Laure Gauthier Explained

Laure Gauthier
Birth Date:1972 6, df=y
Birth Place:Courbevoie, France
Occupation:Writer, poet
Notable Works:
  • les corps caverneux (2022)
  • je neige (entre les mots de villon) (2018)
  • kaspar de pierre (2017)
  • La cité dolente (2015)
  • marie weiss rot, marie blanc rouge (2013)
Language:French

Laure Gauthier (born 10 June 1972) is a French writer and poet.

Biography

Gauthier was born in Courbevoie. She writes narrative texts and poems and creates text for multimedia works. She has notably published les corps caverneux in 2022,[1] je neige (entre les mots de villon) in 2018[2] and kaspar de pierre in 2017.[3]

Since 2013, she has published in numerous literary journals in France (TESTE, Remue.net, Po&sie, Place de la Sorbonne, Sarrazine, L'Etrangère, La moitié du fourbi,[4] Vacarme,[5] COCKPIT voice recorder, etc.), in Italy (Atelier, Insula Europea, etc.), in Switzerland (Cenobio,[6]) in Austria (manuskripte), in Mexico (Ablucionistas,[7] Círculo de poesía[8]) and in Taiwan (Asymptote[9]). She regularly gives public readings in France and Europe.

An associate professor in Contemporary performing arts, she teaches at The University of Reims-Champagne-Ardenne.

Work

Poetry

Voice and images

In her books, Gauthier places a particular importance on the place of the voice that allows her to maintain a tension between a poetry without a subject and an embodied poetry. In kaspar de pierre, "any individuality effaces itself, writing I gives way to the blank page. The author decenters kaspar's voice bringing it closer to our own and within our hearing in order to create a space where living communally, living together, are part of the very act of speaking ..." (T. U. Comte, La Nouvelle Quinzaine littéraire).[10]

Her work on the poetic voice is accompanied by a renewal of poetic imagery whereby the poetic images can be considered a kind of emergence, a meeting point between sensation and idea, or as Johan Faerber terms it, "the image-idea"[11] in Diakritik speaking of je neige (entre les mots de villon). The question of the status of poetic imagery is also anchored in a reconsideration and a renewal of poetic ekphrasis.[12]

Gauthier's work is marked by a polyphonic lyricism ; her poetry is neither strictly objective nor entirely focused on the self, but is marked by a fragmented incarnation, a multi-layered chorus[13] that marks a space of vigilance. If her work is lyric, it's a transubjective lyric, allowing for the creation of a considered gap between voices in je neige (entre les mots de villon) when they intertwine "three voices, maybe four, that of François Villon, his others".

Prose and poetry

In Le Monde Didier Cahen characterizes Gauthier's work as that of "materialized sound"[14] [15] where "different tempos fuse together in the same beat, electrifying the senses".

In general, Gauthier's texts alternate between passages in prose, prose-poetry and verse. The poems emerge as a kind of blue note at moments when the text breathes and its structure emerges, becoming fluid or on the contrary suspending its role in response to an external threat.

Gauthier's writing is marked by its sense of movement, its materiality and its kinetic force, the language, "deaf, pulses, surges, laughs, illuminates, revolts, and finally exists on its own and for its own sake".[16]

Poetry, archives, and the tabloid journalism

In Gauthier's poetic work, she constantly questions external systematic attacks from a late capitalist society on the private life of the individual and on their personal expression, their burial under an accumulation of objects, a complacence with violence, a taste for sensationalism, what she calls the "tabloidization"[17] of language or its exoticism.[18]

Gauthier frequently draws on archives for inspiration in her work. For example, La cité dolente,[19] is based on real events while kaspar de pierre was adapted from the biography of the famous orphan Kaspar Hauser. Her collection je neige (entre les mots de villon) establishes a dialogue between the personal biography of François Villon and his work, while maintaining critical distance with her material.

These books adopt a complex position in relation to the archive, where the archives are at once "suspected of a desire for reanimation. As if they were themselves an affirmation ... while the poem only allows for suggestion." These narratives are grounded in archival documents; however, Gauthier positions the poetic narrative slightly out of bounds of historical documentation "in order to allow the document to show itself and what surges beneath it, what is alive and bridles next to the established record".

