AGATHE SIMON
Arctic Music

Sound Installation
5.1 and stereo versions | 12′ | 2016

© Agathe Simon

Following in the footsteps of the novelist and explorer Gabriela Conti (1974-2010), Agathe Simon created the Arctic Music sound installation from sounds recorded in the Arctic in May 2016 thanks to several microphones: 2 hydrophones, a 4-channel microphone, a dictation recorder and a super-cardiod microphone. It comprises four movements:

  1. Inner Arctic (polyphony based on a sound diary recorded in the Arctic).
  2. Arctic Fragments (collection of silences recorded in the Arctic).
  3. For the Record (memories of non-recorded Arctic sounds).
  4. Dreamed Poles (metamorphosis of a soundscape: floating ice recorded underwater in the Arctic and above the water surface in Antarctica).

The Arctic Music sound installation is part of The Conti Project.

Special Thanks: François Bernard & Atka polar sailboat, Visby International Centre for Composers, Sweden