Chasser Croiser // Le Surréel et son écho

Chloé

Published on September 19, 2011 by Philippe Langlois

Chasser Croiser // Le Surréel et son écho, a project by the artist and DJ Chloé published by DisVoir , is an unpublished radio sound piece, associated with the publication of an artist’s book.

Image of the work Chasser Croiser // Le Surréel et son écho, Chloé.

At a time when sampling, mixing and weaving have truly become second nature, with Chasser Croiser Chloé goes beyond the zones usually explored by the electro world and bears witness to her curiosity for the Dada and Surrealist movements. Beyond the mere practice of collage, Chloé deploys here a plural electroacoustic flow in which archive documents and the voices of the great Surrealist heroes of the 1920s resonate and become electrified. Man Ray, Duchamp and Aragon are so many apparitions shaping a living sonic matter. Driven by a stroboscopic, deranged rhythm, this new piece refuses, in the manner of the Surrealist enterprise, any logical construction and brings out the irrational, the dream, desire and revolt.

The book is an echo of the sound work. It is made up of her photos taken during trips, DJ tours and live shows — of all those scattered moments before and after the evenings. It also contains notes on projects, albums and collaborations, and extracts from the little notebooks that never leave her and that she accumulates over time. Through montage and adjustment, this book aims to convey the impressions and inspirations that play a part in her creative process.

Chloé Thévenin is a French DJ artist and composer of electronic music, born in 1976. Her style, at the crossroads of genres and aesthetics, reflects a singular eclecticism and makes her one of the most sought-after figures of the contemporary electronic scene. Chloé entered, in the 1990s, the legendary nights of the Pulp, in Paris, of which she would become one of the emblematic figures. She plays in the best European clubs and a place of honour is reserved for her at festivals. Chloé also produces maxi-singles, remixes and albums:The Waiting Room in 2007 – One in other in 2010 (nominated for the Victoires de la Musique in 2011), while multiplying collaborations with choreographers, performers and filmmakers.

The sound piece Chasser Croiser // le Surréel et son écho, a free CD included in this book, is a commission from the Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication / Centre national des arts plastiques (Cnap) as part of the Atelier de création radiophonique (ACR) of France Culture. www.franceculture.com

The ZagZig series is edited by Frank Smith & Philippe Langlois.

See the trailer made by Nicole Garton on the occasion of Chloé’s concert for the opening of the live performances at the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris on 16 September 2011. This concert will shortly be broadcast in the Atelier de création radiophonique on France Culture.