Poetry and music

From 2018 on Gauthier began to explore the links between poetry and contemporary music[20]  for the online literary journal Remue.net working with Sébastien Rongier. She works to break down the barriers between sound poetry and written poetry, thereby renewing the links between contemporary music and poetry.[21]

Transdisciplinary work

Her poetic work on poetic voice and polyphony continues with collaborations with contemporary artists such as Fabien Lévy, Núria Giménez-Comas, and Xu Yi. Gauthier is constantly seeking new poetic forms that cross media where the poet can be considered a co-author, Nun hab' ich nichts mehr,[22] for example is a piece for soprano coloratura, ensemble and synthesizer with music by Fabien Lévy. Back into Nothingness is an mainly spoken monodrama for actress-soprano, choir and electronics with music by Núria Giménez-Comas. Les métamorphoses du serpent blanc is a lyric tale in six songs with music by Xu Yi. In 2018 she collaborated with Pedro Garcia-Velasquez and Augustin Mueller based on fragments of her texts and her recorded voice in order to create a 3D sound installation Etudes de théâtre acoustique,[23] which was presented in the ZKM in Karlsruhe.

In 2022, still in collaboration with Pedro García-Velásquez and Augustin Muller, she conceived Remember the future, a poetic and sound installation that proposes an "acoustic siesta" and for which she wrote the texts and recorded her voice. Created on 24 March 2022 at Cesaré-cncm, this installation offers a journey through lost places and intimate spaces in an attempt to bring out images buried in the absence of real image.

Bibliography

Poetry books

Translated works

Essays

Text and multimedia works

Musical works

Installations

Film adaptations

Reception

les corps caverneux (2022)

je neige (entre les mots de villon) (2018)

kaspar de pierre (2017)

La cité dolente (2015)

marie weiss rot, marie blanc rouge (2013)

