Hors-champ — /ɔʁ ʃɑ̃/ (pronounced or-shahn)
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 absence 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, remains silent, yet continues to act.
Holding collaboration at its core, Hors-Champ is a company led by Emilie Largier bringing together composers, multimedia artists, actors, dancers, and choreographers to create forms at the intersection of cinema, sound, movement, and performance.
The first project developed under Hors-champ is Les Nuits Troubles, a semi-autobiographical performance exploring reality perception and distortion in the face of domestic violence and coercive control. This stage and multimedia project combines movement, cinematic images, sound and acoustic experimentation.
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