Clément Layes: Clémentine Mensonge

Clémentine Mensonge created herself during Flutgraben Performances, and works in collaboration with the other artists of Flutgraben Performances. Here you can find some songs, books and a festival. Clémentine also did a boat tour for one audience member.

2 Songs

I can´t hear you

Credits:
Text-production and Clip: Clémentine Mensonge
Composition: Steve Heather
Vocals: Gemma Ray

The text was created together with the artists of Flutgraben Performances in an association circle in April 2020 starting with a microcopic image of the Corona virus, and was later re-written by Clémentine.

Lyrics:

I like the new voice
I like the problem
I like the problem with a new voice
the problem with a new voice
(twice)
the voice of eternity,
good morning eternity
good morning eternity
I like the new voice
– wearing a mask
I like that this is a new voice
-arguing for a new currency
I like that this is a new voice
– in between us
I like that this is a new voice
that is the new normal
I like that this is a new voice
in a door handle
I like the problem
I like the problem with a new voice
eternity that burns you
burning eternity
I like that this a new voice
that makes you loose your senses
I like that this is a new voice
that confronts you with yourself
I like that this is a new voice
looking for a self
I like that this is a new voice
that seems to be alone
I like the problem
I like the problem with a new voice
that is just there
the voice that sings turning eternity
the voice singing turning eternity

Turning Eternity

Credits:
Text-production and Clip: Clémentine Mensonge
Composition: Steve Heather
Guitar: Jasper Stadhouders
Bass: Antonio Borghini
Voices: Asaf Aharonson, Christina Ciupke, Jefta van Dinther, Milla Koistinen, Ixchel Mendoza Hernandez, Clémentine Mensonge

The text was created together with the artists of Flutgraben Performances in an association circle in April 2020 starting with a microcopic image of the Corona virus, and was later re-written by Clémentine.

A flower without petal, a crack in the universe, in between us, it’s burning
I can’t hear you
yellow with a lot of black veins, the eye of the crocodile, in a burning swimming pool,
I can’t hear you
a silent spectacle: the moon, the sun, the moon with clouds, a void
I can’t hear you
something appearing and disappearing, passing through internet, disconnected
I can’t hear you
something that rain could do, that makes you blind, that makes you loose your senses
I can’t hear you
distracting my focus, the birth of something, as we are here now on internet, creating a currency that I don’t know
I can’t hear you
utopia, the beginning of a new world, a face without face, a currency for the new world
I can’t hear you
a child wearing a red squirt sees what you will see before it will get black
I can’t hear you
not something I look at, something that you will see on the other side, like a tatoo on the back of the neck of a stranger
I can’t hear you
not just an image, a place to hide, my iris when I’m looking for too long time into the sun
I can’t hear you
the magnification of a problem. too small to be seen, like a minimal artwork
I can’t hear you
it could be happy but it’s sad, it sucks your energy, it gives you silence, muted
I can’t hear you
hold your breath, this is the new normal, in a door handle, an opportunity, round as the earth
I can’t hear you
we go for a long journey, and it will be here when we are all gone, something not important, that is just there
I can’t hear you

A Fictional Festival

Booklet “Your dreams come true”

An Interview of the Artist

Video “Your dreams come true”