Soundwalk designed the mix as a gift for the designer mixing 24 hours of music, voices, and ambient sound. In October 09, Starck was invited as a guest editor of Wallpaper* and, in association with Soundwalk & Clicmobile, made the “24 Hours: The Starck Mix” public as an ephemeral iPhone application and webradio available for one month only.
Check out the Financial Times interview to read more about what makes Philippe Starck happy: cast-iron fireplaces, mahogany, the Louis Ghost chairs, his wife, phantasmagoria…and keep an eye out for Soundwalk’s upcoming performance with Philippe Starck in Paris next month.
Since 2006, the Hors Pistes festival has, “in examining new usages of contemporary imagery, shown the ruptures and departures that nourish traditional forms of film and narration. For this 5th edition, a double device illustrates the abundance and authority of images. The contemporary world firstly appears in the screened works, through the uncommon, unconventional and asserted vision of international artists.”
“KILL THE EGO” began as a song, as an epic 40-minute-long poem composed of 10 years of sound recordings captured in New York by Soundwalk between 1998 and 2008. The fragmented memories of poets and dominatrixes, of pimps and prophets, of visionaries and lost children – the gamut of stories from the street: of the most obscure corners, of underground unrest, intimate and universal biographies of Manhattan, Brooklyn and the Bronx – Soundwalk has captured and woven together the sounds, conversations, and songs of urbanity. This soundtrack of New York City has been represented visually onscreen by the artist Rostarr, who used the sound recordings as a launch for an art series documented by directors Jim Helton and Ron Patane. Inspired by the technique used in Henri-Georges Clouzot’s masterpiece “Le mystère Picasso”, the directors sought to give life to the creative process and gave birth to the aural and visual work that is the film KILL THE EGO.
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WIN TICKETS TO “KILL THE EGO” AT CENTRE POMPIDOU!
We are giving away ten tickets to the screening of “KILL THE EGO” at Centre Pompidou in Paris. The contest will run from February 10-18. To win a ticket, leave a comment on this blog post – at the end of the contest period we will select ten winners at random!
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SCREENING: 26 February 2010, 20:00, Centre Pompidou, Paris
Tickets available for sale before the screening at the Centre Pompidou ticket counter for 6€ (4€ reduced price).
COLLECTOR SERIE | Launched by Label Dalbin, 21 March 2010
“KILL THE EGO” will also be the first piece available for purchase through the Collector Serie application for iPhone. This concept, developed by Label Dalbin in collaboration with mobile agency Clicmobile, will revolutionize the collection and distribution of video art by placing it literally at the collector’s fingertips.
Singer Sebastien Tellier and artist Xavier Veilhan’s film Furtivo will be the second film available for sale through Collector Serie, and will also be screened at Hors Pistes this year (20 February 2010, 19:00).
KILL THE EGO will also be the first piece available for purchase through the Collector Serie application for iPhone. This concept, developed by Soundwalk co-founder and CEO Alex Kummerman, will revolutionize the collection and distribution of video art by placing it literally at the collector’s fingertips. Xavier Veilhan’s film Furtivo will be the second film available for sale through Collector Serie, and will also be screened at Hors Pistes this year.
On October 3rd 2009, Soundwalk, in joint venture with Clicmobile, premiered iPhone applications for three Paris audio tours during Nuit Blanche. Saint Germain des Prés, Belleville, and Marais Soundwalk iPhone application features interactive maps using geo-localization, real time walking itinerary, practical information about the locations visited, and more as you explore the cityscape guided by the voice of an iconic figure from the neighborhood.
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Audio Sample: In this excerpt of the Belleville Soundwalk join narrator and actress Florence Loiret-Caille for a drink at Café Folies. With a spirit in hand, she will disclose the complicated terrain of her relationship with aloof musician, and love interest, Spleen. As a final adieu, Florence Loiret-Caille will sing to you sweetly in Japanese. With the melody humming through the air, your mind reflects upon the hunt through Belleville she just led you in the hopes of being reunited with Spleen.
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Le Marais Soundwalk is one of three audio tours that launched the Soundwalk iPhone application during the 8th edition of Nuit Blanche in Paris on October 3rd, 2009. Saint Germain des Prés, Belleville, and Marais Soundwalk iPhone applications feature interactive maps using geo-localization, real-time walking itinerary, practical information about the locations visited, and more, as you explore the cityscape guided by the voice of an iconic figure from the neighborhood.
In this audio excerpt of Le Marais Soundwalk take in the beauty of one of Paris’ most unique neighborhoods, as you keep up with the unpunctual narrator Isild Le Besco, an actress who finds herself late to an audition. Set your eyes upon the statue of Louis XIII at the Place des Vosges as you stand beside Isild. Her voice, ringing with honesty in your ears, will enchant you.
On October 3rd 2009, Soundwalk, in joint venture with Clicmobile, will premiere iPhone applications for three Paris audio tours, during Nuit Blanche, an annual all-night international arts festival. Saint Germain Des Prés, Belleville, and Marais iPhone Soundwalks, featuring interactive maps, will guide Nuit Blanche visitors from one installation to the other as they pass across many Nuit Blanche sites. Paris iPhone Soundwalks are free, exclusively for Nuit Blanche festival participants. Info: http://nuitblanche.soundwalk.com
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Audio sample: Listen to actress and narrator Virginie Ledoyen as you join her private promenade thru the streets of Saint Germain Des Prés, take in the history of Cour du Mûrier, sit with her beside the fountains, rendezvous with someone from the past, or perhaps… meet someone new.
24 Hours : The Starck Mix is a unique 24 hour soundtrack, selected, arranged, composed and mixed by Soundwalk for leading French designer Philippe Starck. Whenever you press play, the mix will start from the exact time it is in his current time zone, no matter where in the world he is that day.
24 Hours: The Starck Mix as an one-of-a-kind iPhone application specially created by Clicmobile and now available from the App Store. Download the iPhone application here.
