Musician and multidisciplinary artist, Alex Augier develops digital aesthetics from a musical and transversal perspective, including sound, visual and formal materials. These elements dialogue within the scenic space and mainly take the form of audiovisual performances. He considers this art as a specific field of creation where each element is definitively linked in a singular form, coherent and interpreted as a single piece.
The transversality of the projects seeks to free oneself from traditional forms, to imagine new ways of performing, to create unique spaces specifically adapted to their diffusion and to offer the public a unique experience. Vitruvian Man by Da Vinci remains the guiding thread of this aesthetic research. Universalism of the Renaissance echoes digital multidisciplinarity of today. Alex Augier thus defends a global vision of the creative process where design, technology and programming are an integral part of the artistic project. His « low-level » creative approach involves know-how in the fields of sonic and visual synthesis and programming, raw material for the future works.
These performances include oqpo_oooo nominated for the Les Bains Numeriques prize in 2016 ; _nybble_ presented in the Electro exhibition in 2019 to illustrate the new A/V lives (Philharmonie de Paris) ; end(O) an immersive artwork for geodesic dome ; p(O)st, pr(-) and hex(A) which develop an original audiovisual spatialization technique and interface design.
He also creates installations, records and compositions, alone or in collaboration. He collaborates with visual artists Guillaume Marmin, Alba G. Corral, Heather Lander, Jules Ramage, Marina L, Damien Bourniquel. His work is presented in international festivals: Ars Electronica (Linz), Mutek (Buenos Aires, Tokyo), Elektra (Montreal), Sonar (Barcelona), LEV (Gijon), Scopitone (Nantes), Nemo (Paris), Media Ambition Tokyo (Tokyo), Sonica (Glasgow), Festival de la Musica (Morelia), 360° (Moscow), Festival de la Imagen (Manizales)…
Music edited by DAC Records, The Collection Artaud, Kolonia Artystow.
SHAPE Artist 2017 European platform for audiovisual arts and innovative music
Selected interviews
Selected performances
Patchlab, hex/A\, Cricoteca, Krakow, 2023
Teatros Del Canal, hex/A\, Madrid, 2023
Uncloud, hex/A\, Tivoli Vredenburg, Utrecht, 2022
Margenes, Live AV, La Casa Encendida, Madrid, 2022
FIAV, hex/A\, Institut Français, Casablanca, 2022
Radical dB, pr(-), Etopia_, Zaragoza, 2022
Lab 30, hex/A\, Abraxas Theater, Augsburg, 2022
NDK, hex/A\, ESAM, Caen, 2022
Scopitone, hex/A\, Stereolux, Nantes, 2022
Electro-Alternativ, hex/A\, Centre Culturel Bellegarde, Toulouse, 2022
Radar, hex/A\, Archeoligical Museum, Varna (BG), 2022
Sonica, Recurrence, Tramway, Glasgow (UK), 2022
In Sonora, pr(-), Replika Teatro, Madrid (ES), 2022
MTL Connecte, pr(-), Societe des Arts Technologiques, Montreal (CA), 2021
Le Circuit, Live Surround, Planetarium, Poitier (FR), 2021
New Now, pr(-), Zollverein, Essen (DE), 2021
Scopitone, Recurrence, Warehouse, Nantes (FR), 2021
Exhibitronic, pr(-), Cinema Odyssee, Strasbourg (FR), 2021
L.E.V, pr(-), Teatro Jovellanos, Gijon (ES), 2021
Interstice, Recurrence, Le Cargö, Caen (FR), 2021
Videoformes, p(O)st, Maison de la Culture, Clermont-Ferrand (FR), 2021
Nemo, ex(O), Philharmonie de Paris, Paris (FR), 2020
Nemo, p(O)st, MAC, Creteil (FR), 2020
Sonica, ex(O), Tramway, Glasgow (UK), 2019
Digital Tbilissi, _nybble_, National Museum, Tbilissi (GE), 2019
Scopitone, p(O)st, Ancien Min, Nantes (FR), 2019
Eufonic, _nybble_, Auditori Sixto Mir, Sant-Carles de la Rapita (ES), 2019
Sonar, end(O), Fira Montjuïc, Barcelona (ES), 2019
L.E.V, ex(O), Teatro Laboral, Gijon (ES), 2019
Renoma Art Tribute, _nybble_, Espace Bernard Palissy, Boulogne-Billancourt (FR), 2019
Digital Choc / Mutek, _nybble_, WWW, Tokyo (JP), 2019
Before, _nybble_, Maison des Metallos, Paris (FR), 2019
Filmwinter, _nybble_, FITZ, Stuttgart (DE), 2019
Bruits Blancs, _nybble_, Scene Croisées, Bagnols-les-Bains (FR), 2018
Festival de Musica de Morelia, _nybble_, Casa de la Cultura, Morelia (MX), 2018
ACT, _nybble_, CENART, Mexico City (MX), 2018
B39, _nybble_, Bucheon (KR), 2018
BAM, _nybble_, Manege Fonck, Liege (BE), 2018
Clujotronic, _nybble_, Art Museum, Cluj-Napoca (RO), 2018
TodaysArt, end(O), The Hagues (NL), 2018
