00 at Filmhuis Den Haag Info https://www.rewirefestival.nl/timetable?artist=atlantic-ragagar-by-gilles-aubry&day=08-04-2023
March 18 2023 – Atlantic Ragagar at FIFA Montreal
North American premiere of Atlantic Ragagar (Aubry 2022) at the Festival International du Film sur l’Art in Montreal (FIFA). • Université Concordia – J.A. de Sève, LB-125, Pavillon J. W. McConnell CARTE BLANCHE : FATIMA ZAHRA-LAKRISSA – RABAT Samedi 18 mars 2023, 14:00 — 16:00 https://lefifa.com/en/catalog?programmes=35818932 A film program by Fatima Zahra-Lakrissa in collaboration with […]
February 11th 2023 – From A to Om via Eendrachtsplein, performance at TENT Rotterdam
As part of the exhibition There is no party so noisy as the one you’re not invited to, Berlin-based artist Gilles Aubry is presenting his sound installation From A to OM, questioning the scientific construction of knowledge about languages and the voice as well as the technological developments and ethical implications of speech synthesis. During […]
February 1st 2023 – CTM Vorspiel – Live at Anagram Space/Staalplat Berlin
Gilles Aubry : R’bia, Harsha, Cinta New live set based on seaweed ecologies in Morocco. Using feedback and electronics, Gilles Aubry explores sounds’ capacities to interact symbiotically. https://soundcloud.com/gilles-aubry/sets/rbia-harsha-cinta w/ Wouter Jaspers : Facsimile (2022) Doors: 19h00 Start: 19h30 Limited space, come early! Anagram Space Elbestr. 28-29 Hinterhof 12045 Berlin https://vorspiel.berlin/events/wouter-jaspers-gilles-aubry
January 13 2023 – Atlantic Ragagar at Norient Festival Bern
Atlantic Ragagar will have its Swiss premiere at the Norient Film Festival 2023 in Bern. In his experimental short film, Swiss director Gilles Aubry explores seaweed and pollution on the Moroccan Atlantic coast which has dramatic consequences for the health of the population. The film is an attempt to «listen» to pollution and to its […]
“The Whistle” in Le Temps.ch
http://www.earpolitics.net/gilles_divers/The_Whistle-Le_Temps-oct2022.pdf https://www.letemps.ch/culture/voix-colere-selon-the-whistle?spc=LfiJ2Pjyz43PchKd
December 2nd 2022 – Exhibition opening at TENT, Rotterdam
Gilles Aubry presents a new version of his sound installation “From A to Om” as part of the group exhibition “There is no party so noisy as the one you are not invited to” curated by Linnea Semmerling. Info: www.tentrotterdam.nl/en/
November 28 2022 – Live performance at Kule Berlin
Gilles Aubry presents a new live set, “R’bia, Cinta, Harsha”, based on his research on seaweed ecologies in Morocco. Using feedback and electronics, he explores sounds’ capacities to interact symbiotically. Date: 28.11.2022, 20h30 Location: Kule Berlin, Auguststraße 10, 10117 Berlin Info: http://laborsonor.de/
November 10 2022 – Study day on Maghreb Art Magazine, Casablanca
Maghreb Art: A new patrimonial model? Study day at L’École Supérieure des beaux-arts de Casablanca (ENSBA), with Fatima-Zahra Lakrissa, Gilles Aubry and Laura U. Marks. Thursday 10 November, 3–9.30 pm Info: schoolofcasablanca.com Fatima-Zahra Lakrissa proposes to interrogate Maghreb Art through a plurality of voices and practices embodied by the magazine’s main theorists and artists with a view […]
October 27 2022 – Atlantic Ragagar at Ji.Hlava Film Festival
World Premiere of Atlantic Ragagar at Ji.Hlava International Documentary Film Festival, Czech Republic.
