The word “wonder” comes from the Latin verb “mirari,” which means “to marvel at” or “to admire.” The adjective “mirabilis,” whose feminine form is “mirabilia,” is perceived as a noun in Low Latin. It gives rise to the noun “merveille,” whose etymological meanings are ‘monstrosities’ or “miracles.” “Merveille” does not have an exclusively positive meaning; things designated by these terms can be grandiose but also frightening or horrible.
This series is the starting point for a pictorial reflection on possible aesthetics to evoke the “sonic territory of post-psychedelic electronic music.” By graphically exploring the “Acid house” sound in images, I invoked an imaginary world related to beatnik culture, rave culture, and acid and psychedelic colors. The disc, the grid, the dot, and the pellet, which evoke both the medium of sound recording and the head of a smiley face, were my rhythmic leitmotif for playing pictorially on my fabrics.
“Acid House” is marked by the typical sound of the Roland TB303 machine. This music coincides with a clear social transformation, through the exploration of new sound territories, and marks the beginning of a new era of political and social protest at the turn of the 1980s and 1990s.