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Gauthier, Laure. Les corps caverneux . 2022 . 978-2-35963-057-2 . Nantes . 1296250196.
  2. Book: Gauthier, Laure . Je neige : suivi de Entre les mots de Villon. Éditions Lanskine . 2018. 979-10-90491-71-7. Nantes . 1085404459.
  3. Book: Gauthier, Laure. Kaspar de pierre. La Lettre volée. 2017. 978-2-87317-493-4. [Bruxelles]. 1022924299.
  4. Web site: La moitié du fourbi. 2020-09-28. www.lamoitiedufourbi.org.
  5. Web site: Laure Gauthier. 2020-09-28. vacarme.org.
  6. Web site: Rivista Cenobio 1 / 2022 – PDF. 2022-04-23 . shop-cenobio.apogeestorefront.com.
  7. Web site: 2020-10-22. Kaspar de Piedra Laure Gauthier. 2021-02-24. Ablucionistas. es-MX.
  8. Web site: 2021-01-18. Poesía francesa: Laure Gauthier. 2021-02-24. Circulo de Poesía. es-MX.
  9. Web site: Asymptote. 2021-02-24. www.asymptotejournal.com. en.
  10. Web site: "Ce chemin vers rien de certain". 2020-08-27. www.nouvelle-quinzaine-litteraire.fr.
  11. Web site: Faerber. Johan. 2019-10-01. Laure Gauthier: "Écrire, c'est nécessairement faire fi de l'aimable et du mièvre". 2020-08-27. Diacritik. fr-FR.
  12. Book: Hakim, Katia-Sofia. Place de la Sorbonne : revue internationale de poésie de Paris-Sorbonne. Sorbonne Université Presses. 2018. 979-10-231-0601-5. Paris. 299–301. 1042516436.
  13. Web site: Entre les mots de Villon. 2020-08-27. France Culture. 4 January 2019 . fr.
  14. News: 2019-06-06. Marché de la poésie. A nouveaux poètes, mots nouveaux. fr. Le Monde.fr. 2020-08-27.
  15. Web site: (Carte blanche) à Didier Cahen : Chaque poète invente son écriture. 2020-08-27. Poezibao.
  16. Web site: (Note de lecture), Laure Gauthier, je neige (entre les mots de villon), par Isabelle Alentour. 2020-08-27. Poezibao.
  17. Web site: Laure Gauthier à la galerie l'Achronique (Paris XVIII). 2020-08-27. remue.net.
  18. Web site: Laure Gauthier. art press. Claire Tencin. 22 January 2018. 2020-08-27. PressReader.
  19. Book: Gauthier, Laure. La cité dolente. Châtelet-Voltaire. 2015. 979-10-90198-32-6. Cirey-Sur-Blaise.
  20. Web site: Poésie et musique aujourd'hui. 2020-08-27. remue.net.
  21. Web site: Orgue & Toys par Francesco Filidei au Festival de Royaumont 2018. 2020-08-27. France Musique. 21 October 2018 . fr.
  22. Book: Lévy, Fabien. Nun hab' ich nichts mehr: pour soprano, clarinette, guitare électrique, piano et accordéon (ossia accordéon : orgue électrique, son Hammond), 2016. 2016. Ricordi. Berlin.
  23. Web site: Études pour théâtre acoustique. 2020-08-27. babelscores.com. fr-fr.
  24. Web site: Leslibraires.fr. www.leslibraires.fr. 2021-11-16. www.leslibraires.fr. fr.
  25. Book: Gauthier, Laure. Éclectiques Cités. Acédie 58. 2021. 978-2-492760-00-6.
  26. Book: Gauthier, Laure. Marie blanc rouge. 2013. Delatour France. Cassagnau, Laurent; Jallet, Gilles. 978-2-7521-0160-0. Sampzon. 893758555.
  27. Web site: 2021-09-15. Laure Gauthier, kaspar aus stein. 2021-11-16. Edition Thanhäuser. de-DE.
  28. Book: Gauthier, Laure. kaspar di pietra. Macabor. 2021. 979-1280101105.
  29. Book: Gauthier, Laure. La città dolente. 2018. Macabor. 978-88-85582-15-6. Francavilla Marittima (CS). Italian. 1045914608.
  30. Web site: D'un lyrisme l'autre – La création entre poésie et musique au XXIe siècle. . 2022-04-22 . Éditions MF.
  31. Book: Les grands centres musicaux du monde germanique, XVIIe–XIXe siècle. 2014. PUPS. Candoni, Jean-François. Gauthier, Laure. Charle, Christophe. 978-2-84050-936-3. Paris. 893463191.
  32. Book: Mélodies urbaines : la musique dans les villes d'Europe, XVIe-XIXe siècles. 2008. Presses de l'Université Paris-Sorbonne. Gauthier, Laure. Traversier, Mélanie. 978-2-84050-563-1. Paris. 470914257.
  33. Book: Lévy, Fabien. Nun hab' ich nichts mehr : pour soprano, clarinette, guitare électrique, piano et accordéon (ossia accordéon : orgue électrique, son Hammond), 2016. 2016. Ricordi. Berlin.
  34. Web site: Schiller Gala. 2020-08-27. Teatro Regio di Parma. en-GB.
