ART
Dominique Blais |
Written 30 January |
Thursday 14 May, 10:00Galerie Xippas, 75003 [map]Dominique Blais
Paris based artist
Dominique Blais, member of
Glassbox, presents his first solo-show at the gallery. Dominique Blais works with the tools and vocabularies of a contemporary sculptor, exploring the potentials of light and sound on immaterial and atmospheric levels. Sound is as important as visuals for this artist. From the entrance, the work Ways (2007) accompanies the spectator; a juxtaposition of Frank Sinatra and Sid Vicious reading versions of "My Way;" destined to leave the visitor disorientated.
Dominique Blais creates soundscapes which play with the polarities of visible / invisible, sound / silence, and our expectations. Part of the artist’s current work Jishinha, (Japanese for seismic waves), reveals the sound emissions from seismic activity, at the point where three tectonic plates collide. Blais' sound chandelier currently presented at La Force de l'Art, is a veritable musical composition based on sound recorded in an old house during the night.
| What: | Dominique Blais |
| When: | Thursday 14 May, 10:00 |
| Where: | Galerie Xippas, 108, rue Vieille du Temple 75003 [map] |
| Transport: | Saint Sebastien Froissart |
| Cost: | 0EUR |
| Phone: | + 33 1 40 27 05 55 |
| Web: | www.xippas.com |
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