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The Atelier is a multi-directional collaboration between Alice Teyssier, Michael Weyandt and Bradley Scott Rosen, in which singular, defined roles are abandoned in favor of co-creation and co-performance. It is important for the Atelier to exude an "esprit de corps", a sense of unity, and common interests and responsibilities. Ideologically, aesthetically, the group strives to keep each other honest, truthful and demand the highest level of thought and execution. Each participant must embody a sense of generosity, malleability and trust.
Still in its early development, The Atelier has presented poetic sonic essays on the themes of resuscitation, nostalgia, learning through sensual experience and identity. Materials are drawn from literary, musical, philosophical and cinematic sources new and old. Focused around the trained singing voice and the singing body, our projects are inherently visceral; the group believes that by actively engaging with abstract materials through our physical and sensual experience, one can practice profound individual thinking, which is vital to societal progress.
The question of authorship extends past the composer-performer dichotomy and into one of historical and instrumental relevance; The Atelier is not afraid to use all materials available, moulding and re-imagining musical content and ideas into versions that not only reflect the capacity of the group but also stake a claim to contemporary pertinence.
Our projects are carried from seed material to full production through consistent, regular and ritualistic practices. A structured schedule is counterbalanced by a sense of play. Time is reserved for individual practice and research, communal experimentation and discussion. This is a space of constant self-reflection and -evaluation, where inherent/adopted hierarchies and habits are discovered, adjusted and potentially redefined.
Learn more about our projects: (s)he who was never there, The Grand Cross and Lament(s) for the Becoming Voice.
Still in its early development, The Atelier has presented poetic sonic essays on the themes of resuscitation, nostalgia, learning through sensual experience and identity. Materials are drawn from literary, musical, philosophical and cinematic sources new and old. Focused around the trained singing voice and the singing body, our projects are inherently visceral; the group believes that by actively engaging with abstract materials through our physical and sensual experience, one can practice profound individual thinking, which is vital to societal progress.
The question of authorship extends past the composer-performer dichotomy and into one of historical and instrumental relevance; The Atelier is not afraid to use all materials available, moulding and re-imagining musical content and ideas into versions that not only reflect the capacity of the group but also stake a claim to contemporary pertinence.
Our projects are carried from seed material to full production through consistent, regular and ritualistic practices. A structured schedule is counterbalanced by a sense of play. Time is reserved for individual practice and research, communal experimentation and discussion. This is a space of constant self-reflection and -evaluation, where inherent/adopted hierarchies and habits are discovered, adjusted and potentially redefined.
Learn more about our projects: (s)he who was never there, The Grand Cross and Lament(s) for the Becoming Voice.