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:
- Inner Arctic (polyphony based on a sound diary recorded in the Arctic).
- Arctic Fragments (collection of silences recorded in the Arctic).
- For the Record (memories of non-recorded Arctic sounds).
- 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

