Guillaume Laidain - The stones of Frontenac

Residence from January 6 to March 31, 2020 - The stones of Frontenac (Frontenac, 33)

The Les Pierre de Frontenac company specializes in the extraction and processing of Frontenac stones (Bordeaux stone). It also shapes limestones, marbles and granites from all over the world for professionals and individuals. Located in Frontenac in Gironde, about 45 kilometers from Bordeaux, it is a family business that has survived the decades while adapting to new technologies to become Aquitaine's first quarry. Challenges are his specialty. The more complicated the technical problem, the more interesting it is!

Les Pierre de Frontenac now has around thirty employees, nine of whom are in design and management, and around twenty technicians and workers.

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From this context Guillaume Laidain imagines the creation of a sound work based on the auditory daily life of the company, extraction sites in stone quarries, in particular their nuisances, to reveal its musical potential. His project also invests in plastic forms, inspired by the materials worked by the company. It takes the form of an installation, a sound staging.

This residence will give rise to several restitution times. First within the company, then at La Fabrique Pola in Bordeaux.

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This project receives the support of the program "Artist residences in companies: program 2019 - 2020" of the Ministry of Culture - DRAC Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Co-production Ensemble Un .