Stéphane Marin
Stéphane Marin is a sound artist, phoNographist and a listening facilitator. Works on the border between listening to the soundscape and “in situ” compositions, in the porosity proposed by a work that rubs the real, zealot of sonic arts in public spaces, soundscape artist, composer of multi-phonic sound pieces for in situ live performances, Stéphane Marin has been involved since 2002 in sound adventures in situ that go out to meet atypical spaces.
After studying philosophy with Daniel Charles and Clément Rosset, and having abandoned his master on the theme of "Philosophy of Encounter", Stéphane Marin started to take a passionate interest in the new possibilities of expression offered by computer-assisted music (C.A.M.). He began to compose music with a strong narrative and dramatic charge at the beginning of the new millennium, a “cinematic” music.
Initiated into the specific techniques of City's Music projects and of sonic art in public spaces, through his meetings with Pierre Sauvageot in 2003 (Lieux Publics, C.N.C.A.R., Marseille), Michel Risse (Décor Sonore - Paris), and Eryck Abecassis, he explored from this time on sonic forms related to places, to buildings, and to public spaces. He then encountered Serge Delaubier (Studios Puce Muse, Rungis) who trained him in the techniques of gestural spatialization of sound (Méta-Instrument), skills which he further enhanced through a course at the GMEM (Centre National de Création Musicale, Marseille) on the "Holophon" spatializer (Max/MSP). He then decided to leave his personal studio projects to one side to dedicate himself to “ multi-channel” city-scale projects.
Following many collaborations with art in public spaces companies (Allegro Barbaro / Le Phun / Osmosis Cie / 2ème Groupe d'Intervention / Décor Sonore) on projects performed in the six corners of the French hexagon, and in international festivals held in cities such as Suwon, Beirut, Poznan, Grätz, Valladolid, Manchester, Saarbrüken, … Stéphane Marin created Espaces Sonores, a company dedicated to contextual sound creation and art of listening.
Following many collaborations and solo projects shared in France, and represented internationally (Singapore, Medellìn, Suwon, Beirut, Bucarest, Poznan, Grätz, Valladolid, Manchester, Brussels… ), his desire for spaces and his practice of sound push him to imagine devices and experiences that take the form of course or sound naps, soundwalks with naked or «augmented» ears, and performative architectural sound installations.
Stéphane Marin is actively involved in several collectives of sound authors in France: He is a founding member of CASO (Collectif des auteurs et autrices sonores en Occitanie) which defends (among other things) the creation (then the steering) of a Regional Aid Fund for Sound Creation with the Region and the DRAC Occitanie, as well as in the visibility of sound creation in the diversity of all its forms in Occitanie. He is an active member of Sons Fédérés (Collectif national d'artisan.es de toutes les expressions sonores). Within several struggles, actions, reflections and demands, the Sons Fédérés (the Federated Sounds) are fighting to represent ALL the sound expressions in the future "Fund for assistance with sound creation and innovation", and also that the sound authors can take part in the reflections for the creation of such a Fund. Finally, he is a member-donor of l'ASPAS (Association pour la protection des animaux sauvages (Association for the protection of wild animals).