French artist/activist Yvan Etienne is engaged in research in the field of sound art (specific site installations and concerts). As a musician, he composes and plays pieces using electronic, phonography, analog synthesizers and the hurdy-gurdy. His sound art research questions the perception and physicality of sound spaces. He has played with
Phill Niblock,
Yann Gourdon, Richard Glover, Brice Jeannin, Patrice Grente, Robert Poss,
Paul Panhuysen, Marie Verry...
Yvan Etienne runs
Ohcetecho, a series of experimental music/sound art books published by Les presses du réel.