{"id":6569,"date":"2023-02-23T13:38:25","date_gmt":"2023-02-23T12:38:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cequemesyeuxontvu.com\/museum-of-art-and-history-of-judaism-lending-ones-voice-once-again\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T18:24:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T16:24:22","slug":"museum-of-art-and-history-of-judaism-lending-ones-voice-once-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cequemesyeuxontvu.com\/en\/museum-of-art-and-history-of-judaism-lending-ones-voice-once-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Museum of Art and History of Judaism \u2013 lending one\u2019s voice once again"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Original capsules combining text and music<\/p>\n\n

Following the success of the 10 capsules around its permanent collection<\/a>, the Museum of Art and History of Judaism wished to repeat the project with new works\u2014contemporary this time\u2014new readers\u2014with a few loyal \u201cregulars\u201d among the staff\u2014and\u2026 a little something different. For this iteration, we therefore imagined adding a musical dimension, like an additional reading of the works.\nThis time, it was the students of the Microlyc\u00e9e de Paris <\/span> who took part in <\/span>a series of <\/span>8 workshops at the <\/span>mahJ<\/span>.\nFive composers from the Conservatoire national sup\u00e9rieur de musique et de danse de Paris took on the challenge and created soundscapes for each of the 10 works selected by the museum.\n<\/span>A tour with the museum\u2019s lecturers first enabled the students and composers to become familiar with the works, including those by Marc Chagall, Kader Attia, Sam Ringer and Carole Benzaken. Then, t <\/span>wo workshops <\/span>led by an actress helped the readers\u2014students and museum staff together\u2014to work on public speaking and speaking into a microphone, but also and above all to reduce stress and stage fright, to make the reading less intimidating<\/span>. In trios, mixed groups of students and museum staff then read their text, <\/span> guided by the sound engineer and the actress<\/span>. Meanwhile, the composers finalised their 10 compositions.\nThroughout the project, a small group of visually impaired people enabled the texts to be adjusted for better understanding, and everyone\u2019s feedback during the presentation was commensurate with the work carried out. <\/span> <\/p>\n\n

Eric, who is visually impaired, shares his opinion:\nThe result is a fine creation born of the partnership between composers, readers and authors. <\/em>Hearing the high school student\u2019s voice at the beginning of the clip for The Jewish Painter, I immediately perceived the value of a reader\u2014a non-professional museum mediator. Her perspective and her reading are close to those of the public. <\/em> There were a few imperfections in reading and diction, which seemed to trouble their teacher, but which we readily accept with respect and simplicity. <\/em>The music, very rich and elaborate, proved to be highly varied and different, and therefore distinctly tied to the works it accompanies. <\/em>Having already formed an image of the works and the atmosphere they convey, I sometimes felt in harmony, sometimes at odds with the musical proposal. At other times, I took them in without preconceptions. <\/em> Now paired with the works, these pieces of music will be inseparable from them.\n<\/em>For a few years now, I have had the experience of improvising music to poetic texts and am familiar with these encounters between sounds, words and images. One can truly rejoice in the original creations made for the MAHJ and in the links now established with the composers. \n<\/em>These ten new<\/span> capsules, sensitive and captivating, are <\/span>now available at the museum<\/span>.\nThey have also <\/span>joined our sound art library:<\/span> <\/span>L\u2019\u0152il est la Voix<\/span><\/a>. <\/span> <\/span>\n\nThis project was carried out with contributions from Laura Pichard, writer; Muriel Michaux, actress; and L\u00e9o Blet, sound engineer. <\/em>\n\n\"\" \"\" \"\"<\/p>\n\n

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