Désastre, 2026
Moving — Work in progress
See below : Dégâts modérés
Designed to move through the installation Dégâts modérés, evoking the passage of a destructive hurricane, this live performance extends the sonic translation of Kaitleen J. Thierney’s observations on disaster, begun in earlier works Urgence and Dégâts mineurs
This work is being developed within IRCAM’s workshop “In Situ Electronic Composition”, under the guidance of Mauro Lanza (composer), Claudia Jane Scroccaro, and Rémi Le Taillandier (computer music designers at IRCAM).
Using a custom Max/MSP program, the performance enacts a protocol designed to generate a deliberately unstable, “disastrous” sonic environment — not as representation, but as embodied experience. The score unfolds in real time, shaped by algorithmic tensions and unpredictable feedback, mirroring the chaotic logic of collapse.
Dégâts modérés, 2026
Moving — Work in progress
The installation addresses the experience of flooding in Guadeloupe — particularly at the estuary of a river meeting the sea on the Guadeloupean Leeward Coast. It proposes a space for reflection and exchange on risk culture from a Guadeloupean perspective.
Composed of a sound piece, a printed edition, an archival image, and natural elements — wood and stone — the installation invites reflection on the conservation of artworks in the face of natural hazards, the body’s engagement with the landscape, and the impact of such events on intimate and personal spaces.
The sound piece and the fictional text are co-dependent elements, nourishing each other’s narrative, questioning the extent to which sound can influence a text, and showing how a text can expand and transform a sonic space.