Scopitone, end(O), Nantes (FR), 2018
Electro Alternativ, _nybble_, Bikini, Ramonville (FR), 2018
Elektra, end(O), Satosphere, Montreal (CA), 2018
Spring Attitude, _nybble_, Ex-Dogoma, Roma (IT), 2018
Echos numeriques, _nybble_, Chabada, Angers (FR), 2018
gnration, _nybble_, gnration, Braga (PT), 2018
Nemo, _nybble_, Philharmonie de Paris, Paris (FR), 2018
Madatac, _nybble_, Conde Duque, Madrid (ES), 2018
MusicVideoArt, Live Modular AV, Studio Le Fresnoy, Tourcoing (FR), 2017
Nemo, _nybble_, Sciences ACO Museum, Orsay (FR), 2017
OFNI, _nybble_, Planetarium, Poitier (FR), 2017
Sonica, _nybble_, Tramway, Glasgow (UK), 2017
360°, _nybble_, Pluton, Moscow (RU), 2017
Electrons Libres, _nybble_, Stereolux, Nantes (FR), 2017
Multiplicidade, _nybble_, Oi Futuro Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro (BR), 2017
CurtoCircuito, _nybble_, Sala Capitol, Santiago de Compostella (ES), 2017
Mutek, Live Modular AV, CCK, Buenos Aires (AR), 2017
Escalatronica, Live Modular AV, University of Lanus, Buenos Aires (AR), 2017
Echo A Venir, _nybble_, La Caisse, Bordeaux (FR), 2017
Ars Electronica, _nybble_, Postcity, Linz (AU), 2017
Sonica – Indigo, _nybble_, Ljubljana (SI), 2017
ISEA – Festival de la Imagen, _nybble_, Teatro Los Fundadores, Manizales (CO), 2017
Voltaje Festival, _nybble_, Teatro Jorge Eliecer Gaitan, Bogota (CO), 2017
Mapping Festival, _nybble_, Fonderie Kugler, Geneva (CH), 2017
L.E.V, _nybble_, Teatro Del Laboral, Gijon (SP), 2017
Award City Week-end, oqpo_oooo, Knowledge Capital Theater, Osaka (JP), 2017
Bruits blancs, Live modular AV, Anis Gras, Arcueil (FR), 2016
Transient Festival, Live modular AV, Cabaret Sauvage, Paris (FR), 2016
Kinobeat, oqpo_oooo, SESC Theater, Porto Alegre (BR), 2016
RedBull Station, oqpo_oooo, Sao Paulo (BR), 2016
Fete des Sciences, oqpo_oooo, Musee de la mine, Saint-Etienne (FR), 2016
Bains Numeriques, oqpo_oooo, Centre des Arts , Enghien-Les-Bains (FR), 2016
Media Ambition Tokyo, oqpo_oooo, Mori Tower, Tokyo (JP), 2016
Digital Choc, oqpo_oooo, SuperDeluxe, Tokyo (JP), 2016
Dommune, Live Modular, Tokyo (JP), 2016
IRCAM Live / Biennale Némo, N[order]ISE, Gaité-Lyrique, Paris (FR), 2015
Transient Festival, Live modular, Espace Pierre Cardin, Paris (FR), 2015
Sonica, oqpo_oooo, Kino Siska, Ljubljana (SI), 2015
Lab30, oqpo_oooo, Abraxas theater, Augsburg (DE), 2015
BAM, oqpo_oooo, Manege Fonck, Liege (BE), 2015
Open Source Art, oqpo_oooo, Panstwowa Galeria Sztuki, Sopot (PL), 2015
Manifeste, N[noise]CTURN, Centre Pompidou, Paris (FR), 2015
TLN, oqpo_oooo, Hotel des arts, Toulon (FR), 2015
LPM, oqpo_oooo, Sapienza University, Roma (IT), 2015
Athens Digital Arts Festival, oqpo_oooo, Diplareios School, Athens (GR), 2015
Elektra, oqpo_oooo, Usine C, Montreal (CA), 2015
Sophia Digital Art Festival, oqpo_oooo, Le Pre des Arts, Valbonne (FR), 2015
Kinoctambule, oqpo_oooo, Le Fil, Saint-Etienne (FR), 2014
Scopitone, oqpo_oooo, Stereolux, Nantes (FR), 2014
Manifeste, N[order]ISE, CentQuatre, Paris (FR), 2014
Selected installations
Electro-Alternativ, Recurrence, Centre Culturel Bellegarde, Toulouse (FR), 2022
FASMA, vVvoxel, Agora Kypselis, Athens (GR), 2017
Open Source Art, vVvoxel, Teatr Na Plazy, Sopot (PL), 2016
Media Ambition Tokyo, vVvoxel, Mori Tower, Tokyo (JP), 2016
Selected releases
Recurrence, LP, 2022
end(O).ex(O), LP, The Collection Artaud (DE), 2021
_nybble_, LP, 2019
The Fourier Ghost, EP, The Collection Artaud (DE), 2018
Germination, EP, DAC Records (FR), 2018
oqpo_oooo, LP, Kolonia Artystow (PL), 2016
N[order]ISE, Single, 2014
Selected exhibitions
Dance – The Design of a Culture, Museum Design Den Bosch, Bois-le-Duc (NL), 2024
Electronic: From Kraftwerk to The Chemical Brothers, Design Museum, London (UK), 2020
Electro – Electronics: Visions & Music, Biennale CIMM , Venise (IT), 2019
Electro: From Kraftwerk to Daft Punk, Philharmonie de Paris , Paris (FR), 2019
Selected lectures
Videoformes, Talk, Clermont-Ferrand (FR), 2021
JTSE, Immersive AV performances: Personal approach, Paris (FR), 2018
B39, AV performances: Personal approach, Bucheon (KR), 2018
TRAKK, AV spatialization technic of the performance _nybble_, Namur (BE), 2018
Selected workshops
Ecole du Design, AV performance W/ laser, Nantes (FR), 2024
Ecole du Design, AV performance W/ laser, Nantes (FR), 2023