Bio Dominique Balaÿ (english)
Born in 1968 at Maisons-Laffitte, France, Dominique Balaÿ currently lives in Nîmes, France and works for the internet industry.
Teaches a class at the University in Nîmes.
Designer/creator of webSYNradio.
Member of editorial committee of Droit de Cités.
Contributor to literary and artistic magazines (Ralentir Travaux, Le Mâche Laurier, : éc/ art S, Variable, Autre Sud…).
Several published books and collections :
- Interim, éditions JCB, 1998
- Le mal est fait, éditions Rafael de Surtis, 2000
Collaborated on the creation of the website sdnf.net, a platform for artistic experimentation that gathers together the projects of artists such as Xavier Veilhan, Laurent Chambert, Franck Scurti, Felice Varini…
- Traditional works by Myriam Devidal, 2001
- Midi en Minuit, 2000
- The Art of Reading (L’art de la lecture), 2000
Dominique Balaÿ hosts the independent artistic magazine Nîmes Sources Adultes, with contributions from Seb Jarnot, Laurent Chambert, Fabrice Praeger, Denis Darzacq, Marie Ducaté, Zéline Zonzon, Christophe Blanc…
Link : www.sources.varias.info
In 2009, upon invitation from the review Droit de Cités, he launches the project webSYNradio. WebSYNradio brings together novel propositions from artists or intellectuals that are for the most part well-established on the international scene : Adam Nankervis, Anthony Coleman, Anton Fier, Amandine Casadamont, Andrea Parkins, Andreas Angelidakis, Angelo Plessas, Angelo Vermeulen, Anne-James Chaton, Annie Abrahams, Antonello Faretta, Aki Onda, Artemiy Artemiev, Atau Tanaka, Benjamin Sabatier, Bérangère Maximin, Bianco-Valente, Bonnie Collura, Boris Achour, Brandon LaBelle, Bruno Letort, Bryan Lewis Saunders, C Spencer Yeh, Carl Michael von Hausswolff, Carl Stone, Carole Benzaken, Caroline Bergvall, Caterina Davinio, Charles Pennequin, Chloe Piene, Christian Zanesi, Chuck Bettis, David Fenech, David Goldenberg, David Medalla, David Shea, David Watson, Dinah Bird, Elena Andreyev/Antonin-Tri Hoang, Erik Truffaz, Franck Ancel, Franck Laroze, Franck Scurti, Franck Vigroux, ,Guillaume Loizillon, Guy Bennett, Harvey Benge, Ignacio Uriarte, Israël Martinez, Jean-Philippe Renoult, Jean-Pierre Balpe, Jean-Michel Espitallier, Jean-Yves Leloup, Jérôme Game, Jérôme Joy, Joachim Montessuis, Joe Frawley, Joel Hubaut, John Zorn, Joseph Ghosn, Joseph Nechvatal, Julien Blaine, Kaffe Matthews, Kato Hideki, Knut Aufermann, Laurent Chambert, Liliane Giraudon, Luca Francesconi, Marc Hurtado, Marcelline Delbecq, Marie Ducaté, Markus Schwill & Sean Derrick Cooper Marquardt, Martha Rosler, Matali Crasset, Miltos Manetas, Noël Akchoté, Olga Kisseleva, Olivier Bardin, Olivier Cadiot, Paul Schütze, Philippe Beck, Philippe Rahm, Philippe Rahmy, Pia Dehne, Pierre Bastien, Richard Pinhas, Robin Rimbaud – Scanner, Rodolphe Burger, Roy Nathanson, Rubin Steiner, Rudy Ricciotti, Sandra Moussempès, Seb Jarnot, Shayna Dunkelman, Shoko Nagai, Stephen Vitiello, Tania Mouraud, Terri Weifenbach, Valery Grancher, William Winant, Zimoun & Leerraum [ ], Zoulikha Bouabdellah …
MACROSILLONS, a sonic sculpture designed in 2010 as an extension of webSYNradio’s project.
http://www.macrosillons.fr/
2010
April/May : Macrosillons ( Galerie Pannetier, Nîmes)
June/july : Ecce Homo Ludens (with Macrosillons, Regional Contemporary Art Museum of Languedoc-Roussillon)
October/November : DHS exhibition (Galerie Pannetier, Nîmes)
December : sound performance performance Pascal Deleuze + Macrosillons (Galerie Pannetier, Nîmes)
2011
- Art’s Birthday, Internal Network with Pierre Granoux (web)
- Lage Egal, printemps 2011, Berlin
Publications
- Phono Photo, coll n°8, novembre 2010
- Revue d’Ici Là n°6, décembre 2010
- Revue Droit de Cités : trois entretiens + présentation dans le cadre de la performance Pascal Deleuze, sept à dec 2010
EXPERIENCE SMAC, webdocumentary with Dominique Rousselet (in progress).
April, Dans la Brèche, a sound performance with Salvatore Puglia and Jacques Marie Bernard, broadcast over France Musique
July, participation in the project Fukushima! and live broadcast from The Stone in New York with many personalities, John Zorn, Ikue Mori …
Dominique Balaÿ being interviewed on a national French radio show (France Culture) about his webSYNradio project : http://www.franceculture.fr/emission-l-atelier-du-son-jerome-game-et-dominique-balay-2011-12-16
