Crasneanscki stephan

soundscape
everything is vibration
listening for chaos
sonic accidents

portrait and interview by OLIVIER ZAHM

STEPHAN CRASNEANSCKI AT THE SOUND INSTALLATION PRINCE PARMI LES HOMMES, 2017, PRESENTED DURING FAME 2017 AT LA GAÎTÉ LYRIQUE, PARIS

OLIVIER ZAHM — You are a hunter of sound. Is there a place, a city, or a country where you haven’t gone to harvest, or capture, sound?

STEPHAN CRASNEANSCKI — I’ve been to pretty much all the continents. But it’s a vast hunt, and the sources of sound are infinite, so there’s never an end to the sonic journey. I’ve done South America, Africa, Russia, the Middle East. Yes, I’ve covered a fair amount of territory.

OLIVIER ZAHM — Right now, for example, we’re in an old, somewhat gangsterish café on Strasbourg Saint-Denis. Do you have an ear cocked? Are you listening to the sounds?

STEPHAN CRASNEANSCKI — Yes. It’s a…