Correspondences in the labyrinth of sounds

This collection of critical texts (2005-2022) constitutes a correspondence – at literally and figuratively – between Alexandre Castant and Philippe Franck around sound arts. These are journeys but also active listening in dialogue with contemporary works and artists whose common denominator is this sound material put into space, but also into images, into networks and in various forms. The main exploratory field is the City Sonic international sound arts festival, created in the Federation Wallonia-Brussels in 2003 by Transcultures under the artistic direction of Philippe Franck, and which Alexandre Castant has followed and commented on since its beginnings. More generally, this work offers an open and hybrid vision of sound arts of today considered in their great diversity of practices and aesthetics. The acquisition of this book also gives access to a compilation of sound pieces taken from the City Sonic catalog (Transonic label).