{"id":6337,"date":"2015-09-23T13:03:49","date_gmt":"2015-09-23T13:03:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.saic.edu\/cate\/?p=6337"},"modified":"2025-05-12T14:35:01","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T20:35:01","slug":"on-le-revelateur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.saic.edu\/cate\/2015\/09\/23\/on-le-revelateur\/","title":{"rendered":"On Le R\u00e9v\u00e9lateur"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am delighted to welcome Natalia de Orellana back to the Conversations at the Edge blog (see her previous contributions here <\/a>and here<\/a>). \u00a0This week, she writes about Le R\u00e9v\u00e9lateur and the ways their audiovisual performances work on the senses.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Le R\u00e9v\u00e9lateur, image from live performance at Mutek, 2013.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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In the audiovisual performances of Le R\u00e9v\u00e9lateur, sound and image are not in competition but in symbiosis, responding to and fulfilling each other. Video artist Sabrina Ratt\u00e9 and electronic musician Roger Tellier-Craig, who have worked together since 2010, find synchronicity in gesture, in pitch and in rhythm.<\/p>\n

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Le R\u00e9v\u00e9lateur, image from Mirages (2010).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Spectator, you\u2019ll be immersed into the depths of a virtual journey marked by loss and wonder.<\/p>\n

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Le R\u00e9v\u00e9lateur appropriates images from the world around us\u2014flora, fauna, architecture\u2014and dissolves them into electronic abstractions, where solid shapes melt into the ephemerality of the electronic signal. Landscapes turn around us, revealing new angles, layers, and sounds, until they are no longer recognizable. The sense of disorientation from this experience is at the core of this experimental journey. Virtual settings are fragmented and continuously rearranged, forcing us to adapt to the changes brought by suddenly discordant sounds alongside the ever-changing visuals.<\/p>\n

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Le R\u00e9v\u00e9lateur, still from live performance at MUTEK.MX, 2012.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The experience of Le R\u00e9v\u00e9lateur\u2019s work also challenges orthodox expectations for specific mediums. By collapsing visual and aural boundaries, the duo charts new intellectual and sensorial territory. Le R\u00e9v\u00e9lateur<\/em> recognizes video and sound as malleable materials, as ends, sources, and means of creation. For me, this exploration defies contemplation and teases meditation. It pressures the viewer to confront the limits of her own senses while maximizing her sensitivity to change and movement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I am delighted to welcome Natalia de Orellana back to the Conversations at the Edge blog (see her previous contributions here and here). \u00a0This week, she writes about Le R\u00e9v\u00e9lateur and the ways their audiovisual performances work on the senses. In the audiovisual performances of Le R\u00e9v\u00e9lateur, sound and image are not in competition but […]<\/p>\n

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