Grrounding (2009)


Grrounding is a new live set by Gilles Aubry based on sound recordings collected at several european airports.

The performance is an immersion into the broadband sounds of reactors and the menacing atmosphere of tarmacs.

"Grrounding is new chapter in my sonic explorations of specific spaces. While the inside of airports have become entirely controlled spaces with specific light and acoustic design, the few dozen meters that one need sometimes to walk from the gate to the inside of the aircraft provide a radically different experience.
One can hear and feel the sound of airplanes, their size & movements, the air, the light, the temperature and the vastness of a place which has obviously not been conceived for pedestrians.
As a ‚frequent flyer’, I’ve recorded some of these moments and started to imagine how a longer stay there might feel like."

In Grrounding, one gets dangerously lost on the way to the aircraft; take off might be delayed...

Live excerpt @ Madame Claude, Berlin, march 30 2009.