Three composers and a video artist presented three different works in three concerts that took place simultaneously in three cities. Synchronized video and sound recordings united Athens, Karlsruhe, and Paris in real time, to create a soundscape that breaches the bounds of geography.

How can we change the way a city sounds?

At prearranged moments, the concert incorporated sound and visual material from Athens, Karlsruhe and Paris. Converging in this way, the three cities turned into a collective, vibrant, and all-inclusive bod.

Atlas, designed by the composer, mathematician, and researcher Carmine–Emanuele Cella was a collective work in all aspects. The sound material was collected by the public, before the performance, in Paris, Karlsruhe, and Athens creating a sound map. Three composers—Dimitris Kamarotos, Carmine–Emanuele Cella and Valerio Tricoli—and a video artist—Marine Gioti—exploited these geolocated sources and mix them with their own electronics.

This process resulted in a performance in real-time—distributed simultaneously in the three cities—in which the artists interacted with each other, or interrupted flows from elsewhere.

Concert in Paris, France
13/12/2019, 20.00, Grande Salle, Centre Pompidou

©Hervé Véronèse for Centre Pompidou