A multimedia artist and musician, Samuel Barbier-Ficat knows the conceptual freedom of hybridisation between disciplines. In a concert with, and for, the wrapped grand piano, he performs the role of a conductor interpreting the classical format as a spectacle. Confounding audience expectations and prescribed forms of performance, he confronts the inevitable twin pressures of personal fate and societal tradition, placing himself on the brink of disaster yet striding confidently and purposefully toward the unknown.

He’s French multidisciplinary artist based in Paris. Taking cues from different mediums such as installations, performances and music, Samuel’s practice often intertwines relief, tension and disruption. His work has been performed/exhibited at Barbican Arts Group Trust, Pushkin House, ACME Studio, Chapple Gallery, The Crypt Gallery, Bloomsbury Theater and Kupfer Project Space.