Rock the Sun - Solar Sound System

((( Rock the Sun
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A technological, social
& cultural project in India
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supported by
endorsed by the United Nations Foundation
A project by Cédric Carles, Eric Boros & Marylise Frecheville
put forth by two associations:
Atelier2cé
/ Suisse
http://www.solarsoundsystem.org
Vialka / France
http://vialka.com/
When & where?
See annexe documents from Swissnex
Partner Associations
DESIGN & SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
CULTURE & CREATION
EDUCATION & ENERGY
BANGALORE creative common ground
They talk about the project
Its unique position between practicality and design, between
social message and entertainment will no doubt ensure its
success in the future »
«
Dr. Ferzina Banaji
Head, Cultural Affairs and CommunicationAlliance Françaisede Delhi
« The Solar Sound Project is a deceptively simple use of
technology to integrate into the art and culture of ordinary
people, in lands where modern technology's impact is largely
indirect. It will provide a bridge for artists, for whom
circumstance has them on the deprived side of the economic
and digital divides, to explore the opportunities of new
media from their traditional strongholds. »
Vickram Crishna
Audio engineer, technical partner, Bombay
« Exchange and collaboration in the field of culture will
make all of us reside in happiness in this global village. »
Amitava Bhattacharya Founder
and creator of Banglanatak
association
With whom, why?
Our concept is
1_to build a SolarSoundSystem
2_use it for presentations, dj sets, Vialka
concerts in India
3_create exchange on energy topics
Our goals :
To establish a link between sustainable development and culture.
To promote Swiss design and technology, and provoke Indo-Swiss exchange.
On-site construction of a socio-cultural and educational module with local
partners.
To bring attention to energy-related and environmental problems.
To exchange practical experience using socio-cultural and educational tools.
To expand the visibility of the project on an international level, through our
collective media contacts: national radio, television and press (who have
already expressed great interest)
To offer a space for artistic expression independent of the electric system.
Project benefits
A solar sound system: for the promotion
of
non-conventional
energy,
both
a
teaching tool and a catalyst for cultural
collaboration.
Long-term goals for Indian partners:
The concept is that a local group or organization would
take over the solar powered machine after the tour,
allowing them to autonomously animate events as well as
organize tours in the region.
The group would thereby be able to provide a source of
solar energy for:
– powering equipment during cultural events
– amplification of presentations and lectures
– an educational
workshops)
tool
(solar
energy
presentations,
The project that we are presenting will be built using Solar Sound Systems already in use as a model.
The existence of several of these systems and their
numerous cultural and didactic interventions is the
proof that these projects
long-term viability.
are successful and have a
Solarsoundsystems
3S1_
since 1999_Lausanne
3S2_
since 2002_Geneva
3S3_itex
mobile energy exposition
3S4_
since 2008_Flexcell_Lausanne
3S6_
since 2010_Marseille
«Vialka» Association
Vialka, music duo
Vialka is a new music guitar, percussion and vocal duo.
Vialka hail from deepest France, via everywhere and nowhere.
They are a devilishly high-spirited guitar/drums duo who tour
hard and fast across the world. Their music skips joyfully across
borders, channeling desert blues, Chinese folk songs, scatter
rock and European gypsy song dynamics in a whirlwind of
dervish energy. Their endless gypsy punk folk rock tales, hard
hitting poly-rhythms and yelps and howls make for a danceable
and intoxicating brew.
Vialka is not just a musical project, but a social scientific experiment, attempting to meet, communicate and work with
extraordinary and little known musicians and artists from everywhere and nowhere - with particular interest in polluted
dictatorships, bleak colonies, and monarchic democracies. They have toured extensively in over fifty countries (100+ concerts per
year) across Europe, Africa, North America and Asia, and have collaborated with Chinese musician Xiao He, French mbira
player/drummer Andrew Dymond, Italian saxophonist Jacopo Andreini, Macedonian artist collective OPA, Swiss
cinematographer Sébastien Riond, French eco-designer Cédric Carles, the legendary former-CAN singer Damo Suzuki, and New
Zealand drummer Kieran Monaghan..
Area of activity:
Vialka is a non-profit association for the promotion of performing arts, working in various domains related to:
-Artistic creation: musical and multi-disciplinary performances, collaboration
-Performing arts: organization of international tours
-Audiovisual production: for the promotion of artists and their activities, an internet site, multi-disciplinary performances.
History
The Vialka Association was created in July 2004 to respond to a need to professionalize the musical duo of Marylise Frecheville
and Eric Boros and their various artistic activities.
With an initial grant from the European Community (Future Capital), the association was able to invest in quality music
production (releasing approximately one album every two years), and more touring, including 100 concerts per year in more than
50 countries. It also developed an essential tool within new music networks: the internet site www.vialka.com.
The association also strives to import lesser-known yet extraordinary foreign artists and is dedicated to collaboration with them:
2/5BZ (Turquie), NOM (Russie), Xiao He (Chine).
