EAF and SAT attracted the dedicated audiovisual community into a night for all savours: Samuel Gougoux setting the mood with his ambient-jazz impressionist chansons, CECILIA embodying and orchestrating all forms of art in a single performance, and the collaboration between VISIO and Orchestroll strolling through sonic and visual matter.
In a seated setting, the space is inviting for a more attentive listening and overall experience. The night starts smoothly yet moody, navigating in the flow of a feeling in between angelic lights – Samuel Gougoux makes us feels like we’re in our friends’ living room on a Sunday late afternoon, singing and listening to each other, the sunset light invading the room through the windows, bathing, caressing our skins. The character is simple, honest, pictorial and intimate.
On a contrasting note, CECILIA’s silhouette cuts through the scene dragging a chair for a promising confrontation – she seats with the back facing the audience, wearing a long dark coat backwards – she has stories to tell, poetry to unmask, images to be seen, mirrors to be broken. WHAT EYE FOR is an impeccable junction of all art forms, each one manipulated with sharp intention and a very clear reason. Nothing is meaningless or superfluous. With detuned vocals, a theatrical space, words gazing back at you, shadow play and images moving between the dream and the real, CECILIA takes us to the gloomy side of things – extravagant excess but never exaggerate; exquisite yet so human; raw and bold without forcing it on your face; classy and so strange. A most creative whole-scenic performance that will linger in your memory.
Lastly, the headliners Orchestroll and Italian artist VISIO present their collaborative work AURA SLEEPTRACK – combining electronic, acoustic instruments and oneiric imageries, it feels just like a dreamy heatwave or an igneous way into sound and visuals. The here trio gives us density, mass and matter for a spectacular closing, each one very tuned to their instrument and with this sort of volcanic energy that does not leave the audience go home unshaken. A blast to the senses!
And a great night for EAF, SAT and us devoted listeners.
