Cosmogama has imagined a cycle of 4 sound fictions in connection with 4 cities (Sète, Fécamp, Le Mans, Nanterre) and in partnership with 4 theaters (Théâtre Molière in Sète, Théâtre Le Passage in Fécamp, Les Quinconces-L’Espal in Le Mans, Nanterre-Amandiers). The cycle is entitled Tout terriblement (All terribly), in homage to Apollinaire, and the fictions are written and composed in five days, in situ, by four hands: Sophie Berger on sound, Fabrice Melquiot on text.
Initially, there is just one idea, one starter, one fuse: to recount the year 1989, to explore the fall at the edge of the Fécamp cliffs, to invent a real fake signing show, to revisit an anthology soccer match, to reinvent the memories of an Avignon Festival spectator.
France Culture recorded these fictions performed in the presence of spectators, to give them a radiophonic form.
Tout terriblement speaks from the present to the present, plays with urgency, the desire to meet, listening to a territory and its inhabitants, the poetry of reopened memories, landscapes to discover.
Each sound fiction is accompanied by a docufiction written by Fabrice Melquiot around figures of writers related to the 4 cities: Paul Valéry in Sète, Jean Lorrain in Fécamp, Paul Scarron in Le Mans, Blaise Cendrars in Nanterre.
Sound fiction 1: Time Immemorial – 1989
Created in Sète from January 8 to 12, 2024
Recorded live on January 13, 2024 at Théâtre Molière – Sète, scène nationale archipel de Thau
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Sound fiction 2: Falls
Created in Fécamp from February 12 to 16, 2024
Recorded live on February 17, 2024 at Théâtre Le Passage – Scène conventionnée de Fécamp
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Sound fiction 3: Dedications
Created in Le Mans from April 22 to 26, 2024
Recorded live on April 27, 2024 at Les Quinconces-L’Espal – Scène nationale du Mans
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Sound fiction 4: Black Card
Created in Nanterre from April 29 to May 3, 2024
Recorded live on May 4, 2024 at Théâtre Nanterre-Amandiers – Centre dramatique national de Nanterre
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Docufiction 1 : Paul Valéry / Sète
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Docufiction 2 : Jean Lorrain / Fécamp
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Docufiction 3 : Paul Scarron / Le Mans
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Docufiction 4 : Blaise Cendrars / Nanterre
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