To assist these faraway travels, the association has received funding from: Pro Helvetia (tours in Japon and in the Balkans 20022004), the Embassy of France in China in 2005, the Institut Français in Georgia in 2009, the Office Franco-Québécois pour la
Jeunesse in 2006 and 2010.
Current projects
Autumn 2011: Tours in Spain, Portugal, Turkey, Lebanon, Scandinavia and Italy.
2012: Fabrication of a Solar Sound System and tour in India. Production of recordings. Communication, organization. European
tour of the Chanson Internationale with Relais Culture Europe, tours in USA, Russia and China.
Discography:
La Poursuite De L'Excellence (VIA, 2010)
Succès Planétaire International (VIA/DualPlover, 2009)
Plus Vite Que La Musique (VIA, 2007 )
Split with Kruzenshtern I Parohod (VIA/AurisMedia, 2006)
Curiosities Of Popular Customs (VIA, 2005)
Everywhere And Nowhere (VIA, 2004)
Republic Of The Bored & Boring (Manufracture, 2003)
Tonight I Show You Fuck (Manufracture, 2002)
Human resources and operation
The association is composed of a board of directors consisting of president and secretary-treasurer, and an artistic director and
administrator. The Association employs staff as needed. It has offices and music studios available free of charge in St Jean des
Ollières, and Thiers.
Contact :
Vialka
Le Pic
63520 St Jean des Ollières
France
http://vialka.com/
[email protected]
+33.952232165
SolarSoundSystem
Ten years of experience in Europe, and projects in Haiti, Tunisia, Japan and France
3S is the Solar Sound System, a modular solar powered amplification system by Cédric Carles in partnership with ATELIER2cé
and ITEXADER.
Since its creation in 1999, the Solar Sound System has participated in more than 400 animations and has spawned several other
modular sound systems currently in operation. Several other construction projects are being developed with partners: Marseille
2013 European Culture Capital, the Mimix association, the Swiss Eireine Foundation, and L’Agence 6-12 in Paris.
Founded by Cédric Carles in 2004 and based in Lausanne, Atelier2cé is a network and knowledge base answering the needs and
requirements of technical and artistic projects. In function of these projects, a creative and technical team put their abilities
together to form a large network, which in certain cases extends to an international level.
The members of this think-tank share a multidisciplinary approach to their work. Atelier2cé creates objects, spaces and events
optimizing the use of materials and favoring energy efficiency and recycling.
COLLABORATIONS with public and private organizations:
ADEME, AlterAlsaceEnergies, Services Industriels de Lausanne, DuoDisplaySA, The CREATIVE Factory, SIG
Eco21, QUIKSILVER Europe, Programme européen INTEREG, Cité du Design Saint-Etienne, agence King Com,
agence Ethiqpress, Pré-en-bulle, Ville de Genève, EIG-Ecole d‘ingénieurs, EDF R&D, Aéroport International de
Genève, Université de Lausanne et EPFL, ADER, SOLSTIS, SSES, WESER SA, Ecole des Beaux-arts de Lyon,
Fondation pour une terre humaine, WWF, UNESCO, Flexcell SA, Banque Pictet.
WORKSHOPS & CONFERENCES
Climax Workshop, Ecole Nationale des Beaux arts de Lyon................................ 10-2009
EDF R&D, Cité du design, Saint-Etienne.............................................................. 11-2008
European FEEDU Program, Ljubjana, Slovenia................................................
04-2007
Assises nationales de l’énergie, Grenoble............................................................... 01-2007
Rencontres européennes d‘éducation à l’énergie, Paris.......................................... 09-2006
Colloque UNESCO, Paris ...................................................................................... 05-2006
Polytechnico, Futurarium school of design, Milan................................................. 04-2003
AWARDS
Distinction UNESCO Décennie pour l‘éducation au développement durable, Basel
2008
Eco design award, Volvo Sport Design 07, Camcorder jacket, Munich
2007
Premier prix concours d’aménagement de l’Aéroport International, avec B. Santschi
2005
Obtention du prix Eco-conscience 2003 de la ville de Lausanne, projet AMIE
2003
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
L‘objet du design, Cité du design, commissioned by Les Sismo
Saint-Etienne
2009
City EcoLab, biennale de Design Saint-Etienne, commissioned by John Thackara
Saint-Etienne
2008
Spectrarium, Pavillon Suisse Le Corbusier
Paris
„Von vergessen und Erinnern“, Galerie Wartesaal, with Athene Galiciadis
Zürich
Festival Synch, New media performances, Athens
Grêce
„Maintenant“, Jardin des Tuileries
Paris
Artspace Zwanzigquadratmeter, „Sterkobilin“, with Athene Galiciadis
Berlin
„Projet pour un bâtiment vide“, Les Caves du Palais
Neuchâtel
Art Messe Basel, Radiomobile performance with Kolkoz
Basel
Galerie Forde, „ijang jeon eun neomu ileo“, collective exposition
Genève
Arborescence, Art numérique, collective exposition
Marseille
„Postpetrolismus Eingeläutet“, performance 3s, Kunsthof
Zürich
Belluard Bollwerk international, with A+*
Fribourg
„Bänkliaufzug“, design performance, Fondation Schlesinger
Saint-Gall
Quinzaine du design des Jardins, collective exposition
Chaumont–sur-Loire
Biennale internationale de Design
Saint-Etienne
2004
Le Meuble et l‘objet contemporains, Arcades de l’Odéon
Paris
2002
For more information on the Solar Sound System:
3S1-LAUSANNE
http://www.atelier2ce.org/a2ce-fr/3s1.html
3S2-GENEVE
http://preenbulle.ch/32
3S6-HAITI
http://www.rsr.ch/#/la-1ere/programmes/intercites/?date=06-12-2010
Contact :
Atelier2cé
Cédric Carles
avenue de Morges 90,
1004 Lausanne, Suisse
00 41 761 511 81 51
[email protected]
http://www.atelier2ce.org
http://www.solarsoundsystem.org
2007
2006
2005
Itexader :
Energie Education Association
ITEXADER is an educational work group on energy created by Cédric Carles. ITEXADER is an offshoot of the ADER
association, who have been working on the ecological development in the domain of energy for the last 30 years.
