Philippe Battikha

Trumpet player Philippe Battikha has reoriented his practice to sound art, converting objects and spaces in order to examine our visually-dominant environment and our ability to lend an ear to what surrounds us.

For Battikha, the notion of contamination is central: sound has the capacity to “threaten” space since it travels through walls and barriers. The political dimension of listening techniques and uses is thus sketched out in a work that builds on experimental music and the creation of sound installations and sound objects.

Lilian and Billy Mauer are the generous sponsor of Philippe Battikha’s studio in 2022. Philippe Battikha’s studio was sponsored by the generous support of Claudine and Stephen Bronfman Family Foundation in 2020/2021. 

 

FOUNDRY LAUNDRY RADIO 

Initiated by Philippe Battikha, WJFL107.7 FM Foundry Laundry Radio invites artists in residency at Fonderie Darling to share content on a pirate radio station, broadcast on the web. The station mixes experimental music, podcasts, performances and other sonic explorations - and regularly accepts contributions from other artists who wish to share the airwaves.

 

Biography

Battikha holds a BFA in Integrative Music Studies and an MFA in Studio Arts (Intermedia concentration) from Concordia University. He received many grants and awards, such as the Montréal Arts Interculturels Mentorship Program. He co-founded the music label Samizdat Records (SZR), based in Montreal and in Brooklyn. From 2008 to 2012, he was a founding member of the artist-run space L'Envers in Montreal.

Recent exhibitions

2022	Portraits and Landscapes, solo exhibition, Espace F, Matane, Quebec
2021	Someone's Always Listening, Fonderie Darling Everything Merges, Emerges, then Fades Again, Group show, Fonderie Darling (Place Publique), Montreal  Open Call for International Artist, solo exhibition, ALT Space LOOP, Seoul (KR)
2020	The End is Near, collectif Jean Couteau, Little Gallery of San Bernardino, Los Angeles
2019	Objects of sound, FOFA Gallery, Montreal Entretien Préventif - True or False, Art Souterrain, Montreal
2018	Tempo - Labor Improbus, Art Souterrain, Montreal Maureen III, group show of MFA students from Concordia University, Fonderie Darling Queen’s Lot, performance, Place Publique, Fonderie Darling
2017	Halo, Elastic Spaces Symposium, Bath (UK)
2016	Le Partage des ondes, Art Hack Day, Sight & Sound Festival, Eastern Bloc, Montreal Sub-text, Musée National des Beaux-Arts du Québec, Québec (QC)