film soundtrack composer, sound / installation artist, curator
March 4th – March 31st – Residency at AIR-Artist in residence
Concert March 27th 2024 at Salon Krenek,
“In the ethereal realm of electronic soundscapes, the Buchla100 becomes not just an instrument but a vessel through which uncertainty finds expression. This performance is an exploration of the delicate dance between structured composition and the unforeseen, a sonic journey that mirrors the very essence of uncertainty itself.” France Jobin
Perth – January 25 – 31
Melbourne February 1 – 10
Brisbane February 11 – 13
Perth – January 25 – 31
Audible Edge Festival organized by Tone List
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.
Concert at PICA
27 Jan | 6:30pm – 9:30pm
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.
Heinz Riegler: Score for Uncertainty 3
(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.
Brisbane – February 11 – 13
12 Feb 2019 @ IMA
The IMA and Room40 present MONO 31 with France Jobin and special guests Robert Crouch and Yann Novak.
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.
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.
3:30 – 5:30 PM – Exploring Sonic Practices
Artist Share and Discussion with Jamondria Harris, Shannon Funchess, Amenta Abioto, Christi Denton, Anna Vo, Myles de Bastion, and France Jobin. This panel will be ASL interpreted.
8:30 PM – 12:00 AM – S1 presents a night of new collaborative performances: Indira Valey + Kevin Holden, Felisha Ledesma + keyon gaskin, Alex Ian Smith + Angelo Harmsworth, DJ Black Daria + Daniela Karina
Subharmonic: A Sonic Arts Symposium is generously supported by PICA, S1, PSU School of Music; Sonic Arts and Music Technology Program, School of Art and Design, SIX, and Friends of Noise
Residency – October 5th – October 16th 2015
Concert – October 15th 2015 – 8pm Concert Hall
In conversation : Mark Fell and France Jobin – October 7th 2015 – 7pm
Concert
The electronic music of composer France Jobin can be described as “sound-sculpture,” revealing a minimalist approach to complex sound environments where analog and digital methods intersect. While her music often makes use of restraint and limit, she isn’t one to shy away from extremes. Her skillful interplay between highs and lows, louds and softs, creates an intricate narrative, which stretches the listener’s perception and continually refocuses attention.
Using an array of specifically placed loudspeakers numbering in the dozens, Jobin will present a new work built for the EMPAC Concert Hall.
France Jobin is a sound/installation artist, composer, and curator residing in Montreal, Canada. 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 various music venues and new-technology festivals across Canada, the United States, South America, South Africa, Europe and Japan.
CURATOR:
ARGEO ASCANI
In conversation : Mark Fell and France Jobin
Often, the mark of excellence in electronic music and sound art is the ability of the composer to hide their identity and virtuosity behind an inscrutable bank of machinery or within the ambient acoustics of the space in which the piece is performed. Whether or not this obfuscation is willful, it results in a genre of music that is vastly diverse in both its effects and technical configurations. In this conversation between Mark Fell and France Jobin, two masters of their understated craft will step forward to engage in dialogue and answer questions about the aesthetics, techniques, and politics of their work.
Fell has been in residence at EMPAC to develop Recursive Frame Analysis, a new work for sound, light, and dance; meanwhile, Jobin has been working on the premiere of a multi-channel sound piece for the Concert Hall.
Mark Fell is a multidisciplinary artist based in Sheffield, UK. He is widely known for combining popular music styles such as electronica and techno with more academic approaches to computer-based composition, with a particular emphasis on algorithmic and mathematical systems. As well as recorded works, he produces installation pieces, often using multiple speaker systems. He started his career in the ’90s house and techno scene as one half of electronic duo SND and released The Neurobiology of Moral Decision Making earlier this year on label The Death of Rave.
France Jobin is a sound/installation artist, composer, and curator residing in Montreal, Canada. 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 various music venues and new-technology festivals across Canada, the United States, South America, South Africa, Europe and Japan.
Gate, is a Web art project being created for the exhibit <PAUSE> curated by MobileGaze.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25
<PAUSE>addresses the notion of time as experienced in art and through technology. The exhibition aims at intercepting this stream of information in order to provide a disruption within this endless expanse of data—by providing the viewer with a vantage point, a moment of reflection and a slowing down in his/her interactive viewing habits. <PAUSE> will feature commissioned Web art projects by Canadian and international artists accompanied by descriptive essays to be presented via MobileGaze’s website.
Montréal Launch : Thursday April 15, 2004
Artist Talk: 3 pm
Web Launch: 5 pm
Performances: 7 pm
Presented in collaboration with:
Oboro
4001, rue Berri, local 200
Montreal Quebec
514.844.3250
www.oboro.net
Toronto Launch : Wednesday April 21, 2004
Artist Talk and Web Launch : 7 pm
Presented in collaboration with:
Images Off Screen 2004 / NEW MEDIA
www.imagesfestival.com
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InterAccess Electronic Media Arts Centre
401 Richmond Street West, Suite 448
416.599.7206
interaccess.org
Artists:
Yan Breuleux (Canada) = “Purblue Net.vers.1.2” (2003-4)
Jonah Brucker-Cohen (USA) = “Audiobored” (2003-4)
Grégory Chatonsky (France) = “1=1” (2004)
David Clark (Canada) = “Likewise” (2004)
David Crawford (USA) = “Stop Motion Studies” (2003-4)
Paul Devens (Netherlands) = “Dial(key)” (2004)
Reynald Drouhin + Emilie Pitoiset (France) = “Data-raw” (2003-4)
Peter Horvath (Canada) = “Album” (2004)
I8U (Canada) = “Gate” (2004)
MTAA (USA) = “Five Small Videos About Interruption and Disappearing” (2003)
MobileGaze is an artist collective dedicated to promoting, presenting and discussing new media works. Founded in Montréal in 1999 by Brad Todd and Valérie Lamontagne, MobileGaze showcases net.art and digitally based works; interviews with media artists and cultural producers; critical writing on the impact of technology in the arts; and live Web cast events. MobileGaze serves as a platform for artists and critics interested in exchanging ideas around new media and produces thematically centred exhibitions challenging the uses of audio, video, networks and telematics by artists. MobileGaze’s previous projects include the online exhibition Matter + Memory and a series of online magazine-format dossiers and interviews