𔓭 𓇼 ⋆.˚ 𓆉 𓆝 𓆡⋆.˚ 𓇼Sebastien Durand is a French-born visual and sound composer, researcher and archivist based in Canary Islands (ES).
After grewing up in North Africa and graduating in graphic art & computer animation in Montpellier in 2009, he traveled in Europe working on movies then settled back in Occitanie in 2013, he spent the next 10 years co-founding experimental music and sound-related projects; Lo-fi recordings label, FM radio station, DIY societies, shows organization aswell as practicing design and print.
Since 2022, he resides in Tenerife where he collect thoughts, historical notes and sounds as a "long term residency"; an archeo-sonic investigation project entitled "Chants of the Forgotten Stones : A Cartography of Unheard Guanche Rituals" to revisit the archipelago's soundscape as a mere re-invention of the post-colonial lost acquaintance.
He also collaborates on the triptych multimedia installation project "Exercitia Spiritualia Animae" with writer/video-artist Denise Padron Benitez.
Durand's idea is to transform image and sounds to tell stories through analog electronic performance as an attempt to decolonize cultural artefacts.


Group Exhibitions

2026 phersu.net – Processing Community Day - Porto, Portugal
2026 phersu.net – Point Blank - Chicago, IL, USA
2026 Dreaming Of Hephaestus #11 – "CICA Experimental Film and Video 2026"
          CICA Museum, Seoul, South Korea
2026 Reflected Immediacy - Boston Cyberarts Gallery, USA

Lectures

2026 (T.B.A) "Geology and Creativity" lecture, Concordia University, Montreal, CA

Residencies

2024 EXPANDED Spaces - Nea Livera, Greece (AADK)
2024 Tenerife Espacio de las Artes - Vinyl Archive compilation

Music Featured in Film, Video & Installations

2025 "Emergence" – dir. Céline C. Capellier
2022 Mobile Silva installation by Nicolas Desverronnieres, Gallerie Sabine Lucas, Nantes, FR
2019 "Mirage" – dir.Julie Graf

Editorial

2026 Kino Insulares movie screening program, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, ES
2018 Wicked Witch Bi-weekly radio program @Eko des Garrigues, Montpellier, FR
2014-2017 V.R.FM radio station, Montpellier, FR
2013-2017 Harisska Label editorial and curatorial work, production and publishing.

