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autopoïese.org is the info+archival place for the transdisciplinary performing digital art & noises of Joachim Montessuis. Contextualised panic actions, installations and projections all over the world since 1991. As a work in progress, this place changes with new and old stuff over time, so please come back. Thx!
complete BIO
contact: joachim – at – erratum . org
LAST GIGS/EVENTS :
20121202 : Bristol @ Extreme Rituals: A Schimpfluch Carnival

20121116 : Lyon (w/ Bryan Lewis Saunders + Rudolf Eb.er)
20121116 : Geneve (w/ Bryan Lewis Saunders + Rudolf Eb.er)
20121116 : Marseille (w/ Bryan Lewis Saunders + Rudolf Eb.er)
20121116 : Paris (w/ Bryan Lewis Saunders + Rudolf Eb.er)

20121116 : Strasbourg – organisation du colloque TRANSE(S) @HEAR

20121013 – Festival Sonorités # 8 – Montpellier – Fr

LAST PROJECTS :
JOUJOUKA INTERZONE
trailer in HD (switch from 360 to 1080)
Joujouka Interzone is a collaboration between Master Musicians of Joujouka, French sound and visual artist Joachim Montessuis and Frank Rynne.
Montessuis and Rynne will live mix and project a HD digital onslaught utilizing archival and specially commissioned material while The Master Musicians of Joujouka will provide an aural onslaught that maintains their completely natural sound with no additions.
Joujouka Interzone premiers as the Grand Finale of the Casablanca International Digital Arts Festival/F.A.N. 29 Oct 2011 at Complexe Moulay Rachid Casablanca Morocco.
Joujouka Interzone feature live performances by the Master Musicians of Joujouka this trailer features the sound Master Musicians of Joujouka recorded live in their village at the Brian Jones 40th Anniversary Festival 29th July 2008. Recorded by David Slevin, production supervisor Frank Rynne. The full recording of the festival is due for release in 2012. There are also visuals shot summer 2011 at The Master Musicians Festival by Joachim Montessuis. The next edition of The MMOJ festival will take place in their village 8-10 June 2012.
LAST RELEASES :
CHAPEL PERILOUS
23 extreme regenerative vocal tracks
release April 2012 – Fragment Factory – http://fragmentfactory.com

Press release : “After a prolific 2011 with a handful of splendid releases on CD, DVD and cassette + collaborations with the likes of Charlemagne Palestine, Julien Ottavi and The Master Musicians of Joujouka, “Chapel Perilous” marks the debut vinyl release and first proper solo album by the Paris based audio/visual artist and curator of the exquisite Erratum label. 23 tracks, totalling approx. 35 minutes, compiled from recordings made in the course of the past eight years, de- and recomposed for this album in early 2012. Drawing on his voice as the main tool, Montessuis delivers a frantic opus of cut-up noise poetry, making “Chapel Perilous” le chef d’œuvre of his extending body of work.”
140g black vinyl, edition of 317 copies.
Mastered by Fred Alstadt at Angström, Brussels // Lacquers cut by Yann Dub at Reverse, Barcelona.
ordering info: http://fragmentfactory.com/catalog.html
REGEN
livre + CD sorti en Mars 2012 / released March 2012 - Joca Seria
collection Extraction – dirigée par Chloé Delaume
108 pages / 13 x 18,5

2011 :
EROS3 + DANSE DES FOUS + COSMOGON - DVD+CD
released January 2012 - Ecart production / Optical Sound

EROS3 + DANSE DES FOUS + COSMOGON
Coffret 1DVD + 1 CD audio
Livret 16 pages couleur
Texte | Pacôme Thiellement – Dada-Yuga
DVD :
EROS 3, 35 minutes, 2004-2011 (Film interdit aux moins de 18 ans)
LA DANSE DES FOUS, 37 minutes, 2002-2004
CD :
COSMOGON, 60 minutes, 2011
disponible ici/available here
VOXORGACHITECTRONUMPUTER
with Charlemagne Palestine - CD - 4 PAGES DIGIPACK
released may 2011 - http://www.subrosa.net


http://www.dailymotion.com/videox2wvb6
VOCAL CODES
Cassette release on Antifrost – November 2011

extract 1 : PSYCHOTROPICS#1
extract 2 : DRONEVOX DMT SYNTHESIS#1
LAST ACTIONS :
20111029 JOUJOUKA INTERZONE – Casablanca – MAROC
20111125 SNOWCRASH (Ottavi/Montessuis) – Marseille
20221118 MEM fest Bilbao – with Shu Lea Cheang
20111117 Polyphonix – soirée hommage à Bernard Heidsieck – Paris
20110827 live with Erik Minkkinen – Placard festival – Paris – FR
20110712 >end July 2011 MAGAIO residency – PORTUGAL
20110506 EXTREME POETRY - ATELIERS CLAUS w/ OTTAVI /PIRINGER – Bruxelles – BE
20110429 live action - FREAKWAVE – POINT FMR – Paris – FR
20110424 DEBOUT! japan support gig – CAMPUS – Paris – FR
20110330 live - Festival PIEDNU – Le Havre – FR
20110318 CACLASH – Sonic battle (w/ R.Charpentié) – ESAD – Strasbourg – FR
20110308 NOUVELLES CARTOGRAPHIES POÉTIQUES - Limoges – FR
20110302 NOEUD BORROMEEN (Minkkinen/Bellenger/Montessuis) – Instants Chavirés – Paris – FR
20101216 SNOW CRASH (Ottavi + Montessuis) – Embobineuze – Marseille – FR
20101126 SNOW CRASH (Ottavi + Montessuis) - Databaz – Angouleme – FR
20101119 REGEN - Piksel festival – Bergen – Norway
20101106 intervention - CRAP TV event – Bourges – FR
20101105 COSMOGON - La plateforme – Paris – FR
20100926 ULTRAMEGAOMDRONEGENERATOR – L’international – Paris – FR
20100723 Interventions - voix de la mediterranee festival - Lodeve – FR
20100703 CACLASH – battle w/ R.Charpentié - Imaginez Maintenant – Pompidou – Metz – FR
20100619 Spatialised composition : Sound Delta – Zivelli – Paris – FR
20100618 SNOW CRASH (Ottavi + Montessuis) - Audio Décalage festival – Nantes – FR
20100505 V-†-e-01-very_important_euphoria (w/ Cédric Pigot : BEUYS BAND) – Paris – FR
20100514 Vocal action – APO33 – Nantes – FR
20100510 PNEUMATOLOGY - one hour glossolalia program for Resonance FM
20100507 Live w/ Bryan Lewis Saunders – Hamburg – DE (streaming)
20100506 Raum18 (w/ Bryan Lewis Saunders & Spastic Dementia) – Berlin – DE (reported)
20100501 Nadine – NG ‘s 24 hours performances project – Bruxelles -BE
20100424 Arkhéion (w/ Wilfried Wending) – Maison de la poésie – Paris – FR
20100417 Miko Kuro’s Midnight Tea - mikokuro.com – Paris – FR
Autopoiesis literally means “auto (self)-creation” (from the Greek: auto – αυτό for self- and poiesis – ποίησις for creation or production)
