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A billowing curtain evokes time gone by through some family photographic archives

Jean-Jacques Palix is a composer for stage, discoverer, compiler, archivist, lover of rare musics, sounds hunter... After his radical productions and realisations in “Radio Nova” from which he was a charter menber in the early 80's, according the artistic context he is collaborating with: contemporary dance, art, film, vidéo, events shows, and fashion. He composes music for many choreographers, as well as for artists’ films and documentaries. In 2002, he directed many films including “Conférence sur rien” based on a reading by Eve Couturier, based on “Lecture on nothing” by John Cage. In 2007, he created 16’33’’, 33 30’’ tributes to 33 composers for the IN SITU/Fabienne Leclerc gallery in Paris. In 2009, he directed the film “Ce disque est le même que l’autre” which was shown at international festivals (Rotterdam International Film Festival, Tribeca Film Festival, etc.). In 2010, he co-curated the exhibition “Cornelius Cardew and the freedom of listening” (Brétigny sur Orge, Stuttgart, Culturgest Porto) and directed the sound performances of “The living Currency” in Warsaw and at the Berlin Biennale. In 2013, he composed the Hörspiel “TPNY Memory” on a libretto by Leyli Daryoush (broadcast by France Culture).