October 27 2022 – The Whistle, new installation at Wassertum Zurich
The Whistle A sound installation by the VACUT group 21 October – 27 November 2022, 15-18h daily Opening: 21 October, 17-19h Wasserturm, Badweg 10, 8001 Zurich, CH oto.museum https://www.e-flux.com/announcements/493726/vacut-groupthe-whistle/ curated by Zaira Oram Like an architectural flute hiding in the urban fabric, the ancient water tower of Zurich will once again come alive with the […]
September 13 2022 – Book launch and presentation at KuFa Moabit, Berlin
Berlin Journals—On the History and Present State of the City #9 On the Border of EuropaCity Alexis Hyman Wolff, Achim Lengerer, Yves Mettler (eds.) Book launch and listening session on Tuesday 13 September, 7pm. KULTURFABRIK Moabit, Lehrter Str. 35, 10557 Berlin. Since 2012, a real […]
June 26 2022 – STONESOUND at “A Light Footprint in the Cosmos”, SFU Vancouver
The video “STONESOUND” (Aubry & Saouli 2019) will screened as part of the “A Light Footprint in the Cosmos” Conference and Exhibition, Simon Fraser University (SFU), Vancouver. Full program here: https://www.sfu.ca/sca/events—news/events/a-light-footprint-in-the-cosmos.html Symposium, exhibitions, performances, and screenings June 24 – 27, 2022 | in-person and online Djavad Mowafaghian World Art Centre – SFU Goldcorp Centre for […]
June 23-26 2022 – Aubry & Mba Bikoro at Sonic Topologies, Zurich
Site-specific festival for sound art, acoustic ecology and sonic architecture. Alter Botanischer Garten, Saffa-Insel, Wärmebad Käferberg, Reservoir Lyren > Zurich, 23-26.6.2022 https://girot.arch.ethz.ch/events-conferences/sonictopologies Artist and researchers: GILLES AUBRY & NATHALIE ANGUEZOMO MBA BIKORO, LUDWIG BERGER, ANDRES BOSSHARD, JOEL CAHEN, NICOLA DI CROCE, JUAN LÓPEZ & ROK ŠTURM, MAGDA DROZD & SALOMÉ VOEGELIN, CAMILLE EMAILLE & JULIAN […]
May 18th 2022 – Gilles Aubry on Dienstbar radio @dfm.nu, 22h-CET
Looking forward to share old and new tracks with Markus from Dienstbar for his Transmission Radio show No 131. Tune in at 22h CET on stereo.dfm.nu
May 8th 2022 – Opening at EAC Les Halles, Porrentruy
“Becoming Goat” presented as part of the group show “1978 – 2022 | 28 lauréats (Fondation Joseph et Nicole Lachat) at EAC Les Halles in Porrentruy. Dates 8.05 – 26.06.2022 Opening: 8.5.2022, 16h Finissage: 26.6.2022, 15h https://www.eac-leshalles.ch/ […]
March 12 to May 1st 2022 – Surround mix for “Matri Linear B” at Landesgalerie Niederösterreich
Recently completed the 8-channel sound mix of the second part of Angela Melitopoulos’s long-term research and video installation “Matri Linear B”. The work is currently on view at the Landesgalerie Niederösterreich, as part of the exhibition “Die Erde Lesen”, a Dissident Goddesses project. “This artistic research project takes as its starting-point the expressive force […]
September 11th 2021 – Public discussion at Südpol, Lucern
Gilles Aubry and Laura Stoffel discuss her installation “In resonance: A lockdown sound archive” at Südpol, Lucerne, 18h. Information: https://www.sudpol.ch/programm/eyes-on-laura-stoffel-in-resonanz-perspektiven-eines-akustischen-lockdown-archivs-2?jahr=2021&monat=8&format=&kategorie=
September 3rd 2021 – Atlantic Ragagar exhibition at La Chambre de l’Art in Brussels
Biologist Younes Boundir and artist Gilles Aubry present a series of works resulting from their joint research on seaweed and pollution on the Moroccan Atlantic coast. Combining audio and video materials, objects, textiles as well as […]
July 14th 2021 – “A wasted breath inside a balloon” at Le18, Marrakech
The sound piece “A wasted breath inside a balloon” (Aubry & Beladel, 39′, 2019) is presented as part of a new installation by Ramia Beladel at Le 18 in Marrakech. Info: https://le18marrakech.com/en/youmein-2021-roots-and-traces-a-retrospective-2/<a
May 5 and 7 2021 – “Salam Godzilla” at Taiwan International Documentary Festival (TIDF)
Two screenings of Gilles Aubry’s film “Salam Godzilla” (2019) programmed for May 5th and 7th 2021 at the Taiwan International Documentary Festival (TIDF). More info via this link: https://www.tidf.org.tw/en
April 1st – May 9th 2021 – Surround mix for “Matri Linear B”, Angela Melitopoulos’ new installation at Gwangju Biennale
8-channel sound mix by Gilles Aubry for Angela Melitopoulos’ new “Matri Linear B” installation, commissioned by Gwangju Biennale 2021.
