Christophe Demarthe is a composer and sound designer based in Paris. For many years he has been working at the border of sound and visual arts, creating music and sound architectures for theatre, dance, visual arts, film, radio, television, fashion. In his commissioned work Christophe Demarthe proceeds in small steps, by subtle intuitions, through an incessant game of back and forth between the project under construction and his sound work.
Since 2010 he has been producing soundtracks for dance productions in France and abroad (Superamas, Anne Juren, Annie Dorsen, Agata Maszkiewicz). He started his first artistic collaborations in the 90s with the radio director Jean Couturier (France Culture) and the theatre director Bruno Lajara (501 Blues). In the 2000s, while continuing his work for radio and theatre, he started composing for TV films. Since 2007 he has regularly cooperated with visual artists Pierre Beloüin, Ludovic Chemarin(c), P. Nicolas Ledoux, Ultralab for sound, interactive and video installations.
Christophe Demarthe started his musical career as co-founder and lead singer of Clair Obscur, one of the first groups in the 80s which made connections between music, visual arts, dance and theatre. In 2004 he created Cocoon, a global project mixing indifferently electronic music, video, text and performance. Today he is still diversifying his activities with the launching of Acoustic Cameras, an online collection inviting sound artists to compose pieces for live webcams located throughout the planet.
Contact: christophedemarthe@gmail.com
Biography selection
2019
• Taki Pejzaz, Agata Maszkiewicz, dance piece, Komuna Warszawa, Warsaw, Poland
• Ludovic Chemarin©, Histoire sans fin, Olivier Combault & Cocoon, live duet, La BF15, Lyon
2018
• Moments, Ludovic Chemarin(c) solo exhibition, mfc-michèle didier, Paris
• Une Saison graphique, ABM Studio solo exhibition, Bibliothèque universitaire, Le Havre, France
2017
• Jules Vernes, Gobelins – l’école de l’image, video mapping, Mairie de Sèvres
• La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc, Dreyer / Les Voix Animées, silent movie + music, Le Liberté, Toulon
2016
• Fashion Futurists, Intel partnered with the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund, web video
• Comma, Anne Juren, choreography, Brut, Vienna, Austria
2015
• Louis Vuitton City Guide, Louis Vuitton, iPhone/iPad app
• The Point, Anne Juren, choreography, ImPulsTanz, 21er Haus, Vienna, Austria
2014
• Pornography: a trying- out, Anne Juren, choreography, ImPulsTanz, Odeon, Vienna, Austria
2013
• Louis Vuitton City Bags, Louis Vuitton, iPhone/iPad app
2012
• Louis Vuitton : 100 Legendary Trunks, Louis Vuitton, iPad app
• Lost & Found, Anne Juren, choreography, Brut, Vienna, Austria
2010
• Magical, Anne Juren & Annie Dorsen, choreography, ImPulsTanz, Schauspielhaus, Vienna, Austria
• Black Night 02, Ultralab, installation, Biennale d’art contemporain de Rennes, France
• Liberty Chérie, Superamas, short movie
• Solo de danse, avec son temps, Eva Vandest, choreography, June Events festival, Paris, France
• You Dream, Superamas, theatre performance, Buda Art Centre, Kortrijk, Belgium
• Les Enfants, Edward Bond, Bruno Lajara, theatre, Théâtre de Boulogne-sur-mer, France
2009
• We Need A Volunteer, Cocoon, performance, Le Nouveau Festival du Centre Pompidou, Paris
• Casino 23, Pierre Beloüin, exhibition, Le Dojo, Nice, France
2008
• Les Révoltés, Christophe Martin, Bruno Lajara, theatre performance, Viesàvies
• Cremaster 15, P. Nicolas Ledoux, art video, Galerie Magda Danysz, Paris, France
2007
• L’île de Paradis, Ultralab, exhibition, Jeu de Paume, Paris, France
• Str Crsh, Pierre Beloüin, installation, L’Ososphère festival, Strasbourg, France
• Sleep, Cocoon, art video, exhibition Comunismo da Forma, Galeria Vermelho, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2004
• Fallait rester chez vous, têtes de noeuds,Rodrigo Garcia, Pascal Antonini, theatre performance
• Clandestine, Cocoon, art video, Nuit Blanche, Paris, France
2002
• L’enfant éternel, Patrick Poubel, TV film, Telfrance / Neria Productions / Canal+
2001
• 501 Blues, Christophe Martin, Bruno Lajara, theatre performance, Viesàvie