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Louis Guillaume is an artist, an explorer, a walker, a self-taught researcher, an inventor guided by a single law, a single principle, that of the materials on which he has set his sights.

In fact, his practice is based around seasonal harvests, with the artist setting off every month in search of materials on long walks in the countryside or the city. There’s no need to travel too far: there are plenty of materials that haven’t yet received the attention they deserve, and they’re right there in front of us. Forgotten, little-known or, on the contrary, all-purpose, it is to these materials that Louis Guillaume gives a new lease of life in his installations and sculptures exploring their plastic possibilities. Huts, earthen paths, precarious mobiles… Louis Guillaume sees his creations as living works destined to evolve over time, as the seasons go by.

The materials sourced by the artist are chosen for their potential uses as well as for their purely aesthetic properties. The approach is amateurish, but it has reached a quasi-professional level. In his search for alternative models, outside the globalised production circuits, Louis Guillaume carries out investigative work aimed at understanding the properties of the materials he harvests and finding artisanal applications for them. For example, he recently became interested in black poplar wadding, which is ideal for replacing cotton on a small scale in the manufacture of down jackets.

Guillaume Machenaud, 27, is a stone sculptor in Polynesia. Through his work, he seeks to spark curiosity about the richness and beauty of Polynesian nature. He also draws inspiration from the intangible heritage of the Society Islands, particularly through the motifs and legends that fuel his creative universe.

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Louis Goldford is a composer of acoustic and mixed music. Originally from Saint-Louis, in the United States, he was inspired by the transcription, the auditory illusion, the psychoanalysis and the paradoxes of his education in the American Midwest. 

Recent performances include Yarn/Wire, JACK Quartet, Dal Niente Ensemble, Modelo62 Ensemble, Meitar Ensemble and Rage Thormbones. Louis Goldford was recipient of the 2017 Suzhou Commission Prize, and in 2018, he returned to IRCAM for his studies in computer composition and music. Upcoming shows include a commission from ASCAP/SEAMUS and a book to be published for the Fonema Consort in March 2019.

Louis Goldford is the recipient of a Fulbright scholarship. His works have been performed in the United States, Europe and Asia, as well as at numerous international contemporary music festivals. He is currently Dean of Columbia University, where his principal professors are Georg Friedrich Haas, Zosha Di Castri, Brad Garton, George Lewis and Fred Lerdahl. Louis has participated in other lessons and masterclasses led by Brian Ferneyhough, Philippe Leroux, Yan Maresz, Chaya Czernowin, and Magnus Lindberg.