FABIENNE VERDIER

THE JUILLIARD EXPERIMENT

a film by Mark Kidel

Ghislain Baizeaux

“…TO CONFRONT THE PARADOX

OF INSTANTANEITY

AND DURATION,

THE THING THAT MAKES

MUSIC SO CAPTIVATING”

GHISLAIN BAIZEAU

“For many years she was very influenced by what she had discovered in China, that to paint the world, you have to shed your ego…shed your emotions…to describe things, to show things, to paint things, while  putting your emotions to one side. Music reaffirmed for her the importance of emotional life. Music probably has the most power to move us.”

“What I’ve discovered with Fabienne, what really struck me: I’d  felt that in order to the lead life of an artist, you had to be free. Not to give a damn about anything. No schedule or anything. If you really want to work seriously, as Fabienne does – she is extremely hard-working. To achieve this freedom, you have to be extremely organised. There’s no freedom in this kind of exploratory work if you’re not rigorously organised.”

Ghislain Baizeau
Studio Director,
Fabienne Verdier

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