Multiprises – Digital Open Stage at La Bifurk
On May 15, 2025, I took part with designing the spatial audio installation in Multiprises – Digital Open Stage event, a hybrid and informal evening organized by Collectif Coin, in partnership with the MLTP network and L’Hexagone Scène Nationale (Meylan). Hosted at La Bifurk in Grenoble, the event unfolded in a vibrant, community-driven atmosphere—true to the spirit of this associative venue dedicated to artistic experimentation and shared urban spaces.
Multiprises offers an open platform for live digital practices, inviting artists, technicians, and curious minds to showcase or improvise with sound and visual technologies. The core idea: to foster horizontal exchanges around the tools shaping contemporary audiovisual creation—between technical innovation and sensory exploration.
Designing a Real-Time Spatial Audio Setup
For this edition, I was invited to design and operate a real-time spatial sound system, conceived as an open infrastructure for spontaneous artistic interventions throughout the night.
The setup was based on 12 Genelec loudspeakers arranged in a circle around the audience, driven by an Allen & Heath SQ5 interface and a live patch built with my software environment Xp for Live, which is specifically designed for intuitive spatial audio in Ableton Live. This configuration allowed for multi-directional sound diffusion—immersive, expressive, and responsive—empowering each performer to engage with acoustic space as a compositional element in its own right.
Spatial Audio as a Creative Framework
This work reflects my ongoing approach: treating spatial audio as a compositional practice, not just a technical function. I see each immersive setup as a living system, where space becomes part of the score.
Multiprises provided a rare setting—both informal and artistically rich. It offered freedom for sonic exploration while maintaining a shared technical ground. I was glad to support this environment and to help shape its spatial character in real time.
