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"Cinépoèmes" live with Rodolphe Burger and Pierre Alferi
02.05.2023
Tuesday, May 2, 7:00 pm
Salle Michel Piccoli
Event in French
Price: Free
“At the crossroads of various practices, Pierre Alferi’s films are first and foremost an extension of his work as a writer, around which they develop a dreamlike universe made up of afterimages, murmurs and distended temporalities.” François Piron, art critic
Rodolphe Burger and Pierre Alferi have been partners since their respective beginnings in music and songwriting. Under the name Thomas Lago, Pierre Alferi was the main lyricist for Rodolphe Burger’s band Kat Onoma throughout the 90s. When he published his river novel Le cinéma des familles, he commissioned him to write the music for “films parlants”, then sound poems (“Parle-moi”, “Grand écart”), and finally the first “cinépoèmes”. The “films parlants” are cinema sequences seen through the eyes of memory and dreams, scenes reread and elevated to the status of fantasies. Cinépoèmes” are texts for the screen, with modes of appearance and reading closely linked to music.
Created first and foremost for the stage, this repertoire has never ceased to evolve with each performance. Today’s program, Cinépoèmes Live, invites you to a selective re-reading of this repertoire. Cinépoèmes Live. Roles are constantly redistributed between projected image, poetry, song, editing and music, between improvisation and recording. The musician and writer occupy several positions, re-enacting the scene of primitive cinema and inviting us to an unheard-of “séance”.
Rodolphe Burger
Rodolphe Burger is a musician and founder of the band Kat Onoma.
Through his Dernière Bande label, he has been developing a highly original catalog for 30 years, and has published over 20 albums, under his own name or in collaboration (in addition to Kat Onoma, with Olivier Cadiot, James Blood Ulmer, Alain Bashung, Jeanne Balibar, Erik Marchand and others).
His latest solo album, Environs, was released in June 2020, followed by several other releases, including the second chapter in his collaboration with Breton singer Erik Marchand, entitled Glück Auf! released in August 2021. Through the Compagnie that bears his name, he is also behind numerous creations and productions at the Klein Leberau studio in Sainte-Marie-Aux-Mines, where the unique “C’est dans la Vallée” festival has been held for 20 years.
The 2023 edition, currently in preparation, will pay tribute to the famous singer and long-time friend Rachid Taha, with whom Rodolphe Burger formed the Couscous Clan, whose new trio, with Sofiane Saidi and Mehdi Haddab (album Mademoiselle, released March 2023), is in a way the heir to the group.
Pierre Alferi
Pierre Alferi was born in Paris in 1963. A novelist, poet and essayist, he is the author of numerous books, mainly published by P.O.L. His latest novel, Hors-Sol, was published in 2018 (P.O.L).
He also produces films and sound pieces(En Micronésie, 2004). His work at the frontiers of the visual arts and music has given rise to numerous performances and exhibitions in France and abroad, and has been published on DVD(Cinépoèmes, Les Laboratoires d’Aubervilliers, Ça commence à Séoul, P.O.L.). He teaches at the Beaux-arts de Paris.
Images:
Excerpt from the film “Tante”
Portrait of Rodolphe Burger © BenPi
Portrait of Pierre Alferi © Anne-Lise Broyer
