film soundtrack composer, sound / installation artist, curator – An architect designs works that occupy spaces; I create sound sculptures that fit in the flow of time and perception
A/Visions 3 August 24, 2019, 19:00 – 21:00 DUO – World premiere: 19:00 – 19:45
At MUTEK, Jobin and Chartier present the world premiere of audiovisual project DUO, with synchronized visuals created by visual artist and TouchDesigner’s technical director and artist Markus Heckmann
Ambient sounds intermingle within an intricate and delicate spatial and temporal-meets-“intemporelle“ system in DUO, the first collaborative project from artists France Jobin and Richard Chartier. Originally released on the Tokyo-based mAtter label, DUO reverberates with tension, an ominous suspense building throughout five long tracks composed of static electrical signals, multi-level drones and serene synth melodies.
Both prolific artists with a focus on audiovisual environments, new technologies and modular components, France Jobin and Richard Chartier met at MUTEK Montréal in 2000 and went on to form a collaborative friendship and professional kinship. The sounds of everyday life become sculptural and enveloping in the multidisciplinary work of award-winning artist, composer and curator France Jobin. Since the mid-’90s, she’s crafted meticulous compositions that merge analog rumblings with digital precision, modular with field recordings, musical with visual. Applying a minimalist approach to her site-specific sound environments, she creates installations and performances inspired by the architecture of physical spaces, deeply immersing listeners in subtly textured variations, often inducing physical effects that go beyond the ear.
Alongside his visual art practice, Richard Chartier has produced multiple minimal electronic pieces, exploring the interrelations between the natural spatiality of sound, silence, focus, perception and the art of listening itself. He’s collaborated with composer William Basinski, sound artists ELEH, CoH, Matmos, German electronic music pioneer Asmus Tietchens and many more sound and multimedia artists. Chartierʼs sound works/installations have been presented in museums, galleries and performance contexts all over the world.
After the release of DUO on mAtter label, Jobin and Chartier created an exhibition of prints based on the concept, re.DUO, held in February at Tokyo’s gift_lab GARAGE gallery. Jobin and Chartier premiere DUO‘s first-ever live performance at MUTEK, combining sound with seamless live visuals by artist Markus Heckmann to create a wholly immersive and spatially dynamic atmosphere.
La Vitrola – 4602 St. Laurent, Montreal, Quebec H2T 1R3
die ANGEL est un projet d’improvisation noise et électro-acoustique fondé en 1999 par Dirk Dresselhaus et Ilpo Väisänen (ex Pan sonic). Leur dernier album, Yön Magneetti Sine, a été enregistré dans l’environnement calme du chalet de Väisänen près de Karttula, en Finlande. Chacune des cinq pistes improvisées fait écho aux vibrations qui y ont été ressenties durant ces nuits d’été lumineuses.
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die ANGEL is an improvisational noise and electro-acoustic project founded in 1999 by Dirk Dresselhaus and Ilpo Väisänen (ex-Pan sonic). Their most recent album, Yön Magneetti Sine, was recorded in the calm of Väisänen’s cottage near Karttula, Finland. Each of the five improvised tracks echo the vibrations experienced during the white nights of summer.
L’objectif principal du groupe international de performance multimédia et de musique XAMBUCA est de créer des environnements audiovisuels dans lesquels coexistent des réalités différentes. Créé par l’artiste sonore Chandra Shukla, et incluant désormais l’artiste visuel Geo Lynx, le groupe expérimente avec l’espace, le son, les interactions visuelles entre humains et parfois même la danse, donnant lieu à des morceaux qui ont des airs de mouvements synchronisés.
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International multimedia/music performance group XAMBUCA’s sole objective is to create audio-visual environments in which alternate realities reside. Created by sound artist Chandra Shukla and now involving visual artist Geo Lynx, the group experiments with space, sound, visuals human interaction and sometimes even dance that result in pieces as whole, synchronized movements.
