Saint-Étienne

In the early 20th century, corresponding with the renowned Golden Age of Travel, the french city of Saint-Étienne was a popular stop for automobile travelers in Europe. These were times of Modernity in which emotions were real and located outside.

Nowadays, we spend most of our time in front of laptops, smartphones, and other kinds of digital devices. Most of our basic human emotions are under threat. Saint-Étienne is a digital art project based on the transmission of emotions from the observation of movement. It presents new ways of conceiving forms under which the daily reality of a certain place is perceived from a subjective lens. Saint-Étienne mixes sound, image, and life in motion.

Saint-Étienne is a digital-art project made with 🖤 and emotion

Saint-Étienne is part of Spam.Church and is accessible here

El yo (ausente), que no el ego, es el eje central del proyecto

Saint-Étienne is a digital project by and for the diffusion of art. This is intended to provide emotion to the real-life of movement through the music and sound by creating an instant soundtrack for everyday times that are special. The music used is mostly instrumental and ambiental, although it is open to any kind of proposal. Saint-Étienne plans to give a second life to certain songs and to invite new composers to participate with their creations in this project.

Call for submissions: Saint-Étienne only accepts proposals from previously invited people.

Contributors: E. Rossi (Mexico 2019) / A. Morales Guzman (Singapore 2019 + Miami 2019) / M. Belo and R. van Coevorden (Dresden 2019) / H. Grünsteudel de Balsa (Goldküste 2020).

Photo exhibitions: [2020] Caltech Art Contest in Pasadena, California (USA).

Video exhibitions: [2020] Driving through (laser point) clouds. Labocine Scenes.

Essays: [2020] The art of living places, times and emotions. Phroom Magazine (2020).

Disclaimer: All the images and videos used in the project are property of the creators of the same. The music used is property of the respective artists and record companies and platforms (Kexp, Vevo, Mostly Strings, etc).

Saint-Étienne was born in Switzerland