Maxime Denuc (fr)

© Andrea Avezzù (courtesy of La Biennale di Venezia)

Maxime Denuc, a leading figure in the European experimental music scene, will be represented with an installation in the Graz Mausoleum. The French composer and musician, based in Brussels, presents “Elevations”—a computer-controlled organ instrument made up of individually controllable pipes that weaves an immersive soundscape in which acoustic and electronic elements become indistinguishable. Inspired by 1990s dub techno and hauntology, light, movement, and machines operate autonomously, evoking the atmosphere of a reverberating afterparty. “Elevations” is being realized in the context of Kiör (art in public space) and is freely accessible on all festival days!

Elevations (in collaboration with Kris Verdonck)
Concept & composition: Maxime Denuc
Scenography & light design : Kris Verdonck
Organ building: Tony Decap, Seppe Verbist – Pipes from Manufacture d’orgues Thomas
Computer music programming: Xavier Meeus from Centre Henri Pousseur
Light programming: Daniel Romero Calderon
Technical direction: Harry Charlier
Technical stage manager : Felix Petit

Productioon: A Two Dogs Company (Brussels), Le Ring-Scène périphérique (Toulouse) Coproduc-on: STUK (Leuven), KANAL- Centre Pompidou (Brussels), Le Lieu Unique (Nantes), Centre Henri Pousseur (Liège). With the help of Federatioon Wallonie-Bruxelles, DRAC Occitanie, Region Occitanie, SACEM. A production in the frame of a residency at A two Dogs Company.