Free Frags est une plate-forme d’expression pour plasticiens qui exercent aussi une
pratique sonore. Ce projet prend la forme d’une association loi 1901 qui servira d’appui pour la production et diffusion des projets des artistes : musique, pièce sonore, poésie, recherches musicales parallèles sont accueillies et imprimées sur l’un des supports les plus aptes à résister au passage du temps : le vinyle. Ce label d’édition artistique a pour objectif de collecter cette matière sonore et lui donner une existence physique concrète. Outre la réalisation d’un enregistrement, Free Frags permet aussi de mettre en oeuvre un travail graphique lié à la pratique de l’artiste : inserts, livrets, tirages photographiques, sérigraphies... qui feront corps avec l’objet musical. L’artiste peut par conséquent intégrer cette forme particulière comme partie intégrante de ses recherches plastiques. Le principe de fabrication du vinyle, une gravure reproductible à grande échelle, confère à cet objet un statut de mémoire, compilable et archivable. Free Frags a pour objectif de rassembler ces artistes aux multiples facettes, témoins d’une génération charnière entre le développement des technologies et l’élargissement des pratiques artistiques vers des formes plus hybrides. D’autre part, la pratique du son, considérée comme langage ou comme énergie ouvre la voie vers l’expérience sonore que cela soit lors d’une séance d’écoute chez soi, dans une salle de concert ou bien encore dans une galerie d’art. Free Frags is a platform of expression for visual artists who also practice sound. This project takes the form of an association under the law of 1901 which will serve as a support for the production and diffusion of the artists' projects: music, sound piece, poetry, parallel musical researches are welcomed and printed on one of the most apt supports to resist the passage of time: vinyl. The aim of this artistic publishing label is to collect this sound material and give it a concrete physical existence. In addition to the making of a recording, Free Frags also makes it possible to implement a graphic work linked to the artist's practice: inserts, booklets, photographic prints, serigraphs... which will become one with the musical object. The artist can therefore associate this particular form to his plastic art research. The principle of making vinyl, a reproducible engraving, gives to this object the status of a memory, which can be compiled and archived. Free Frags aims to bring together these multifaceted artists, witnesses of a generation at the crossroads between the development of technology and the expansion of artistic practices towards hybrid forms. On the other hand, the practice of sound opens the way to the experience of sound, whether it be during a listening session at home, in a concert hall or in an art gallery. |
Espèces animales avec leurs énergies, leur identités propres, sans distinction,
seulement sauvages,
Indomptables.
Face à eux l’incertitude.
Un regard des profondeurs, marqué et marquant,
au bord du spasme.
Un cri, un chant, une pulsation
Prêts à frapper la membrane.
Animal species with their own energies, their own identities, without distinction,
only wild,
Indomitable.
Faced with them uncertainty.
A gaze from the depths, marked and striking,
on the verge of spasm.
A cry, a song, a pulse
ready to hit the membrane.
Le bestiaire de Free Frags
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Contact : [email protected]
Bandcamp : https://freefrags.bandcamp.com/
Instagram : www.instagram.com/free.frags.recordings/
The beastiary of Free Frags
Each project is accompanied by the visual identity of the label, consisting of a wild animal chosen by the artist. Each entity joins the different protagonists to constitute a bestiary. Individuals operating in specific environments.
The iconography chosen is derived from an underground aesthetic of the 90s in the electronic music scene. A period when the arrival of sampling allowed multiple experiments and crossovers of musical genres, an opened door to a creation without limits.
The equivocal aspect that results from these portraits works on the uncertainty of our gaze in front of what we see: potentially dangerous, powerful, and free of their actions, these complex natures start the mechanism of our fantasies. It is these fantasies with instinctive origins that drive experimentation in other areas of creation, a new language to explore and tame.
Each project is accompanied by the visual identity of the label, consisting of a wild animal chosen by the artist. Each entity joins the different protagonists to constitute a bestiary. Individuals operating in specific environments.
The iconography chosen is derived from an underground aesthetic of the 90s in the electronic music scene. A period when the arrival of sampling allowed multiple experiments and crossovers of musical genres, an opened door to a creation without limits.
The equivocal aspect that results from these portraits works on the uncertainty of our gaze in front of what we see: potentially dangerous, powerful, and free of their actions, these complex natures start the mechanism of our fantasies. It is these fantasies with instinctive origins that drive experimentation in other areas of creation, a new language to explore and tame.