Alan Affichard

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Fluid Synthis an installation made up of glass and ceramic pieces from which sound is produced and amplified by the action of air and water. Part archaeological fragment, part sound laboratory, the work explores the close links between science and craft in instrument-making. This approach involved several collaborations: with Lana Ruellan and Richard Colin for the ceramics, and with Ludovic Petit, a specialist in scientific glassmaking. Inspired by ancient instruments and scientific experiments, these objects meet and interact in the installation as a result of phenomena of vibration and transduction, bringing into play different types of forces as methods of composition, whether thermal, fluid, acoustic or algorithmic.

Alan Affichard

Born in Saint-Lô, France in 1989, lives and works in Berlin, Germany.

Alan Affichard is a multidisciplinary artist whose work revolves around installation and performance. Drawing from traditional techniques and scientific experimentations, he develops sound devices and experimental instruments, aimed at forging new methods of composition and, consequently, new modes of listening. 

After obtaining a DNSEP from the Beaux-Arts Nantes Saint-Nazaire, France (2016). He joined the Berlin Program for Artists, Berlin (2017) followed by a Post-Master on sound practices at the Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm (2018-2019).

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