Gaėtan Bulourde / Olivier Toulemonde (F)
Gaėtan Bulourde was born in 1968 in France. He studied mathematics and classical guitar. In the 90’s he played bass guitar in different rock bands until a choreographer saw him dancing in a party and invited him to take part in her dance piece. Since then, he has collaborated as a dancer and/or performer in different projects with Meg Stuart (“Replacement janvier 2006”) and Xavier Le Roy (“Das Theater der Wiederholungen (steirischer herbst 2003), “e.x.t.e.n.t.i.o.n.s.”) among others. Since 1998, he has been developing his own projects, e.g. „Pfuuf ou le bout de la langue“ (2004) and „TV News Hasselt“ (2006).
www.bulgaet.book.fr/marteau
Olivier Toulemonde lives and works in Brussels. In 1993, he was a co-founder of "Collectif Ishtar" joined the "Collectif et Compagnie". He plays improvised music with acoustic objects or amplified springs. He works on listening, sound research and the relationship between sound and space. Besides Bulourde, he has collaborated with N. Desmarchelier, M. Doneda, C. Sehnaoui, M. Forge, A. Palier, J. Wright.
His latest works are „The Sound Metallurgy Trade Union“ with A. Paquotte (2009), „Seismograph“ (2008), „Empty Factory“ (2008), furthermore the Radiophonic pieces: “Mosquito” (2009). Toulemonde has been also responsible for around fifteen soundtracks for Muriel Toulemonde's video works, which have been exhibited internationally. His latest release was 2010 “Crickxstraat” (with Agnčs Palier / FFHHH records)
www.olivier-toulemonde.com
