Soundwalk in Luxembourg

Picture: ©Naohiro Ninomiya

Details

Free

From 10 years old

Duration: 1 hour


Place

Bonnevoie district, Luxembourg
Starting point : entrance to the Rotondes forecourt

Organiser

Les Rotondes

For a better experience, download the GOH app on your smartphone beforehand and bring your own headphones or earphones

Nostalgia . Exile . Social_History

 
This podcast-like creation offers a unique interactive experience, placing you directly in the places that inspired the story, thanks to geolocation.

Empty Nest invites you to wander through the backstreets of the Bonnevoie district, listening to the story of a mother and son, she who was born elsewhere, he who grew up here. A singular yet universal story, as it carries with it the stories and testimonies collected from local residents. A story that seems simple, almost commonplace, yet reveals the complexities of exile and the hopes that guide every step towards the unknown.

Like a child going through the stages of life, you are invited to walk through the streets, between happiness and disillusionment, alongside those who have undertaken a journey towards a new land of welcome. Those who, one day, have left the nest to make way for the unknown, for the possibility of new beginnings. Empty Nest evokes the ambivalent feeling of emptiness that is then created, filled with memories and promises, tinged with both nostalgia and satisfaction, where each memory resonates like the distant song of a lullaby.

Available to listen to on your smartphone, from September 28, 2024, by downloading the GOH app and letting it guide you!

Know more

Actor, director and author, Fabio Godinho has developed numerous activities around the body and writing. He moved to Paris in 2006, studied theater and, in parallel with his stage practice, developed a research project at the Sorbonne Nouvelle in Theatrical Studies (with Frédéric Maurin as research director) on play and non-play in Flemish theater. He collaborates as a performer in several art films conceived by his brother and artist Marco Godinho, in 2017 with Notes sur cette terre qui respire le feu and with Written by Water. In film, he works on several occasions for Hadrien Besse, and also with Luc Jabon and Lara Mack. In 2021 he is working with Christophe Wagner on the Netflix series Capitani, in which he appears in season 2, and as Lucian in Ganael Dumreicher’s short film Lucian.

Composer, sound artist and director Gaëtan Gromer, born in 1978, lives and works in Strasbourg. He is also artistic director of Les Ensembles 2.2 and a member of the executive committee and board of directors of HACNUM (national network for hybrid arts and digital cultures). He regularly brings his work into conversation with other disciplines, and has notably worked with Maria La Ribot, Valérie Manteau, Hélène Gaudy, Etienne Fanteguzzi, Sebastian Dicenaire, Eve Risser, Lucie Taïeb, Clara Olivares, LNLO, Samuel et Léo Henry, luvan, Zahra Poonawala, Stéphane Perger, Espèce de collectif…

Trained at the Strasbourg Conservatory in the classes of Ana Haas (violin) and Claude Ducroq (viola), as well as at the University of Strasbourg in musicology, Antoine Spindler has trained (Ircam, Fastlane, PML…) and specialized in electroacoustic and mixed music. He teaches in the Electroacoustic Creation and Interpretation class at the Conservatoire and L’Académie Supérieure de Musique-Hear in Strasbourg. He currently plays with the trio Jafta, with whom he released the album Traces, and with the duo Svië, with whom he created the album Port Data. His experiences have enabled him to collaborate with various ensembles and musicians (Linéa, Live Animated Orchestra, the Ethos quartet, Plurium, Clara Olivares, Eve Risser etc.) as well as with different authors (Hélène Gaudy, Jean Fauque, Valérie Manteau, Sébastien Dicenaire, Lucie Taieb etc.).

The City of Strasbourg, the Région Grand Est, the ERDF, the Collectivité européenne d’Alsace and the DRAC Grand-Est.

Crédits

Text: Fabio Godinho
 
Realisation: Gaëtan Gromer
 
Music and composition: Gaëtan Gromer and Antoine Spindler
 
Voice: Fabio Godinho
 
Sound recordings: Antoine Spindler
 
Interviews: Lynn Pook
 
Production: Les Ensembles 2.2
 
Partner: Rotondes
 
Acknowledgments: Catherine, Amaya Achutegui, Natalia Correia, Cathaline Franck, Lynn Franck, Maria Grazia Galati, Rudina Gruda, Neil Hartfield, Liuisa Marasanu, Celeste Monteiro, Luca Parisi, Christine Pelletier, Gundula Piersanti, Jean-Pierre Piersanti, Paul Plier, Yolanta Rezka, Marianne Schummer, Sven Soares, Tiago Teixeira, Gudrun Ziegler