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THIERRY BERNARD 


ABSTRACT
   
This practice-based research explores the notion of noise as more-than-noise, an active, affective, and situated component of the ambient field—through a series of sound projects. Informed by sound studies, sound art, and atmosphere/ambiance theories, the research approaches the soundscape as a dynamic and relational environment. Here, noise is not rejected or situated as unwanted—in the sense of the World Soundscape Project and its Hi-Fi versus Lo-Fi categories—but embraced as a generative and integral part of how place, presence, and perception unfold toward socio-cultural expressions.  

Concept Findings:
- Listening
- Interior/Exterior
- Verticality
- Thần [spirit of the land]
- More-Than-Noise


NODES
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(m-t-n)More-Than-Noise:Listening with Saigon Soundscapes


Outcomes: Dismembering Echoes Project#1 revealing listening
A clear shift has emerged in my practice that aligns with the start of the PRS. This reflection will describe the shift from a focus on the heavy metal music genre, to a more spatially focused practice that emerged in 2019.
 

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APR 2019
PRS ASIA 

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Research Project#2: The Studio-Window
Three Lockdown Projects: 
1) Moments of Listening
2) Imaginary Soundscapes
3) Something in The Air
Studio-Window Project#2 - CoC confirming In/Out

is an exploration of the Soundscapes of my living area in South Saigon, Vietnam during CoVid-19. 

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OCT 2021
MAY 2022
PRS ASIA

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Outcomes: Black River
Project#3 - M2
A Sonic and Atmospheric investigation from 5 bridges along the strecth of a canal governed by tidal values. 

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JUL 2022
OCT 2022 
PRS ASIA

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Outcomes: Black Murmur
Project #4 - After M3
Investigating the vertical atmospheric soundscape of an in-construction Susp-ended Expressway.

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APR 2023
SEP 2024
PRS ASIA

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Research Project#5: The Building Shell (Ghost Building)
Unrealised Project
Project #5 

In this project, I aimed to bring together the reflections, techniques, and sensitivities developed throughout the previous projects to explore an unfinished structure. 

Unfortunately, this final project remains unrealised, but I hope to revisit it.




OCT 2024
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