pierre gerard / short biography

né en 1966 (be), vit et travaille sur la terre, dans le système solaire ..
born in 1966 (be), lives and works on the earth, in the solar system ..

contact : maiso-med[at]mail.be

un arbre en bois _ editions humides
bandcamp _ discogs _ blogspot _ twitter

i work minimalism with acoustic instruments and electro-acoustic guitar since 2006 ..
the object always present was at the center of my first research ..
added a new interest in abstract voice since 2017 ..

the improvisation in situ is the source of my music work (outdoor or architectural) ..
over time i could describe this research more intuitive than minimalist ..
in my electroacoustic compositions i try not to lose sight of intuition, silence,
and a certain form of minimalism ..

work on the object is strongly influenced by the presence of wood (assemblage/assembling, sculpture, installation _'the force fields of wood') but also glass, leather, felt and other natural materials (if possible found or recycled) ..

in objects we would sometimes see sound compositions in 3 dimensions ..
besides the intuition present here too, i keep a special attention for the encounter between human gesture and the form (organic, natural, accidental ..& intuitive, minimalist) ..

each of these disciplines can occupy the architectural space,
place par excellence of the gesture and the shape _'the gesture in the shape' ..

storage stolen images in the form of paint traces the human migrations mental and physical ..
who can inspire my path or express my disagreement ..

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je travaille depuis 2006 le minimalisme avec instruments acoustiques et guitare
électro-acoustique ..
l'objet toujours présent était au centre de mes premières recherches sonores ..
vient s'ajouter un nouvel intérêt pour la voix abstraite depuis 2017 ..

l'improvisation in situ est la source de mon travail de musique
(en extérieur ou architecturale) ..
avec le temps je pourrais qualifier ces recherches plutôt d'intuitives que de minimalistes ..
dans mes compositions électroacoustiques j'essaye de ne pas perdre de vue l'intuition, le silence et une certaine forme de minimalisme ..

le travail sur l'objet est fortement influencé par la présence du bois (assemblage, sculpture, installation _'les champs de force du bois') mais aussi le verre, le cuir, le feutre et autres matériaux naturels (si possible trouvés, recyclés) ..

dans les objets on pourrait parfois y voir des compositions sonores en 3 dimensions ..
outre l'intuition présente ici aussi, je garde une attention particulière pour la rencontre entre le geste humain et la forme
(organique, naturelle, accidentelle ..& intuitive, minimaliste) ..

chacune de ces disciplines peut investir l'espace architectural,
lieu par excellence du geste et de la forme _ 'du geste dans la forme' ..

un archivage d'images volées sous forme de peinture retrace
les migrations mentales et physiques humaine ..
qui peuvent inspirer mon chemin ou manifester mon désaccord ..

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works published by the labels such as edition wandelweiser (de), dragon's eye recording (us),
granny records (gr), koyuki (it), new wave of jazz (be), senufo editions (it)
trente oiseaux (de), 3leaves (hu), rhizome (fr), white_line (uk), winds measure recordings (us) ..

collaboration(s) with shinkei, sylvain chauveau, andy graydon, bruno duplant, luigi turra ..

improvisations :
duo with sylvain chauveau ..
trio with andy graydon and david papapostolou ..

or more recently :
duo with bertrand de lamalle, free improvisation ..
trio with tom malmendier & louis freres, free improvisation ..
trio with pierre berthet & antonin doppagne, free improvisation ..
trio with farida amadou & bertrand de lamalle, free improvisation ..
trio with bertrand de lamalle & antonin doppagne, free improvisation ..

virtual band :
with france jobin, katie porter, klaus janek ..

(out soon)

2022 // luigi turra _ pierre gerard : gestes croisés / gesti incrociati | cd |

granny records _ granny 31
thanks to susanne, luigi, spyros, yorgos, vasilis, sawas

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(out soon)

2021 // pierre gerard : a simple eye | cd |

edition wandelweiser EWR 2120
thanks to antoine beuger

mastering : giuseppe ielasi

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(recent)

2021 // antonin doppagne _ pierre berthet _ pierre gerard : archives of performa

self - release (limited edition of 100) | vinyl |

trio :
pierre berthet (sound do-it-yourself, diverse)
antonin doppagne (modular)
pierre gerard (guitar)

mastering : giuseppe ielasi

vinyl & digital edition :
https://pierregerard.bandcamp.com/album/ | listen and download |

press (archives of performa) :
gert derkx _ opduvel (11 september 2021)
frans de waard _ vitalweekly (1301)

pierregerardplateaux.blogspot.com/2020/01/

les parcelles d'un visible (#1) : archives of performa
with the support of the fédération wallonie-bruxelles

