Interaction Design   ︎︎︎  Sound Art   ︎︎︎   Violin   ︎︎︎   Improvisation
Acoustic Ecology   ︎   Human-A.I. interaction   ︎   Spatial Plasticity

Cécile Segura (b. 1995 in Lyon, France) lives in Glasgow, Scotland as a sound engineer, poet and researcher in sensory design. Her work intermediates the agency of transitional ecosystems and the visceral experience of spontaneous body motor function existing within spatiotemporal and corporal limbos. She designs and develops open-source autonomous artificial systems to alleviate psycho-physiological hardship and enhance performers’ intuition, effectively bridging Human and Artificial Intelligence.

Cécile has studied Interaction Design at The Glasgow School of Art, Sculpture at Geneva University of Art and Design and classical Violin at the Conservatoire in Lyon. Working across extreme and avant-garde music with the likes of Maggie Nicols, Sandy Evans, Joëlle Léandre or Alvin Curran, she specialises in graphic and experimental notation techniques for the demands of contemporary scoring. Her work has been reviewed by a wide array of specialised magazines and newspaper alike with the Irish Sun comparing them to iconic Scottish master fiddler Aly Bain. Internationally acclaimed violinist and improviser, she has composed and recorded for the BBC, received the 2020 Scottish Alternative Music Award collaborating with Scottish band Saor, and reached the Official German Charts this year.



EXPERIENCE

From 2017

Sound Engineer & A.V. Technologist for live events – Freelance
operating amplified music concerts, contemporary performance arts for adult and children, corporate & fundraiser events and open mic in mid scale venues up to 500 seats, town halls and event spaces with national tours in Scotland and France ; rig and derig of in-house and mobile PA & lights installations, compliant networking of RF microphones and In Ear Monitoring systems over 20+ simultaneous bands, cue and scene programmation
genre: indy & pop rock, electronic, jazz & contemporary, folk, spoken word, theatre and pantomime

clients: The Survivor Arts Community, Macrobert Arts Centre, Wonder Fools (National Theatre of Scotland), The Garage (Attic Bar), The Glad Cafe, Slay Glasgow, St Aloysius, Radisson Hotel, DF concerts & events, Coda Production

selected bands and events: Eddi Reader (MBE), 549: Scots of the Spanish Civil War, Maw Goose, The Burning Hell, Bandit, cassandre peut-être

Studio & Live Session Violinist, Sound Designer, Composer, Arranger, Improviser – Freelance
Touring internationally and playing at major festivals in front of up to 10k people in North America, Europe, Russia, Ukraine ; Recording for albums, live concerts, theatre, films and television.

Clients: Oisín Power & Matt Dwivedi (BBC x Arts Council England), Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra, Giulia Rumasuglia & Antonie Oberson (La Manufacture, CH), Madelief Lammers (Netherland), Saor (Scotland), Monarque (Quebec, Canada), Sylvaine (Norway), Cân-Bardd (Switzerland), Darkher (England), Beggar In The Heights (Scotland), Paul Baran (Scotland)

genre: contemporary classical, free jazz, theatre & performance, black metal, post-rock, Scottish folk

2014 - 2016
Graphic design and programmation for record artworks – Dhātūra Records, France
2013 - 2014
Private Violin and Music Theory Teacher – Freelance, Lyon, France
Until 2015
First Violin Solo – Orchestra of University Jean-Moulin Lyon 3, Lyon, France
First violin (guest) SinForMa - Mainz, Germany
Second violin Junior Lyon National Orchestra - Lyon, France

Internships
2012 - 2014
Laboratory (Gris Souris, Lyon), archive digitisation (Lyon Municipal Archives), press (Lyon Capital), commercial photography (Odd Stefan Photographic Studio, Iceland)
Volunteering
From 2015
Audio system technician (COP26, Glasgow City Chambers, Glad Cafe, Pop Mutations), youth arts mentoring (Creative Arts East), heritage conservation (Friends of the Lake District), artist and research assistance, academic proofreading (BA & MA French Literature, MSc Translation Studies, MSc World Heritage Conservation), woodworking, permaculture, event photographer – AM, CA, CH, ES, FI, FR, GB, GE, KZ, US

