Christophe Fellay

Short Bio

Christophe Fellay is a sound artist living and working in Switzerland

Christophe Fellay (*1966) is sound artist, musician, composer, performer and improviser. He has presented interdisciplinary works, sound installations and performances on several continents, and has composed sound works and music for ensembles, solo instruments, radio, theatre, film, video, choreography and performance art. His work has been presented internationally in London (ICA, Kings Place, London Jazz Festival), Edinburgh (Fringe Festival, University of Edinburgh), Cambridge University, Paris (CCS, Eglise St Merry), Montreux Jazz Festival (Miles Davis Hall), Copenhagen (Christians Kirke), Zurich (Kunstmuseum, OTO Museum, Walcheturm), Geneva, Basel (Gare du Nord), Bern (Dampfzentrale), New York (601 Artspace), San Francisco (Exploratorium, Swissnex), Seattle (1412), Atlanta Music Festival, Buenos Aires, Santa Fe, Johannesburg (JAG, Center For The Less Good Idea, Nirox Foundation), Pretoria University, Cape Town (Mahogani Room) and Windhoek.

Christophe Fellay holds a PhD in Art, Music and Performance from the Brunel University, London, and is associate professor, researcher and head of Sound Dpt. at EDHEA (University of the arts) HES-SO in Switzerland. His research and artistic interests focus on indisciplinarity, improvisation, active listening, acoustic phenomena, space, sound and architecture, documentation and archiving, soundscape ecology, digital art and participatory art. In his performance research, he is particularly interested in the interaction between gesture, movement and sound.

News

Jul 06 25 Ntheetse Nirox Foundation Johannesburg (ZA)

Sept 09 25 Insolite #1 Vinyl Album Release

Sept 26-27 25 Sound Symposium__Sion (CH)

Nov 25 – Apr 26 Soil and Water Johannesburg (ZA)

Nov 17-20 25 Hear The Unheard / Sonic Continuum London Jazz Festival (UK)

Nov 28-29 25 SonorE Evolène (CH)

Dec 01-07 25 ScenIA Improtech__Ircam__Paris (FR)

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Category Audio scores Collaborations Music Performances Sound art Sound installationsMarch 30, 2021November 24, 2021