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exhibition

we are always in danger of magic
rodriguez gallery (pl)

nora aurrekoetxea, pierre gerard, dalila gonçalves, florian kiniques

curated by christophe veys

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exhibition

lost & found
collections edgard f. grima and veys-verhaevert

hangar photo art center (be)

artists/ enric farrés duran, pierre gerard, suchan kinoshita, emmanuelle lainé, pere llobera,
benoît maire, mathieu mercier, mountaincutters, roman ondak, pratchaya phinthong, stéphanie
saadé, ariel schlesinger, luis urculo, chaim van luit, pep vidal, oriol vilanova

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2021 // pierre gerard : pieces of apparatus | cd |

new wave of jazz nwoj0043
thanks to dirk serries

digital edition :
https://newwaveofjazz.bandcamp.com/album/pieces-of-apparatus

press (pieces of apparatus) :
frans de waard _ vital weekly (1279)
gert derkx _ opduvel (16 april 2021)
georges tonla briquet _ jazz'halo
bjorn weynants _ enola (27 april 2021)
roger batty _ musiquemachine (270421)
andrzej nowak _ trybuna muzyki spontanicznej (piątek, 30 kwietnia 2021)
() _ african paper (14 mai 2021)
ben taffijn _ nieuwe noten (22 november 2021)

https://ambientlandscape.wordpress.com/2021/04/15/elements_quiet-monster
https://spinitron.com/KAOS/pl/13270631/Free-Jazz-with-Fred

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empty theater sessions : residence
improvisation(s) the 16,17,18 febuary 2021
in the empty theater of chiroux (liège, be)

antonin doppagne : piano, tenor sax ..
bertrand de lamalle : piano, violin ..
pierre gerard : more or less cluttered piano, violin ..
+ other instruments have been tested or experienced ..

pierregerardplateaux.blogspot.com/2021/07/

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improvisation

pierre gerard : distances imaginaires (1 & 2) 2021
guitar & voice (improvisation) ..

youtube :
1 _ sessions du bourdon (off) / bourd'off 5
2 _ sessions du bourdon (off) / bourd'off 5

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exhibition

pierre gerard : échec du système (2021)

galerie satellite (exposition déplacée) (be)

https://www.rtc.be/video/culture/

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2020 // pierre gerard : imprévu visible inversé | cd |

edition wandelweiser EWR 2009
thanks to antoine beuger

press (imprévu visible inversé) :
gert derkx _ opduvel (14 mai 2021)
ben taffijn _ nieuwe noten (22 november 2021)

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2020 // andy graydon & various artists : A*rray

https://andygraydon.bandcamp.com/
https://vimeo.com/475600930

A*rray 2
with france jobin : electronics & modulars (montreal), katie porter : bass clarinet (utah),
klaus janek : contrabass & electronics (berlin), pierre gerard : piano & cello (liège)

A*rray 1,2,3,4,5,6,7

contributing artists: cecilia lopez, ryan choi, sawako, jan st werner, barbara held,
luke martin, france jobin, delia gonzalez, stephen vitiello, pierre gerard, katie porter,
gil sansón, kris limbach, richard garet, josé rivera, klaus janek, jonathan zorn, eden girma, amnon wolman, ensemble musica nova (shira legmann, maayan tsadka, tom soloveitzik, yoni niv), edwin lo, takeshi nishimoto, david sani, jenn grossman, wendy eisenberg

mastering by stephan mathieu

A*rray is a new series of music compositions based on a moving image score by andy graydon.
in response to the isolation and distancing imposed by the pandemic, graydon began in april, 2020 to invite musicians and artists from around the world to play their own solo interpretations of the score, a four-channel video that forms the basis of his installation
A* (2019). graydon sorted these contributions into four-player ensembles, creating seven new
30-minute works. a central theme of the video score is the productive complexity of voices in conflict, and the necessity of dissonance in making meaningful connections. each piece explores this terrain in unexpected and exciting ways, resulting in the lively variety across the series.