October 29 2020 – Salam Godzilla on Arab Media Lab live stream
Online stream on October 29 2020, 9pm. Full program here: http://www.arabmedialab.org/cinema-salam-film-program/?fbclid=IwAR1DXaxAYe4ttoi07awy-aE23DOyx5gofo36b5X_J0qUwUvaRXFZPIhGHf0
October 23-24 2020 – Screening and presentation at La Chambre de l’Art, Bruxelles
Presentation and discussion on the “Atlantic Ragar” artistic research project (23.20, 19h30). Screening of the film “Salam Godzilla” and discussion (24.10, 19h30). La Chambre de l’Art Euroméditérannéen, 11 Rue Marcq, Bruxelles. https://lachambredelart.com/index.php/conference-2/
Oct 14 2020 – Jan 11 2021- Audiosphere exhibition at Reina Sofia Museum Madrid
Group exhibition curated by Francisco Lopez at Reina Sofia Museum, Madrid (14.10.2020 – 11.1.2021) Gilles Aubry’s sound piece “Echoes of Light and Darkness” (2010) will presented in the exhibition. https://www.museoreinasofia.es/en/exhibitions/audiosphere By way of a selection of hundreds of sound works, Audiosphere. Sound Experimentation 1980-2020 looks to cover an historical and cultural void in terms of […]
September 13 2020 – Corvo Timeless 10 Festival Berlin
Gilles Aubry, « It’s not a hit, it’s a demand » The set will start with the screening of « STONESOUND », shot in Moulay Bouchta (Morocco) in collaboration with the artist Abdeljalil Saouli. The video is the documentation of a joint sound experiment, a situated sound manifesto, and a music score simultaneously. It will be followed by an […]
August 6 2020 – Gilles Aubry and Nathalie M’ba Bikoro on In Between Spaces Radio
Radio In Between Spaces #13 – https://inbetweenspaces.net/ With Nathalie Anguezomo Mba Bikoro, Gilles Aubry, and the Listening at Pungwe collective Together with Gilles Aubry and Nathalie Anguenzomo Mba Bikoro we will explore “Black A(n)thena (Kosmos)” practices of listening and radio as means to decolonize and untrain the ear from hegemonic listening knowledge. Drawing on material […]
The Gramophone Effect on Radiophonic Space Mindmap
The Gramophone Effect (Aubry & Millis 2016) now on Mindmap on Radio Art Mindmap invites you to explore the Universe of Radio Art by means of more than 200 works covering 100 years of radiophony. It has been devised in the context of the travelling exhibition Radiophonic Spaces. https://radiophonic.space/html/mindmap.html
June 10-14 2020 – Salam Godzilla at Two Rivers Film Festival, Koblenz
Salam Godzilla will be screened as part of the online edition of the festival. Info and program: https://www.2rivers-festival.de/en/
February 2nd 2020 – Nature. After Humbolt, Botanical Garden, CTM Festival,Berlin
The matinee event brings together science and art: Located at various stations within the greenhouses, scientists and artists will discuss different ways of experiencing nature. The closing discussion will address how our relationship with nature has changed since Humboldt’s time. In conversation with Miriam Akkerman, Aubry discusses his art practice as part of “Nature. […]
November 27-29 2019 – BONE Performance Art Festival, Bern
Sound performance by Gilles Aubry and Jasmine Guffond at BONE Festival 2019 in Bern. Info on http://www.bone-performance.com/ Gilles Aubry and Jasmine Guffond perform with the ‘Listening Back’ Chrome browser add-on that sonifies internet cookies in real time […]
New track in The Wire Magazine
New track “And who ears the desert” on «Interactions: A Guide to Swiss Underground Experimental Music”, a double compilation curated by Luis Alvarado and published by Buh Records. The Digital album and double LP record can be ordered here: https://buhrecords.bandcamp.com/album/br120-vvaa-interactions-a-guide-to-swiss-underground-experimental-music. It is also distributed as a giveaway for suscribers of The Wire magazine (October 2019).