“I write what I want, then the book makes his life”: Bertrand Belin opens the marathon of words

You who handle the words with delight. In addition, participating in the words marathon is a formula that suits you well?

It is true that in the sporting field. Therefore, I will never have launched myself in this company but with the synapses I seem to be able to advance further than with the muscles but we will see, it is too early to redo the match!

Match that will take place on the scene of the Sorano theater “i write what i want, this. Consequently, Tuesday evening …

I had already come in 2014 with Éric Reinhardt for a musical reading. Consequently, this time there will also be a sound environment thanks to Thibault Frisoni who works on my albums. Similarly, We are going to do a job both on the basis of sound archives and improvised music. Moreover, It is presented as a musical reading, it is a little true, it is also a reading put in sounds.

Does your latest book, “the figure”, by its autobiographical character, has any particular importance on your journey?

There is a part of ignorance and innocence also in my work as an author. Therefore, I write what I want. Meanwhile, giving the shape I want to give it at the moment, then, the book makes its life. It is not as if I moved on to something else. but I do not know a “i write what i want, little all the effects that this book can produce, I realize it because I have returns from certain readers, and then certain criticisms, but in this tingling of publications, I admit that I am not very close. The book makes his life, and I almost forget about what I am the author.

“La Figure” and your new songs (new album in October) highlight your passion for writing, words, language …

Yes, I give it a lot of importance. Thanks to the book or disc, my texts are not ephemeral: they can be consulted, reread, re -listened. It is not a desire to leave a trace for eternity. I do not have this claim, but I like the idea that it is durable. It is like mounting a building hoping that it lasts a long time. You have to choose the right materials, have a plan or some idea of “i write what i want, ​​the solidity of the materials. So I select with caution, with precision everything I write. That said. writing also comes from a momentum, a breath – a form of orality, between spontaneous gushing and the precision of the gesture.

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A new disc will appear in October. 20 years after the first…

It’s crazy, I hadn’t thought about that! It was released in 2005, in fact, and the new one is called “Watt”. Like the watts that come out of the hi-fi channel. as we said when we were younger: “How many watts are your channel? I have 80 watts in the car! Send the watts what!” (laughs) And at the same time it is this question of English -speaking sound that is completely “i write what i want, legitimate: “What?” It is a word that also has graphic virtues, which has its own vocality. And it is finally a Beckett novel. A character too.