volcanic matter

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Le Motel

Hailing from Brussels, Le Motel’s world is a vortex of sight and sound that takes in the many and varied corners of the planet. As a music producer and film composer his versatility has taken him to festivals and clubs in every direction as naturally as he has ventured out to the less accessible areas of the globe as a field recordist. It’s somewhere in between these spaces that Le Motel operates, gathering unique experiences and sounds to channel through his studio.

With a background in graphic design it’s not surprising that there’s a visual trace element across all of Le Motel’s music. And it’s perhaps why he’s so readily adapted to composing for film. Whatever the pace of the track, whatever template you might think he’s experimenting with and slowly revealing, the evocative collages that swarm around the rhythm is what marks his productions and sets them aside from the crowd.

For each project, Le Motel develops collaborations with other artists, thus building bridges between different cultures and musical identities. Clara! (ES/BE), Magugu (UK), Bruce Wijn (BE), upsammy (NL), Nick Leon (USA), Flowdan (UK), to name but a few, are happy to join forces with him in a unifying artistic approach that blends the international and local scenes and breaks free from the conventional codes of the music industry.

https://www.instagram.com/le.motel

Antoine Jaunard

Antoine is a Belgian designer and artist based in Barcelona, Spain. He creates interactive objects and immersive installations, designs visual identities and interfaces, explores new technologies and teaches creativity through code. His work lies at the intersection of arts, sciences and technology.

He co-founded Domingo Club in 2021 as a space for exploring the intersection of art, science, technology and sustainability through the transformative power of fermentation, mycelium culture and open-source tools. Through his work, he invites the public to engage their senses, reflect on the complexities of nature and reimagine their relationship with the world around them.

He has been honoured to showcase his work at renowned festivals, museums and related events such as the Contemporary Art Museum of Barcelona (ES), FoodCulture Days Art Biennale in Vevey (CH), Ars Electronica in Linz (AT), Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven (NL), Milan Design Week (IT), Singapore Design Week (SG).

Since discovering TouchDesigner software, which has enabled him to bring almost all of his digital ideas to life by combining his design and coding skills, he has been manipulating image and sound streams, using sensors and designing printed circuits to enhance any performance project. He has been working with Le Motel ever since.

https://antoinejaunard.com/

Corentin Caudron

Corentin’s research focuses on volcanoes, and more specifically on understanding magmatic hydrothermal systems (known as “wet volcanoes”) through multidisciplinary approaches such as continuous seismicity, acoustics (hydroacoustics), and the monitoring and degassing of volcanic lakes. He has extensive experience in applying geophysics to monitoring, including seismic networks, acoustic instruments and emerging DAS technology. He co-chaired the Commission on Volcanic Lakes (2019–2023) and a working group on artificial intelligence for volcanic eruption forecasting. He is also a member of the editorial board of the new open-access journal Volcanica. Since 2026, he has co-chaired the IAVCEI/IASPEI Commission on Volcano Seismology and Acoustics.

In addition to his research, he is actively engaged in science communication and regularly appears in the media (in Belgium and abroad) as well as in various projects aimed at disseminating his research through the arts. He was recently appointed to the Collegium of the Belgian Academy and currently heads the science communication department of the Faculty of Sciences at ULB.

Ohme

https://ohme.be/