Le Bruissement des pierres

Photo: ©Gaëtan Gromer

A new collection focusing on Alsace’s fortified heritage

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Work in progress – Soon available

Places

The ruins of Haut-Barr and Grand-Geroldseck castles

 

Each sound fiction in this collection invites an author to take a unique look at a fortified heritage site, engaging with its history, legends, and past and present uses.
Designed to be listened site, these creations offer a sensitive reinterpretation of the sites, where fiction becomes a means of exploring what the stones, landscapes, and silences continue to convey.

The first two episodes of the collection are currently in production and will be released in 2026.
They have been entrusted to Sebastian Dicenaire and Amélie Lucas-Gary, each working from an iconic castle in the Pays de Saverne region, with their own unique writing approach.

 

A sound fiction by Sebastian Dicenaire — Haut-Barr Castle

For Haut-Barr Castle, Sebastian Dicenaire takes on a particularly dense site and explores its accumulated layers, focusing on the areas left untouched by official history.

Drawing inspiration from contemporary archaeological technologies, the author imagines a form of sound archaeology capable of releasing and making audible the echoes buried within the stone.

A sound fiction by Amélie Lucas-Gary — Grand-Geroldseck Castle

For the Grand-Geroldseck Castle, Amélie Lucas-Gary imagines a sound fiction that questions the way stories are transmitted and reinvented.
Based on a contemporary visit to the site, the writing creates a dialogue between documented history and imagination, bringing together the need to understand the past and the need to tell stories.

Two sound fictions will soon be available to listen to on your smartphone. To access them, download the GOH app and follow the instructions! 

 

Crédits

Text: Amélie Lucas-Gary et Sebastian Dicenaire
 
Realisation: Gaëtan Gromer
 
Production: Les Ensembles 2.2
 
Partner: Alsace Destination Tourisme

Know more

Born in 1979, Sebastian Dicenaire is a sound poet and creator of radio fiction. He has published several works of contemporary poetry (Héros-Limite, Clou dans le fer, etc.) and regularly performs sound pieces on stage. His radio creations, which blend poetry and science fiction, mythology and technology, addictive storytelling and sound experimentation, have won awards at numerous festivals (New York Radio Awards, Phonurgia Nova Prize, SGDL Prize, etc.).

After studying history and cinema at the Sorbonne, Amélie Lucas-Gary graduated from the École Nationale de la Photographie d’Arles in 2009. Since then, her practice has evolved, and she has published three novels: Grotte (2014) published by Christophe Lucquin Éditeur, Vierge (2017) and Hic (2020), published by Éditions du Seuil. The latter was written during a writing residency in New Zealand. More recently, she published Féticheuses, an invitation from the Fléchettes collection of Sun/sun editions to take one of the images from the Albert Kahn Museum’s autochrome collection. She regularly works with artists on catalogs, exhibitions, and performances.

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

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