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collective exhibition

tomber en amour _ collection veys-verhaevert (2020)
la maison des arts de schaerbeek (be)

apparatus 22, laurette atrux-tallau, marcos avila forero, otto berchem,
david bestué, pierre bismuth, luz broto, stefan brüggemann, juan canizares, cedric christie,
edith dekyndt, denicolai & provoost, angela detanico / rafael lain,
lise duclaux, aurélien froment, cristina garrido, bernard gaube, pierre gerard,
gerlach en koop, rémy hans, heide hinrichs, myriam hornard, gudny rosa ingimarsdottir,
florian kiniques, klaas kloosterboer, takahiro kudo, yves lecomte,
pierre liebaert, myriam louyest, marie-france & patricia martin, marianne mispelaëre,
rokko miyoshi, roman ondak, benoît platéus, sandra pryczynski, katarzyna prezwanska,
edurne rubio, emmanuel selva, adam vackar, pep vidal, oriol vilanova, danh vo

http://lamaisondesarts.be/tomber-en-amour/

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2020 // pierre gerard : without subtitles

violin improvisation

digital edition :
yugen-art.org | download |
thanks to david sani

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2020 // antonin doppagne _ pierre berthet _ pierre gerard : archives of performa

trio :
pierre berthet (sound do-it-yourself, diverse)
antonin doppagne (modular)
pierre gerard (guitar)

digital edition :
https://pierregerard.bandcamp.com/album/ | listen and download |

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2020 // pierre gerard : perspective, en cherchant le chevreuil (version 2020)

digital edition :
https://pierregerard.bandcamp.com/album/ | listen and download |
(2010 // trente oiseaux : toc 103 | listen and download |
thanks to bernhard günter

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projet cabane / shack project .. (2016_2018_2020)

pierregerardplateaux.blogspot.com/2016/09/
(work in progress)
pierregerardplateaux.blogspot.com/2018/07/
(work in progress)
pierregerardplateaux.blogspot.com/2020/04/

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2020 // pierre gerard : minus modum

self - release (limited edition of 100 cd) | cd |

digital edition :
https://pierregerard.bandcamp.com/album/ | listen and download |

press (minus modum) : frans de waard : vital weekly (1243)
ed pinsed : the sound projector

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conference _ workshop

workshop : l’ÉSAVL-ARBAL (2020)

http://www.esavl.be/actualites/ecole/2020-2/

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2019 // bruno duplant _ pierre gerard : soleil clandestin | cd |

edition wandelweiser EWR 1912
thanks to antoine beuger & bruno duplant

press (soleil clandestin) : brian olewnick > olewnick.blogspot.com
ben taffijn > www.nieuwenoten.nl
ed pinsent > the sound projector
marc medwin > www.squidco.com

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collective exhibition

instruments des passions (2019_2020)

laetitia lefevre, antoine van impe, denis verkeyn, pierre gerard ..

galerie flux, liège (be)

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collective exhibition

régénérations (2019)

lise duclaux, nicolas floc'h, marcos avila forero, maria friberg,
pierre gerard, aïda kazarian, detanico/lain, pep vidal, void ..

LMNO (be)

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collective exhibition

who are you ? (2019)

michel auder, hans op de beeck, david bestué, dirk braeckman, juan caňizares, tom callemin, david claerbout, evelyne de behr, maria degrève, maen florin, pierre gerard,
bernard gigounon - lou emanuelli, stephan goldrajch, sophie kuijken, pierre liebaert,
maxence mathieu, bernard plossu, giancarlo roméo ..

with josse impens, jef lambeaux, herman richir, toulouse-lautrec, ..

maison des arts de schaerbeek (be)

curator : myriam louyest

http://lamaisondesarts.be
http://lamaisondesarts.be/la-maison-des-arts/le-lieu/

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improvisation

trio :
pierre berthet (sound do-it-yourself, diverse)
antonin doppagne (modular)
pierre gerard (guitar)

emprunté à la transparence d'une forêt sans rose
15/06/2019

http://www.lesdrapiers.be

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exhibition

pierre gerard : emprunté à la transparence d'une forêt sans rose (2019)
curator : denise biernaux

http://www.lesdrapiers.be

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2019 // pierre gerard : merle végétal (6 left)

self - release (limited edition of 19 numbered copies) | 3"cd-r |

digital edition :
https://pierregerard.bandcamp.com/album/ | listen and download |

press (merle végétal) : ed pinsent > the sound projector

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exhibition

we need to talk about paintings (2019)

laurette atrux-tallau, lionel estève, nicolas floc'h, pierre gerard, aïda kazarian, adrien lucca, angela detanico_rafael lain, yoann van parys, pep vidal

LMNO (be)

