Hors-champ — /ɔʁ ʃɑ̃/ (pronounced or-shahn)
Holding collaboration and experimental process at its core, Hors-Champ is an artistic project creating works at the intersection of contemporary theatre, live art and multimedia installation.
Hors-champ (literally “outside the frame”) is a classical film device that designates everything occurring beyond the camera’s visible image. Rather than showing an event directly, the film suggests it through off-screen sound, the reactions of on-screen characters, editing, or camera movement. Used to create tension, expand the story world, or invite the audience’s imagination, Hors-Champ turns what remains out of frame and sight into a dramatic presence. Chosen as the name of this artistic project, hors-champ expresses both an aesthetic language and a position: exploring what is not immediately visible, what is hidden, present, remains silent, yet continues to act. Drawing inspiration from chiaroscuro technique, we use darkness as a terrain of emergence.
Our artistic practice consistently embraces a multimedia perspective approaching sound, live feed videos, and movement as interdependent elements that shape both dramaturgy and concept. Our work combines performance, text, live video feeds, live / processed sound and acoustic research to construct unsettling spaces that transform the audience’s perception. We present our work across Europe, including CPH Stage 2025 and Feral Festival 2026.