France Jobin est une artiste d’installation et sonore, compositrice et conservatrice établie à Montréal. Son art audio a été décrit comme sculpture sonore, informé par une approche minimaliste aux environnements sonores complexes dans lesquels l’analogue et le numérique se rencontrent. Ses installations offrent une voie parallèle, incorporant des éléments musicaux et visuels inspirés par l’architecture de certains espaces physiques.
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France Jobin is a sound / installation / artist, composer and curator residing in Montreal. Her audio art can be qualified as “sound-sculpture”, revealing a minimalist approach to complex sound environments where analog and digital intersect. Her installations express a parallel path, incorporating both musical and visual elements inspired by the architecture of physical spaces.
La Vitrola se situe malheureusement au 2ème étage (il y a 41 marches au total). Les toilettes sont de genre neutre et ne sont pas accessibles aux fauteuils roulants. Toute personne désirant une assistance pour accéder à notre salle peut nous contacter. C’est avec plaisir que nous tenterons de répondre au mieux à ses besoins.
La Vitrola is unfortunately located on the 2nd floor (41 steps total). There are gender neutral washrooms which are not wheelchair accessible. Anyone needing assistance accessing our space can contact us as we are more than happy to try and accommodate people to the best of our ability.
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Le Suoni Per Il Popolo reconnaît que le territoire sur lequel nous sommes rassemblé.e.s est le territoire traditionnel et non-cédé du peuple Kanien’keha:ka (Mohawk), un lieu qui a longtemps constitué un site de rencontre et d’échange entre plusieurs nations.
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Suoni Per Il Popolo would like to acknowledge that the land on which we gather is the traditional and unceded territory of the kanien’keha:ka (Mohawk), a place which has long served as a site of meeting and exchange amongst nations.
France’s track “N” from the album Intrication released on No. is the soundtrack for Nora Gibson Contemporary Ballet’s new short ballet called, Mandala, created for the Dome at Fels planetarium and presented by the Franklin Institute.
At the Fels Planetarium – April 26-27 11:00 pm | Nora Gibson, Nora Gibson Contemporary Ballet – What might a ballet look like if it could happen outside the laws of physics?
In collaboration with Australian digital artist Jason Haggerty, and music by celebrated Canadian electronic composer France Jobin.
Field Recording & Electronic Composition Masterclass 27 Jan | 10am – 1pm 28 Jan | 10am – 1pm
PICA Northbridge – Old Customs House Fremantle
Facilitated by renowned minimalist composer and sound artist France Jobin, this two-day workshop will immerse participants in the composition of music using field recordings and different sound processing techniques.
Requirements: Please bring your best pair of headphones, a recording device (lo-fi gear is fine!) and a laptop.
Participation cost: Free, but EOIs to info@tonelist.com.au are essential.
Day 1: Listening & recording Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, 10am
Participants will explore the urban environment through sound walks and recording. Recording techniques both conventional and unconventional will be used in order to facilitate new ways of listening to the environment and considering how and why to capture sounds for use in composition. Jobin will also discuss how the recording process itself can facilitate a deeper connection to place, self and others.
Day 2: Processing & composing Artsource Old Customs House, 10am
Jobin will discuss her own process of manipulating and assembling sounds into compositions. Both technical and conceptual aspects of the processing and composition stage will be discussed, and participants will work on generating short studies to share and discuss with the group.
Perth Cultural Centre, 51 James Street, Northbridge, Perth, WA, 6003
Artists: – Ben Greene, Matthias Müller & Kirsten Symczycz – Laura Altman – Ryan Burge & Christian Marien – France Jobin – Plant: Éric Normand & Jim Denley
Melbourne – February 1 – 10 MESS residency – France will be taking part in a 10 day residency at MESS.
Concert Saturday 2 February, 3pm
MUMA | Monash University Museum of Art Ground floor, Building F Monash University, Caulfied Campus FREE/// All welcome
In collaboration with Room40, Sound Spaces presents France Jobin and Heinz Riegler.
France Jobin: Intrication
Inspired by quantum entanglement, I have attempted to discover the relationship between sound and observing sound.
