Koudlam

Photo by Cyprien Gaillard, Mexico City

interview by PARINAZ MOGADASSI

 

COLLABORATION IS A RECURSIVE process which can be a form of romanticism. The film works of multimedia artist Cyprien Gaillard cannot be disassociated from the aural tapestries of Koudlam, the French composer with whom he works closely. Koudlam’s elusive soundscapes lift up Gaillard’s imagery to an ever more evocative plane.

PARINAZ MOGADASSI — How would you describe the emotional quality of Koudlam’s music?
CYPRIEN GAILLARD — His music is a continuous fight against nostalgia. It’s romantic, but the way romantic music should be now — not looking at reality from the window of your studio and trying to make art or music about what’s out there, but being on the field of play — always.

PARINAZ MOGADASSI — Can you explain to me how your collaboration with Koudlam began?
CYPRIEN GAILLARD — We met in…