Solo & Group Shows

2026 (T.B.A): Dreaming of Hephaestus. El Sotano Analogico, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, ES
22.01.2026: Journaux Indiens (w. Quanta Qualia - NonLocal Research). Equipo Para, SC de Tenerife, ES
04.04.2025: Rugiens Vulcanus Sudore. Equipo Para, Santa Cruz de Tenerife
17.11.2024: Xim Sonada. LaPared Audiolab – Tenerife, ES
17.05.2024: DJ Izaña. Residency restitution - Tenerife Espacio de Arte, ES
26.04.2024: Dreaming of Hephaestus. Equipo Para - Santa Cruz de Tenerife, ES
24.04.2024: Dreaming of Hephaestus. SanMiguel18, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, ES
09.03.2024: DJ Izaña. SCAPES Exhibition - El Fraile, Tenerife, ES
07.10.2023: Dreaming of Hephaestus. Salle Zen - Montpellier, FR
11.04.2020: V.R.F.M. p-node
15.04.2020: Shrine Fuchsia. Lieu Secret - Montpellier, FR
08.03.2020: Randkowski + Pavel Viry. L'Espace ou Le Poulet - Montpellier, FR
07.03.2020: Les Echos Primitifs. A404 w. Arthur Lanotte Fauré, Quentin Conrate - Marseille, FR
10.01.2020: Les Echos Primitifs. En Traits Libre - Montpellier, FR
01.12.2019: Les Echos Primitifs. La Tendresse - Montpellier, FR
30.11.2019: Randkowski. La Tendresse - Montpellier, FR
24.11.2019: Improvika w. Emilio Berne, Luca Pissavini. L'Espace ou Le Poulet - Montpellier, FR
21.11.2019: Thyme Lines. Radio Eko des Garrigues - 88.5 FM - Montpellier, FR
01.11.2019: Les Echos Primitifs release party. L'Espace - Montpellier, FR
25.10.2019: Shrine Fuchsia. Arlatina, Arles, FR
23.10.2019: Shrine Fuchsia on Saul Bass's Phase IV. Black Out, Montpellier, FR
21.09.2019: Randkowski. Rue des Multipliants - Montpellier, FR
27.06.2019: Les Echos Primitifs - 1st part Ferran Besalduch - Montpellier, FR
21.06.2019: Shrine Fuchsia w. Ayan Koko, Laurent Rodz. Delokigone - Montpellier, FR
31.12.2018: Thyme Lines. L'Espace - Montpellier, FR
20.12.2018: Nouvo. Gallerie La Jetée (Mike Diana retrospective) - Montpellier, FR
01.09.2018: Shrine Fuchsia. La Plainette, Lansargues, FR
21.06.2018: Improvika. L'Espace ou Le Poulet - Montpellier, FR
03.11.2017: Le Cantique des Oiseaux. La Boutique d'Ecriture - Montpellier, FR
21.10.2017: Thyme Lines. En Traits Libres - Montpellier, FR
21.06.2017: Thyme Lines. Rue des Multipliants - Montpellier, FR
21.10..2017: Improvika. En Traits Libres - Montpellier, FR
21.04.2017: Thyme Lines / Improvika. Utopia - Montpellier, FR
13.02.2016: DJ Sara Volta + Orateurs Libres. Gnawa Cafe, Montpellier, FR
03.12.2015: DJ Sara Volta + Orateurs Libres. Lieu secret Gambetta, Montpellier, FR
05.05.2014: Abou-Gor Quartet. Jam Sono - Paris, FR
08.05.2013: Raundd with Suka Mabuk. L'Orangerie - Lunel Viel, FR

Group Workshops

2024–2025 Trios Discolos — Participation in monthly jam sessions with notable improvisers of Tenerife Island.

Radioplay, Remixes, Playlists appearances

Music and sounds have been featured in (re)mixes by NTS, WFMU, Brian Turner, Radio Panik, LYL Radio, Radio Mulot, EKO des Garrigues, RadioQ37, Rayvox (Obscura Data), FM+, Radio Libertaire, Ingrown Records, Mutant Radio, Occi Amsterdam, Mattt Konture, Station Station, Sunny Dunes, Aural Canyon, Sofie Birch, D.I.A...


Press

2022 — The Capsule Garden Vol 1.13, April 8 — Foxy Digitalis
2020 — Deep dive into the Finnish freak scene, August — The Wire
2020 — Thyme Lines - Geodesists Review, January 20 — Answer is in the Beat
2019 — Thyme Lines - Geodesists Review, December 22 — Drifting Almost Falling
2019 — Banquet Graphique at La Tendresse, Montpellier, Dec. 3 — France Television
2019 — Constellation Tatsu releases review, Nov. 19 — Tiny Mix Tapes
2016 — Harisska's Ukraine noise artists compilation review, Oct. 6 — NEFORMAT

Official selections, Grants and Honors

2025 — Festival Punto y Raya, Sofia, Bulgaria : International competition selection - Abstract Art in Motion
2024 — Culture Moves Europe Grant Fund, Goethe Institute, Germany
2009 — Animatu Festival, Portugal : First Prize
2009 — Arte France: concours court circuit off
2009 — SICAF, Seoul, Korea : International competition selection
2009 — Lucania Film Festival, Italy : International competition selection
2009 — Melbourne International Animation Festival, Australia : International competition selection
2009 — Festival Anima, Bruxelles, Belgium : International competition selection

Education

2005–2009 Master degree in Graphic Art & Computer Animation — E.S.M.A Montpellier, France
2004–2005 Coursework toward Bachelor of Fine Arts degree — Aix-en-Provence, France
2004 Science high-school diploma — Lycée Gustave Flaubert, La Marsa, Tunisia