Exhibition view of Oliver Beer in Resonance Project: The Cave, 21 Sept 2024 - 5 Jan 2025, Lyon Biennale
© Oliver Beer - Photo: Oliver Beer StudioArtist Talk: Oliver Beer
October 12, 2024 at 2:30 pm | Les Grandes Locos, La Mulatière, France
As part of the 17th Lyon Biennale, Almine Rech is pleased to invite you to a discussion between British multidisciplinary artist Oliver Beer and singer-songwriter Mélissa Laveaux, a leading figure on the international music scene.
Together, they will reflect on their collaboration on the work Resonance Project: The Cave (2024), an immersive eight-screen video-opera filmed in a Paleolithic decorated cave, whose presentation at the Grandes Locos marks a world premiere. This meeting will offer a unique insight into the exploration of acoustic resonances and the relationships between music and space, which lie at the heart of Beer’s work. Mélissa Laveaux, who performed the Haitian song “Legba Na Console” in the Font-de-Gaume cave in Dordogne for this piece, will share her experience in this singular environment, where sound heritage and ancestral memory intertwine.
Oliver Beer will explain the creative process behind this monumental installation, which combines voice, painting, and acoustics. You will discover how the earliest artworks of humanity inspired him to engage in a deep reflection on the history of music and the natural resonance of spaces.