France Jobin is a sound / installation / artist, composer and curator residing in Montreal, Canada. Her audio art can be qualified as ‘sound-sculpture’, revealing a minimalist approach to complex sound environments where analogue and digital intersect. Her installations express a parallel path, incorporating both musical and visual elements inspired by the architecture of physical spaces. Her works can be ‘experienced’ in a variety of unconventional spaces and new technology festivals across Canada, the United States, South America, South Africa, Europe and Japan.
(Improvisation for Magnetic Tape, Guitar, MP3 Players, Found Objects)
Austrian-born artist Heinz Riegler creates an evolving sound space that folds into itself, building on his Score for Uncertainty work that was debuted at Gallery 5020, Salzburg, in 2017. Part performance, part installation, this piece evolves in unexpected ways, pulling both the listener and the performer through the space.
Heinz Riegler is a musician, artist and curator working between Australia and Europe. Working with an interdisciplinary focus, he operates at the intersection of sound art, installation and performance. Since 1989, Riegler has been releasing musical works with a variety of imprints, such as Room40 and Warner Records, and has played concerts in Australia, Europe, Japan, the UK and USA. In a curatorial capacity, Riegler co-produced a season of performances at the Gallery of Modern Art Cinémathèque, Brisbane, and is the co-founder and Artistic Director of the minus20degree Winter Biennale in Flachau, Austria. Riegler is an ARIA Award winner and was twice nominated for the Grant McLennan Memorial Fellowship.
The IMA and Room40 present MONO 31 with France Jobin and special guests Robert Crouch and Yann Novak.
MONO 31
Jobin will present Intrication, a work inspired by quantum entanglement, seeking to discover the relationship between sound and observing sound. Jobin is a sound and installation artist, composer, and curator based in Montreal, Canada. Her sonic work has been described as sound sculpture, fusing both musical and visual elements to create experiential environments where analogue and digital intersect. She often draws inspiration from architecture and her work has been staged in unconventional spaces and at festivals across Canada, the United States, South America, South Africa, Europe, and Japan. MONO is a program of sound curated by Lawrence English of Room40.
Robert Crouch is an artist and curator whose work encompasses sound, performance, and technology. His work can be understood as a conversation between tonality, context, history and subjectivities
Los Angeles based artist and composer Yann Novak explores how intangible materials—sound and light—can act as catalysts to focus our awareness on the felt presence of direct experience.
France would like to acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts and Le conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec for their support.
France Jobin will be travelling to Medellin, Colombia in July and September 2018, to take part in an international residency organized by Éter Lab and Museo de Arte Moderno Medellin..
The first half of the residency will take place July 12th -26th 2018 during Auditum Festival – Semana de la Escucha.
Escuchando desde adentro – La arquitectura del sonido y nuestras expectativas.
La instalación, la música y elementos visuales inspirados por la arquitectura y el manejo del espacio, convergen en el trabajo de France Jobin, artista sonora, compositora y curadora de Canadá. Es reconocida por sus “esculturas sonoras” en tiempo real que revelan una aproximación minimalista a paisajes sonoros complejos, mezclando influencias digitales y analógicas.
En este taller, la artista introducirá su práctica, específicamente los aspectos alusivos al sonido y los espacios; las relaciones de estos sonidos con la música tradicional, el cine y otras características de la experiencia de la percepción sonora en su sentido abierto a las diferentes formas de la escucha.
“La sinestesia que se produce en los espacios arquitectónicos es la la fuerza que me impulsa a explorar el sonido. Mientras un arquitecto hace diseños pensados para ocupar un espacio, yo me intereso por elaborar esculturas de sonido que encajan en la fluidez del tiempo y la percepción. El entorno, por ejemplo, le da forma y un carácter arquitectónico a mis piezas y a su sonoridad. Por otro lado, cuando hago instalaciones y conciertos tiendo a ubicar parlantes en lugares específicos que tienen correlación con la arquitectura del espacio. De esta manera logro esculturas sonoras que no son necesariamente objetuales”.
Artistas: Carmen Gil Vrojlik (COL) · France Jobin (CAN) · Merino (COL)
In spanish only:
Un vuelo por el espacio fulldome, microsonido y ambient en el Domo del Planetario, hoy espacio de tradición en nuestra celebración anual. Concierto de cierre de la Semana de la Escucha 2018, una exploración abierta de la escucha en la inmersión y la quietud.
