Corpus/Mimesis

This work emerged from a collaboration between AMAE, Pier Giorgio De Pinto, Jean-Luc Nancy and Stephen Roddy which produced a series of compositions and installations between 2014 and 2022. Corpus/Mimesis is a visceral sonic interpretation of the work of Jean-Luc Nancy which lodges itself permanently in the listeners subconscious. Featured prominently here is the voice of Jean-Luc Nancy reading aloud his fifty-eight indices on the body, a series on short reflections on the body that explore themes of rhythm, noise, cycles, discontinuities, overlapping harmonies and, critically: the voice, as they relate to the body. Each index is enfolded in a unique soundworld that both reflects and elaborates upon Nancy's statements, embodying the rich layers of meaning that inhere in his work through the medium of sound.