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La Maison
by Julien Gracq
Musical reading
26.09.2024
Seized by the beauty of “La Maison”, Olivier Martinaud wanted us to hear this strange, intense text, and asked Nicolas Repac to compose the music.
This short, previously unpublished story by French writer Julien Gracq (1910-2007) is about a fascination. It is the brief but repeated initial vision of a house, glimpsed on every journey from a bus crossing the countryside during the Occupation, that prompts the narrator to set off, walking alone through the undergrowth to approach the house. Through the story of this sensual, contemplative and interiorized journey, La Maison unfolds, like a plot, the birth of a desire. A sensitive, hallucinatory journey through melodies and electronic layers.
Practical information
Thursday, September 26, 6:30 p.m. In the historic gardens: Festival des Cabanes de la Villa Médicis Free In French Conception and interpretation Olivier Martinaud
Composition and guitar Nicolas Repac
La Maison by Julien Gracq (text published in 2023 by Corti)
Production garçon pressé
Olivier Martinaud
Olivier Martinaud (1978) is an actor and director. He trained at the Conservatoire National Supérieur d’Art Dramatique in the classes of Éric Ruf and Joël Jouanneau. He directed Olivier Libaux’s musical Imbécile (2007). He directs texts by Christophe Pellet, Thomas Bernhard and Nis-Momme Stockmann. His film credits include the lead role in Vincent Dietschy’s Notre histoire (Jean, Stacy et les autres), and work with Roberto Andò, Vincent Dieutre and Tsai Ming-Liang. Reading aloud is an important part of his career. He performs at the Maison de la Poésie and at numerous festivals, museums and art centers.
Nicolas Repac
Nicolas Repac (1964) is a self-taught musician, multi-instrumentalist guitarist, composer, producer and singer, and a fellow musician with Arthur H. He has also written instrumental albums, songs and poetry under his own name since 1997. He has been part of the No format label since 2004. He received the Grand Prix de l’Académie Charles Cros for the album L’Or noir with Arthur H. He has collaborated with Alain Bashung, Michel Portal and Gotan Project. Film composer for the Larrieu brothers(21 nuits avec Pattie), Claire Simon(Vous ne désirez que moi). He has created several shows linking poetry and literature with Anouk Grinberg(Et pourquoi moi je dois parler comme toi), Arthur H(L’Or noir, L’Or d’Eros).