La Quinta del Lobo (Carmen Gil Vrojlik y Camilo Giraldo) · HYBRIS Fulldome
Esta propuesta para el formato fulldome parte como un vuelo por el espacio, por la representación en diferentes culturas de constelaciones como dioses y seres híbridos que a su vez se unen con los humanos y crean otros seres, que se aparean con bestias y crean otras bestias, que a su vez arrasan con su entorno. ¿Qué pasa con el híbrido que se cruza con otro híbrido?
Merino · Ambient DJ Set · Acostumbra un techno hipnótico, un ritmo telúrico que ha sabido ubicarse en la pista de baile pero esta vez se ubica en una postura acusmática, explorando el ambient desde el arte de la mezcla y la escucha atenta de un espacio normalmente ocupado por el beat.
France Jobin · Inter/sperse · Concierto nacido como adaptación de la instalación creada por la artista para sitio específico en el territorio y alrededores del Museolaboratorio (Città Sant’Angelo, Pescara) en Italia, con el apoyo del programa de residencias LUX, Museolaboratorio, 901 editions y el Conseil des Arts du Canada.
“Ser afectado por la sinestesia en una forma positiva con respecto a los espacios arquitectónicos, es la fuerza que me impulsa a crear exploraciones con sonido. Un arquitecto diseña trabajos que ocupan un espacio; Yo diría que me encargo de construir esculturas sonoras que encajan con el flujo del tiempo y la percepción. Para mi, el entorno arquitectónicamente moldea las piezas y cómo deberán ser escuchadas.” – France Jobin
A very special thanks to Miguel Isaza!
with the kind support of:
Canada Council for the Arts | Conseil des Arts du Canada
Éter-Lab, Museo de Arte Moderno Medellin
*Inter/sperse is a concert adapted from an in-situ sound installation that addressed the territory and surroundings of Museolaboratorio (Città Sant’Angelo, Pescara) which was supported by the LUX residency program, Museolaboratorio, 901 editions, Conseil des Arts du Canada.
PERFORMANCE
20 May, 21.45
Chiesa di Santa Chiara
Città Sant’Angelo (IT)
After her Master Class at ABAQ in L’Aquila, France Jobin comes back in Città Sant’Angelo to close her annual artistic stay in Abruzzo with an elegant and minimalist music performance in the beautiful church of Santa Chiara.
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with the kind support of Accademia di Belle Arti L’Aquila Museolaboratorio Visit Città Sant’Angelo
Back for a second season, Substrat invites you to dive again into the creative worlds of Montreal-based sound artists ! Through a series of performances in the Satosphere’s 157-speaker dome, Substrat offers an exclusive listening experience, between sound spatialization, experimental, electroacoustic and acousmatic music.
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Première de la saison avec AKOUSMA : Vendredi 4 mai
Billet prévente : 10$
Billet à la porte : 15$
Disponible en ligne ici : https://bit.ly/2EZN8CH
Début du spectacle : 21h
Dans la Satosphère : 1201, boul St-Laurent (Mtl)
Présenté en collaboration avec le Quartier des spectacles, Montréal
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ARTISTES EN PERFORMANCE CE 4 MAI
Simon Chioini – “Sans titre 3 et 4” (2018)
Venu à la musique par la percussion, l’électroacousticien Simon Chioini compose une musique qui fait écho aux pionniers du genre autant qu’aux courants contemporains d’une musique électronique underground. “Sans titre 3 et 4” (2018) présentent des sonorités dont la pureté contraste avec un foisonnement bruité.
France Jobin – “24-45” (2018)
Artiste audio qui se distingue par une approche minimaliste d’environnements sonores complexes à l’intersection de l’analogue et du numérique, France Jobin fait entendre de véritables sculptures sonores. Sa pièce “24-45” (2018) mêle hauteurs et amplitudes dans un ballet visant à déstabiliser la perception de l’auditeur.