ITEXADER offers training and workshops on energy and energy saving:
-Energy Operations, energy audits with students
-Display Campaign, energy labels for schools
-Construction of models and prototypes:
• solar-powered vehicles,
• solar ovens and parabolic concentrators,
• windmills...
-Training with the professors at HEP and IUFM (Educational institution for teachers and professors)
-Instructional infra-red and thermography in schools
-Construction of teaching modules for science-class experiments:
• mini thermal solar module
• models of homes with different insulation
ITEX: the ITinérante (Mobile) Exposition, came to life in 2001 for the Science and Cité Festival in Lausanne.
Composing of interactive models on energy, the mobile exhibition has taken part in over 400 presentations in France and
Switzerland since its creation.
The goal is to inform the general public on energy-related problems through hands-on experience and experiments.
Contact :
Association ITEXADER
Avenue de Sévelin 36
CP 16
1000 Lausanne 20 – CH
[email protected]
www.ader.ch/exp
Press
VIALKA: Curiosities Of Popular Customs
After two days listening to new bands pillaging post-punk sounds to which they have no cultural entitlement, I found an album in
the promotional pile, by an unknown French-Swiss duo, that made life worth living. Vialka play fiddly European folk music at
high volume and velocity in a White Stripes setup, with Marylise Frecheville on clattering percussion and Pyrenean polyphonic
singing, and Eric Boros on speed-metal gypsy guitar and shouting. Vialka can switch styles in seconds, leaping from lightfingered folk melodies to bruising metal power chords to declamatory cabaret in one exhilarating piece. My face hurts. I can’t
stop smiling. Four stars!
Stewart Lee / The Sunday Times (London – 07/08/2005)
VIALKA: Succès Planétaire International
Vialka are Marylise Frecheville and Eric Boros. They make their base in a
farmhouse in central France, but are residents of the world. If there's a
better case of musical nomadism than Vialka, I'm yet to hear it: on Succès
Planétaire International, anything they pick up is theirs, and anything they
put down returns to the flux. It starts with 'Premiers Pas', an eccentric
stitching of countless styles – oompah tuba, flowery pipes, xylophone,
tangled splatter-drumming, keening vocals from Marylise, funereal folk
laments from Eric, and invasive technology courtesy of guest noisician
Crank Sturgeon, who hurls all sorts of random vocal gibberish into the fray.
It lacks any discernable backbone but still dances the room on sheer
vivacity and thrill for life. Elsewhere, there is dancing mbira from
Duracell's Andrew Dymond ('Good Riddance'), Chinese song from Dadainspired Beijing vocalist Xiao He ('Dutar') and a closing piece where
Marylise and Eric milk the German folk song 'Hole In The Bucket' for
maximum comedic effect. It's Vialka's most fragmented, silly, playful
record to date, and listening to it you're reminded that what you look for in
this world isn't newness per se - would you even recognise it if you saw it?
- but art created with a passion for its place in the universe, are created out
of sheer love for the now.
Louis Pattison / Plan B #45 (05/2009)
INTERVIEW RADIO SUISSE ROMANDE DU 6 DECEMBRE 2010
Le solaire au chevet du lien social en Haïti
Au lendemain de la catastrophe qui a dévasté Haïti au début de l'année, de nombreuses ONG et entreprises de "cleantech" ont
envoyé dans l'île du matériel solaire comme des fours, des purificateurs d’eau potable ou des téléphones. A la mi-décembre, une
ONG genevoise y enverra le "Solar Sound System", mis au point par le designer lausannois Cédric Carles pour épauler le
Genevois Bastien Poscia de la Haute école de travail social. Celui-ci se rendra dans les bidonvilles des campagnes haïtiennes pour
y animer des spectacles de rue et recréer du lien social, mais aussi pour sensibiliser la population à cette technologie qui
représente sans doute son avenir et son indépendance énergétique.
Invité: Cédric Carles, designer à l'Atelier2cé.
En écoute : http://www.rsr.ch/#/la-1ere/programmes/intercites/?date=06-12-2010
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