Jean-David Caillouët
Jean-David Caillouët is a sound and visual artist. Exploring the boundaries between tradition and innovation, his work combines thematic audio-visual collages with the aesthetics of digital media. He has performed internationally, playing in well respected festivals such as the Edinburgh Fringe, Soundbridge in Malaysia and the European music festival in Hanoï. He has produced music for films, animations, theatre, and dance, and his installation projects have been exhibited in places as varied as the historical caves of Kent’s Cavern in the UK to Bangkok’s Art and Culture Center. His most current project is a series of film documentaries portraying the pioneers of contemporary music in Southeast Asia. He is presently a lecturer in music composition, multimedia and production at PGVIM in Bangkok.
Jean-David Caillouët is a French sound and visual artist. Mixing the old with the new, his work often combines together various disciplines such as film, music (acoustic & electronic), choreography and poetry in a live performance context.
He has performed internationally, playing well respected festivals such as Celtic Connections, the Edinburgh Fringe or the Big Mountain festival in Thailand, KLEX in Malaysia, BEASTFEAST in Birmingham, The European Music Festival in Hanoî among others.
As an instrumentalist and producer, he has collaborated with artists as varied as the multi instrumentalist and Ethnomusicologist Anant Narkkong, Cape Coast based musician Kwesi Quayson, the Scottish Indie band Aberfeldy, the Celtic singer Heather MacLeod, Bangkok based independent label Panda Records, Sriracha Rockers, Supergoods, the electro-acoustic Vietnamese pioneers Hue Long Trinh, Deun Chong, Jonas Dept, Ensemble Multilatéral.
He has produced soundtracks for films, animations, theatre and dance. His work has been performed in the Royal Opera House and the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London and his installation projects have been exposed in places as varied as the historical caves of Kent’s Cavern in the UK, Le Musée du Quai Branly in Paris, the Angkor Temples in Cambodia or Bangkok’s Art and Culture Center (BACC), Bangkok Design Week and the Tokyo Biennale
As anactive curator and event organiser, he has contributed to the Bangkok musical and artistic scene through Zoo, a venue promoting innovative performance practices, the ASIA Live Loop Festival, the interactive archival sound work AS(EAR)N exhibition at Museum Siam in 2015, celebrating the rich cultural diversity of Southeast Asia from a sonic perspective. Exploring the boundaries between tradition and innovation, many of his recent projects involve elements of Southeast Asian music combined with the new aesthetics of digital media. One of his most recent projects, “Why is the River laughing ?”, established a collaboration between various performers and researchers exploring the impact of modernisation over the Klongs in Bangkok. Reflecting on the changing course of political and natural forces, this dive into the social and urban fabric of today was expressed through a site specific installation combining real time multi channel sound diffusion and VR technologies.
He is currently working on a series of film documentaries, portraying some of the musical pioneers in Southeast Asia.
He has presented his research at International conferences in Tunghai University(Taiwan, PGVIM(Bangkok), Austria EPARM (Austria), MAMI (NewYork), NUA ( Nanjing), SNU (South Korea), EUROSEA( Paris).
He has studied at Brussels Royal Conservatory, Dartington College of Arts in England and completed his PhD at Edinburgh University in Scotland. He currently lectures in music composition, production and sonic arts at PGVIM in Bangkok where is also Chair of the Masters program.