Michèle Métail studied German and Chinese. Since 1973, the year of her first public performance, Métail has been broadcasting her work in so-called publications orales, in particular ‘Poème Infini – Compléments de Noms’, which is a single long modulation through a variety of languages and dialects. In the author’s view, the projection of words into space is “the ultimate stage of writing”, the affirmation of presence within language.
Characterized by a rhythmical and musical approach of the text, and sometimes accompanied by slideshows, musicians or taped sound, oral publications can take anything from ten minutes up to several hours. A public-address system is always used, in which the microphone serves as a musical instrument which enables bodily sounds to be associated with the actual vocal emissions: the sounds made by the mouth, breath, tongue clicking. It also enables subtle use to be made of pianissimo nuances. The voice’s parameters – nuances, intensity, speed and character – are organised according to predetermined configurations, which may be related to the physical location of the reading.
Michèle Métail wird 1950 in Paris geboren. Sie studiert zunächst Germanistik, anschließend Sinologie. Ihre Doktorarbeit beschäftigt sich mit der Formenvielfalt der chinesischen Poesie.
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