EXHIBITIONS 
2021
The Art Of Outdoor – Ocean Outdoor billboard campaign: 20 billboards across Glasgow, Paisley, Airdrie and Wishaw, Scotland [21-27 June]
2021
Routing – Glasgow University Wildlife Garden, Glasgow, Scotland (group show and performance)
2021
.reconnect – Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland (degree show)
2019
The Incipient Light of the Echoes – The Hovel, Glasgow, Scotland (solo show)
2019
Noise (Phish and Chips) – Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland (group show - Curator and Team Coordinator)
2017
OSS (Outer Space Signal) – Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland (performance)
2016
Prismes – Andata Ritorno, Geneva, Switzerland (group show)
2016
Local.Host - Kulturhaus R105, Basel, Switzerland (group show)
2016
Black Sites – LiveInYourHead, Geneva, Switzerland (group show)
2015
Vectorworks Educational Version – Minoterie Rodynam, Orbe, Switzerland (group show)
2015
Prélude et Toccata (Atari Punk) – Geneva University of Music (HEM), Geneva, Switzerland
2012
In Limbo (Neue Sachlichkeit) – P’ARTcourt Festival, Bron, France

CONCERTS (selected ︎︎︎)
Let The Moth Unfold
2022
The Living Room – The Old Hairdresser, Glasgow, Scotland
2021
Destination Unknown: a day in the ruins – St Peter’s Seminary, Cardross, Scotland
Saor
2020
Jorvik Takeover – Barbican, York, England
2018 & 2019
Russia – Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Dec. 2018 & Nov. 2019
2019
Wacken Open Air - Wacken, Germany
2019
North America – LA, Grand Teton National Park, Minneapolis, Chicago, Pittsburgh, Washington DC, NYC, Toronto, Montréal [11-22 July 2019]
2019
Nove Kolo – Kharkiv, Ukraine
2018
Hellfest – Clisson, France
GIO
2019
GIOfest XII – CCA (Centre for Contemporary Arts), Glasgow, Scotland
2019
Glasgow International Jazz Festival – ROST, Glasgow, Scotland

PUBLICATIONS
TV
2022
Oisín Power – Mary Lost Her Battle, BBC Four - with support of BBC and Arts Council England
Theatre
2022
Giulia Rumasuglia & Antonie Oberson – cassandre peut-être, OUT 9, La Manufacture, Lausanne, Switzerland
Radio
2018
Let The Moth Unfold: Research in Improvisation – Hill52 radio
Records
2022
Darkher – The Buried Storm, Prophecy Productions (#14 Offizielle Deutsch Charts [Week 16, 2022])
2022
Sylvaine - Nova, Season of Mist
2021
Cân Bardd - Devoured By The Oak, Northern Silence Productions
2019
Monarque Jusqu’à La Mort, Sepulchral Productions
2019
Beggar In The Heights – Good Health, self-released
2019
Saor – Forgotten Paths, Avantgarde Music (2020 Scottish Alternative Music Award)
2014
Narqelion – s/t, Dhātūra Records
Papers
2021
Civil defence siren: spatialisation and spatial plasticity, Glasgow School of Art (Bachelor’s Essay)
2017
Improvisational Trained Computer and the Poetic of Scores, Glasgow School of Art
Books and Poetry

2022
Sunsafe– Möbius zine #7, Autumn 2022
2022
Ciborium Telegraphs for Hypoxic Bodies – Möbius zine #5, Winter 2022
2021
Quiet Sand SufferMobius zine #3, Summer 2021
2015
I was a city girl, self-published
2014
Le Beau Livre Hétéroclite de Lyon et sa Région – eds. Duteil, Lyon, France

EDUCATION
2017 - 2021
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Interaction Design - First Class
Glasgow School of Art – Glasgow, Scotland
2014 - 2016
Sculpture and Interaction (BA)
HEAD - University of Art and Design, Geneva, Switzerland
2011 - 2014
Professional Baccalaureate in Photography
Société d’Enseignement Professionnel du Rhône (SEPR) – Lyon, France
2007 - 2010
General Education: Music-focused class (CHAM)
Violin (3rd cycle), sight reading, score writing, absolute pitch, transcription
Regional Conservatory – Lyon, France