May 14, 10:30 PM, House Tęczowa – concert
The artist conceives sound as a medium to be sculpted in real-time and improvises from analog sources, like a modular system and a drum machine.
Playing with the interweaving of volumes, perspectives and dynamics, Méryll Ampe creates sharp and very raw materials. He also likes to skirt sound limits and dig into its flesh with a permanent interest in roughness and porosity. In live performances, he engages instinctively and radically, calling upon the listening of the place and the body that serves as a barometer to weave massive sound states that unfold, intersect, mix, or decompose. The result is thunderous bursts of abstract noise and rhythmic saturations.
Méryll Ampe, born in 1984, is a French sound artist and composer based in Paris.
After studying wood sculpture at the Ecole Boulle (Paris), Méryll leads a visual and sound creation at the Beaux-Arts School of Paris-Cergy. During his studies, Méryll Ampe worked with several sound artists, such as Robin Meier in Paris and Manuel Rocha Iturbide in Mexico City. Méryll Ampe’s work is plural and includes sound performances, compositions, and sound installations.
He has worked with artists, musicians, choreographers, and video artists such as Coax Collective, Mélanie Perrier, Elsa Brès, Boris Achour, Gwenola Wagon, Stéphane Dégoutin, Anastasia Ax, Romain Perrot, and Francisco Meirino. Méryll Ampe’s work has been shown internationally in institutions and festivals such as Les Instants Chavirés (France), Présences Electronique Festival (France), Sonic Protest Festival (France), Palais de Tokyo (France), Centre Pompidou-Paris (France), LUFF and Cave 12 (CH), E-Fest (Tunisia), H-ear (Holland), Notam (Norway), Nananjo (Spain), New Rivers (England), HS (Belgium), AURAL (Mexico), 4Fakultät (Germany).
His compositions have been published by the labels Tsuku Boshi Records (Paris), AudioVisuelAtmosphere (Belgium), Audiotalaia (Spain), Musica Dispersa Radio (London), and Audition Records (Mexico).