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2018 // pierre gerard : cavité aérienne

self - release (limited edition of 100 cd) | cd |

digital edition :
https://pierregerard.bandcamp.com/album/ | listen and download |

press (cavité aérienne) : ed pinsent > the sound projector

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book (text)

pierre gerard : les corps moches des nageurs subconscients (septembre 2018)

relié par denis verkeyn, imprimé à 50 exemplaires (numérotés)
avec le soutien de la société libre d'émulation

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exhibition

pierre gerard _ pol pierart _ denis verkeyn

petites et moyennes entreprises (2018)

société libre d'émulation liège (be)

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exhibition

biennale d'enghien, miroirs #2 / tout est paysage (2018)

laurette atrux-tallau, jean-marie bytebier, griet dobbels, lionel estève, federic fourdinier, pierre gerard, bernard gigounon, pierre-philippe hofmann, maxence mathieu, michel mazzoni, void, sophie whettnall

pierre gerard : pavillon des sept étoiles, plan f

expo-miroirs-parc-enghien.be/edition2018/
expo-miroirs-parc-enghien.be/edition2018/artistes/pierre-gerard/
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.2257827337773653

http://pierregerardplateaux.blogspot.com/2018/08/

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exhibition

pierre gerard : je trouve spinoza bien lucide (2018)
curator : christophe veys

v2vingt, bruxelles (be)

facebook.com/events

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exhibition

collection catharina helsmoortel & jean-marie rikkers (2018)

private, liège (be)

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exhibition

art brussels (2018)
(50 years)

LMNO (be)

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2018 // pierre gerard : architect

https://pierregerard.bandcamp.com/album/architect | listen and download |

( 2014 // senufo editions # fifty | cd | )
thanks to giuseppe ielasi

press : cut and run (vehscle) 01/09/2014
ed pinsent > the sound projector

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2018 // winds measure recordings bandcamp

wm21
pierre gerard and andy graydon untitled, (magnetisms)
edition: 100
cassette cs40
letterpress sleeve + fold out print
designed and printed by ben owen
cover image by ben owen from ink drawing, november 2010.
professionally duplicated/imprinted cassettes
release date: february 15, 2011

thanks to ben owen and andy graydon

https://windsmeasurerecordings.bandcamp.com/album/untitled-magnetisms | listen and download |
https://windsmeasurerecordings.bandcamp.com

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exhibition

whishes (2018)

marcos avila forero, michel blazy, david brognon & stéphanie rollin, simona, denicolai & ivo provoost, angela detanico & rafael lain, lise duclaux, e.d.m., maria friberg, hamish fulton, cristina garrido, pierre gerard, pierre philippe hofmann, aïda kazarian, sébastien lacomblez, adrien lucca, yoann van parys, pep vidal, oriol vilanova, void

LMNO, bruxelles (be) http://lmno.be/fr/expositions/presentation/13/wishes

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exhibition

résurgences (2017-2018)

marc angeli - charlotte beaudry - marcel berlanger - sofia boubolis - michel boulanger - sarah
caillard - thomas chable - françois curlet - delphine deguislage - damien de lepeleire -
michael dans - eric duyckaerts - lionel estève - douglas eynon - michel françois - pierre gerard
- roger jacob - babis kandilaptis - gabriel kuri - eva l ’hoest - jacques lizène - xavier mary &
loup sarion - gijs milius & gauthier oushoorn - selçuk mutlu - benoit platéus - patrick regout -
sébastien reuzé - christophe terlinden - wolf vostell - noémie vulpian ..
arts anciens d’afrique - asie - océanie et europe

espace 251 nord, liège (be) : http://espace251nord.tumblr.com/resurgences

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exhibition

private choices (2017-2018)

11 collections bruxelloises d'art contemporain / 11 brusselse hedendaagse kunst verzamelingen

curator : carine fol, art director
centrale for comtempory art (bruxelles, be)

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improvisation *

taku sugimoto & minami saeki + lèo dupleix
tom malmendier, louis freres & pierre gerard *
12/10/2017

l'oeil kollectif _ l'an vert (liège, be)

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2017 // cubic garage

pierre gerard : cubic garage (sold out)
self - release (limited edition of 21 numbered copies) | cd-r |
contact : maiso-med[at]mail.be

digital edition :

https://pierregerard.bandcamp.com/album/cubic-garage | listen and download |

press : ed pinsent > the sound projector

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2017 // études

pierre gerard : l'innocence à la verticale (sur la falaise)
bruno duplant : 42 études (sans paysage)
rhizome.# 19 | cd-r |

https://rhizomes.bandcamp.com/album/tudes-2 | listen and download |
https://rhizomes.bandcamp.com
thanks to bruno duplant

press : ed pinsent > the sound projector

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