Pierre Bastien, born in 1953, is a French sound artist and composer who articulates his work around delicate mechanical sound sculptures inspired by music, avant-garde and literature. He creates his machines out of Meccano materials. Bastien is an internationally recognized artist who performed in several well-known institutions such as Barbican Center, Centre Georges Pompidou, Fondation Cartier and exhibited his sound installations in many museums and galleries from MAST in Bologna to Museum of Contemporary Art Erarta in St. Petersburg. His piece Somewhere in the Dark is a part of the Stedelijk museum collection in Amsterdam.