Dominic Thibault – “VCS3 remix” (2018)
La musique du codirecteur du label The Silent Howl se situe à la croisée de la musique concrète, du techno minimal et du paysage sonore. “VCS3 remix” (2018) est une version écourtée du disque du même nom, sur lequel toute la musique est composée uniquement à l’aide de sons générés par le synthétiseur EMS VCS3
Robert Normandeau – “La part des anges” (2011-12)
L’un des fondateurs d’AKOUSMA, Robert Normandeau consacre la majeure partie de son travail à la musique acousmatique, de même qu’à l’enseignement (Université de Montréal). Sa pièce La part des anges (2011-12) est construite à partir d’échantillonnages de chants a capella.
Live 6 channel concert at PICA – March 23rd – 6:00 pm
Field recording workshop March 24th – 11:00am
Panel: Exploring Sonic Practices March 24th 3:30 -5:30
Subharmonic: A Sonic Arts Symposium spans two immersive days of interactive workshops, thought-provoking panels, and live performances for artists and audiences of all experience levels to explore, discuss, and engage with a broad range of contemporary and experimental sound art and its influences. Programs will touch on electronic and noise music, video and light installation, film and video, space and architecture, racial and gender equity in the field, and more.
Both local and global critical ideas and creative practices will be shared, with a keynote presentation by sound art curator and practitioner France Jobin (Montréal) and performances and conversations featuring numerous local artists. Collaboratively curated by a consortium of local arts organizations and collectives, the full scope of symposium activity reflects a commitment to amplifying underrepresented voices in sound art and highlighting the depth and diversity of sonic art landscape, practices, and communities in Portland and beyond.
Schedule of Events
Friday, March 23
5:00 PM – Doors
5:30 PM – Opening Performance by SAMPLE, Portland State University, Laptop Ensemble
6:00 PM – 9:00 PM – SIX is a Portland, Oregon based, DIY, community-oriented, “surround sound” performance series with an emphasis on presenting local, regional, and international experimental musicians/sound artists in a multi-directional immersive listening environment. SIX offers the audience an opportunity to explore different ways of listening. For many participants SIX is a unique chance to explore performing through six separate channels. This will be the 12th SIX since 2008. Artists: Reese Bowes (Reliqs), Sage Fisher (Dolphin Midwives) + Chloe Alexandra, Marcus Fischer, and a keynote presentation by France Jobin
Saturday, March 24
10:00 AM – Doors and Coffee
11:00 AM – 12:30 PM – Field recording workshops facilitated by Burke Jam, France Jobin, and Chloe Alexandra. This workshop will involve groups of 15-20 participants, organized into a recording walk. Each group will explore sounds found within walking radius of PICA. Exploring natural, industrial, and climatological, acoustic ecologies, the workshop will focus on basic recording techniques, ways of listening, DIY tools and unconventional recording technologies. RSVP REQUIRED – USE THIS FORM TO SAVE YOUR SPOT.
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM – SIX Installation / Interactive Demo 15 minute demonstration of several sound-making objects which are amplified with contact mics, and mixed into the six-channel setup followed by a Q+A with Marcus Fischer and hands-on sound-making and panning to provide an experience that connects the soundmaking with the multi-channel possibilities.
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM – Using Your Voice With Modular Synthesizer Facilitated by the S1 Synth Library and Alissa DeRubeis 20 Students, All Ages In this hour long interactive workshop we will explore using voice in conjunction with modular synthesizers. We will cover some basic concepts and a simple signal flow we can use to patch our voice to a eurorack modular synth. Everyone will be encouraged to use their voice and turn knobs! RSVP REQUIRED – USE THIS FORM TO SAVE YOUR SPOT.
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM – Experimental Sound Collage with CDJS Facilitated by the S1 Synth Library and Daniela Karina 20 students, All Ages In this hour long interactive workshop we will explore sound collage and layering with multiple DJ set-ups. We will cover basic concepts of using CDJS and explore as a group to create soundscapes and unexpected layers & rhythms from field recordings, samples, and more. RSVP REQUIRED – USE THIS FORM TO SAVE YOUR SPOT.
