Behind the moniker Cocoon hides Christophe Demarthe, singer
of Clair Obscur, one of the French leading bands of the post-punk
scene of the 80s. Cocoon is a global project mixing electronic music,
video, photo, text and performance. One of its red threads could be
the extension of Clair Obscur's attempt to move the frames of
representation and reception. Since its creation in 2004, Cocoon has
performed in numerous festivals: Le Nouveau Festival du Centre
Pompidou, Villette Numérique, L'Ososphère, Interstice, Emo-Son,
Qwartz Awards, Nuit Blanche, Room 4… He has collaborated with visual
artists Pierre Beloüin, Ludovic Chemarin©, P. Nicolas Ledoux,
Ultralab ; choreographers and theatre directors Anne Juren, Annie
Dorsen, Agata Maszkiewicz, Superamas.
• 'You've Arrived' is his fifth album. It was published on vinyl by
Optical Sound in 2019. |
• 'Ludovic Chemarin©, Moments' was commissioned and published on
vinyl by Ludovic Chemarin© and mfc-michèle didier in 2018. |
• Christophe co-wrote and performed the score of Carl T. Dreyer's
'The Passion of Joan of Arc' (silent movie with music) with vocal
ensemble Les Voix Animées at Fimé festival, Toulon in 2017. |
• He co-founded Acoustic Cameras, a realtime online collection
edited by La Manufacture des Cactées and Optical Sound in 2016. |