  35. Web site: Archiv der Konzerte 2017 – Musik der Jahrhunderte. 2020-08-27. mdjstuttgart.de.
  36. Web site: Remember the future . 2022-04-22 . Césaré . fr-FR.
  37. Web site: Commanderie 2019. 2020-08-27. Commanderie 2019. en-gb.
  38. Web site: Sylvie Lobato – Expositions. 2020-08-27. www.sylvie-lobato.com.
  39. Web site: 2022-03-23 . Laure Gauthier en route sur la voie caverneuse . 2022-04-22 . L'Humanité . fr.
  40. Web site: Les Corps caverneux de Laure Gauthier. 2022-05-02 . www.liminaire.fr.
  41. Web site: Adrien . 2022-02-04 . Laure Gauthier – Les corps caverneux. 2022-04-22 . Un dernier livre avant la fin du monde . fr-FR.
  42. Web site: Rosset . Christian . 2022-02-02 . Choses lues, choses vues (5): Laure Gauthier, Anne-James Chaton, Éric Sautou, Kristell Loquet . 2022-04-22 . Diacritik. fr-FR.
  43. Web site: Gilles Jallet A propos des corps caverneux de Laure Gauthier. 2022-04-22 . remue.net . fr.
  44. Georges Guillain: "Ne rien laisser s'enfermer. Sur les corps caverneux de Laure Gauthier"
  45. Book: Les corps caverneux de Laure Gauthier par François Huglo, les parutions, l'actualité poétique sur Sitaudis.fr. fr. 2022-04-22.
  46. https://www.revuecockpit.com/_files/ugd/5836ab_8de5f1318c6f4c208fe29576e23ee1b5.pdf "Cockpit voice recorder, no. 16, December 2021
  47. Web site: Soual . Rémy . 2022-04-20 . Laure Gauthier, Les corps caverneux. 2022-04-22 . Recours au poème . fr-FR.
  48. Web site: 2020-06-22. Place de la Sorbonne 10. 2021-01-22. SUP. fr.
  49. Web site: Laure Gauthier, "Je neige (entre les mots de villon)" Revue du Mauss permanente. 2020-08-27. www.journaldumauss.net.
  50. Web site: Boudou. Dominique. 2018-12-05. Jacques Louvain: je neige (entre les mots de villon), Laure Gauthier. 2020-08-27. Jacques Louvain.
  51. Web site: Gare maritime 2019. 2020-08-27. Maison de la Poésie de Nantes. fr-FR.
  52. Web site: 2018-11-15. je neige (entre les mots de villon) de Laure Gauthier aux Éditions Lanskine. 2020-08-27. Les Découvreurs / éditions LD.
  53. Web site: Domaines. 2020-08-27. SUP. fr.
  54. Web site: 2018-12-13. [Chronique] Laure Gauthier, Je neige (entre les mots de Villon)]. Christophe Stolowicki. 2020-08-27. Libr-critique. fr-FR.
  55. Web site: Laure Gauthier : kaspar de pierre CCP. 16 February 2018 . 2020-08-27. fr-FR.
  56. Web site: 2017-12-09. Recommandation. kaspar de pierre de Laure Gauthier, à la lettre volée. 2020-08-27. Les Découvreurs / éditions LD.
  57. Book: Place de la Sorbonne : revue internationale de poésie de Paris-Sorbonne .. 979-10-231-0601-5. Paris. 1042516436.
  58. Book: Kaspar de pierre de Laure Gauthier par Tristan Hordé, les parutions, l'actualité poétique sur Sitaudis.fr. fr.
  59. Web site: Laure Gauthier, kaspar de pierre par Isabelle Lévesque. 2020-08-27. Terres de femmes.
  60. Web site: Laure Gauthier, Kaspar de pierre par Angèle Paoli. 2020-08-27. Terres de femmes.
  61. Web site: (Note de lecture) Laure Gauthier, "kaspar de pierre", par Florence Trocmé. 2020-08-27. Poezibao.
  62. Web site: Chroniques. 2020-08-27. www.lacauselitteraire.fr.
  63. Web site: Boudou. Dominique. 2016-11-22. Jacques Louvain: Laure Gauthier, La cité dolente. 2020-08-27. Jacques Louvain.
  64. Book: La Cité dolente de Laure Gauthier par Pascal Boulanger, les parutions, l'actualité poétique sur Sitaudis.fr. fr.
  65. Web site: Santiago. Mario. 2018-07-16. La città dolente. 2020-08-27. La dimora del tempo sospeso. it-IT.
  66. Web site: Recensione di Laure Gauthier, "La città dolente" – Diacritica. 2020-08-27. it-IT.
  67. Web site: 2015-09-26. Laure Gauthier, "La Città dolente". 2020-08-27. Poesia, di Luigia Sorrentino. it-IT.
  68. Web site: lecture note. Laure Gauthier, La città dolente. Claire Tencin. 2020-08-27. Poezibao.
  69. Web site: 2015. La cité dolente. 2020-08-27. Il sogno di Orez.
  70. Web site: La Main de Thôt. 2020-08-27. revues.univ-tlse2.fr. fr.
  71. Web site: 2014-12-04. Übersetzen. Schreiben. Lesen.. 2020-08-27. Andreas Unterweger. de-DE.