TEACHER TRAINING: BRUITAGE - Expressive, handmade, and organic sounds

An invitation to listen, experiment, and invent sound – live and analog.

What does movement sound like? How can the rustling of leaves, a cat’s stealthy steps, or the weight of a body on dry ground be translated into audible reality?

In this workshop led by Lampros Tsaganas, sounds are not explained – they are made. Using simple tools, hands, feet, everyday objects, and microphones, participants create a sound world that accompanies, enhances, or questions visual images.

The starting point is David Claerbout’s film The Pure Necessity, a photorealistic reanimation of Disney’s The Jungle Book, stripped of music and dialogue – yet full of subtle natural sounds and carefully crafted movement-based foley. This quiet intensity between image and sound is exactly where the workshop begins.

Around 1929, American sound engineer Jack Foley began recording synchronized sound effects in post-production – a practice that gave rise to the art now known as Foley. Since then, the work of foley artists has become essential to cinematic storytelling: with gravel, fabric, or cracking vegetables, they bring sonic life to the screen. Even today, this work remains manual, precise, creative, and deeply organic.

Lampros Tsaganas is an independent foley artist and video artist. He lives in Metz and collaborates with sound studios in Luxembourg and Germany.

All materials provided by the Konschthal.

Mediator: Lampros Tsaganas

Language: DE (an art mediator can provide translation into French, Luxemburgish, or English as needed.)

Location: Konschthal Esch

Free of charge | Registrations will open from 31.12.2025 via Ifen.lu.