Manoir Bruit

Manoir Bruit – Artist-in-Residence HannaH Walter

Manoir Bruit is the sound creation programme of association Bruit, in collaboration with Haus am Gern and Château de Sibra.

From 13 to 22 August 2025, Biel/Bienne-based sound artist, researcher, and violinist HannaH Walter took part in a residency at Manoir Bruit in Sibra, France, as the fifth guest of the programme.

The resulting work is now already accessible via the Locus Sonus livestream as well as on the Bruit webpage – blending with the surrounding sounds of the park of the Chateau de Sibra.

Check out the livestream and the following text by HannaH Walter!

La toute petite maison de la sorcière

Die Kompos(T)ition dauert 12h und kann von 10h00 bis 22h00 von einem lokalen Publikum auf dem Gelände des Schloss Sibra und von einem verteilten Publikum auf Locus Sonus gehört werden.

Das Soundfile besteht aus 11 verschiedenen ungeschnittenen Szenen, die jeweils durch den Klang des Öffnens der Tür zum Manoir Bruit voneinander getrennt sind. Die Szenen wurden mit Ohr und Mikrofon während der 8 Tage Residenz auf dem Schlossgelände aufgenommen.
Die zwei-seitige Score zeigt photographische analoge und digitale Momentaufnahmen (unseres) Lebens zwischen Schloss und Manoir Bruit.
Den 11 Klangszenen (Soundscapes) ist jeweils ein Photo des Score zugeordnet.

The composition lasts 12 hours and can be heard from 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. by a local audience on the grounds of Sibra Castle and by a distributed audience on Locus Sonus.

The sound file consists of 11 different uncut scenes, each separated by the sound of the door to Manoir Bruit opening. The scenes were recorded with ear and microphone during the 8-day residency on the castle grounds.
The two-page score shows photographic analog and digital snapshots of (our) life between the castle and Manoir Bruit.
Each of the 11 soundscapes is assigned a photo from the score.
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To Sibra we went
With reparative practices
and a seven-stringed plan

1
to care
for klHaus and
to scavenge
with crows

2
to go with
Oliveros’
slow walk

with howl’s
wandering castle
le tout petit
chicken feet
klHaus

3
to build
a stringed figure
like a viola
d’amore

5
to make
a seven strand
braid

6
to listen to
the gurgling of
the artificial water
falling failing
the mirror
lake

7
to scream and to mourn at
l’endroit à l’envers where
Ich sehehöre was, was Du nicht hörstsiehst
with Alice and
Vyborg Witch

Streaming Period
From August 14 on, daily from 10am to 10pm, on Locus Sonus

 

HannaH Walter: La toute petite maison de la sorcière – part 1

HannaH Walter: La toute petite maison de la sorcière – part 2

HannaH Walter: La toute petite maison de la sorcière – part 3

HannaH Walter: La toute petite maison de la sorcière – part 4

 

More Information
Project Manoir Bruit

 

Support
City of Biel/Bienne, SWISSLOS/Culture Canton of Berne, Fondation Henneberger-Mercier

More activities

Stephen Menotti, 2023. Photoby Lucas Dubuis
Workshop, Event in Biel/Bienne
November 28, 2026, Biel/Bienne: “Space as a Score”
Bruit - Group for Music Creation. The Hague, New Music Lab, Sonology Institute. Photo by Jascha Bordon
Concert / Performance, Event in Biel/Bienne, Soirée Bruit
November 25, 27, 29 2026, Basel, St.Gallen, Biel/Bienne: Works by van Eck, Braxton, Bosshard and Ferrari
Biel/Bienne, October 2025. Photo by Dylan Bourquin
Tour
November 8 to 16, 2026: Concerts in Slovenia, Italy and Croatia
TT-15_montage_1
Concert / Performance, Event in Biel/Bienne
October 22, 2026, Biel/Bienne: Performance with dancers and musicians
Katrins Klangschiene
Talk
October 2, 21:00, 2026, ORANGE 94.0 – Freies Radio Wien: the association Bruit as guest in Katrins Klangschiene

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