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
Join the captivating realm of Xn Québec’s Deep Space program, in collaboration with the Ars Electronica Festival. Prepare to be immersed in a mesmerizing blend of XR/immersive experiences and an awe-inspiring art performance. First, lose yourself in the atmospheric and figurative masterpiece, Immortelle, an original concept by Line Katcho. Delve into a sensorial journey where time and existence intertwine, evoking emotions that resonate deep within. Experience the mesmerizing distillation of quantum physics in Entanglement, a sweeping sensory adventure born from the collaboration between France Jobin and Markus Heckmann. Explore the interplay of light, sound and perception, blurring the lines between the physical and the metaphysical. Be prepared to be enchanted by Cité Mémoire Montréal, a creation of 4D ART by digital pioneers Michel Lemieux and Victor Pilon, the groundbreaking and world’s largest urban narrative pathway of immersive experiences and projections about the city’s storied past and present.
France Jobin and Markus Heckmann will present Entanglement dome at SAT
August 26th 2023 – SAT – 20h and 22h 1201, boul. St-Laurent Montreal, Qc
For its 24th edition, the MUTEK Festival returns to the dome of the Society for Arts and Technology [SAT] for the Satosphere Series, a program of immersive works and performances that explore new conceptual and sensory territories.
On the agenda: an exploration of the duality between analog and digital (Metaract); a supernatural journey to rediscover the transcendence of nature (Iwakura); an immersion into a sacred ritual of spiritual union (Union); an opening to an inclusive spatio-temporal world (I want to leave this Earth behind), and a sensory experience around quantum physics (Entanglement).
The SAT x MUTEK program in the Satosphere is presented by the SAT and is not included in the MUTEK passes. However, MUTEK pass holders can benefit from a 15% discount for this event. This offer is available in person at the ticket office of the Society for Arts and Technology (1201, boul. St-Laurent). Within the limit of available seats
Satosphère 4
France Jobin CA/QC & Markus Heckmann DE/CA– Entanglement Immersive Performance
Mutek Immersive collection will be at Sónar Barcelona in June 2023
Project Area – Realities+D (AR/VR)
Lost worlds, surreal environments and alternate realities
Immerse yourself in a showcase of the most creative augmented and virtual reality experiences around at Project Area this year. There’ll be downloadable apps for you to test on your mobile device throughout Sónar by Day, plus 14 different virtual reality projects to be experienced, covering lost worlds, surreal environments, and alternate realities.
Discover our first three XR artworks
As a festival presenting cutting-edge audiovisual performances — works that innovate to create a new language of sound and images — we have always strived to accompany artists across new boundaries of technology. 2022 opens up a new chapter for MUTEK, marking our first steps as an Extended Reality (XR) content producer. Five artists have stepped up to the challenge of reinventing a past festival performance into an XR artwork. The result is an eclectic yet coherent set of three different XR projects ranging from contemplative to surreal to dynamic: Entanglement XR by France Jobin & Markus Heckmann, House of Moiré by Chloe Alexandra Thompson & Matthew Edwards (aesthetic.stalemate), and Immortelle by Line Katcho
Published by MUTEK on several online content stores, starting with Steam, the Immersive Collection will also join the catalog ofAstrea,the largest international distributor of immersive productions, and be presented at select festivals and spaces worldwide.
See below for more information about the artists and their projects.
World premiere during the MUTEK Festival: August 23-28 2022 — esplanade Tranquille, Montréal Autumn 2022: Mexico city, Mexico: MUTEK Mexico | Tokyo, Japan: Beyond The Frame Festival | Rotterdam, Netherlands: Immersive Tech Week Rotterdam Winter 2022-2023: : Tokyo, Japan: MUTEK Tokyo | Rajasthan, India: Magnetic Fields Festival | Miami, USA: FilmGate Festival (Miami Art Week)
Download the Immersive Collection onto your VR headset Optimized for Quest 2, Quest + Link, Rift.
Immortelleavailable on Steam & Viveport (links below). House of Moiré and Entanglement XR can be wishlisted as of now (links below). Publication on further content stores in progress.
The Mutek Immersive Collection was presented at printemps numérique Bruxelles in March 2023. 5000 people in two days were able to experience works by Line Katcho, Chloe Alexandra Thompson & Matthew Edwards, France Jobin & Markus Heckmann
As a festival presenting cutting-edge audiovisual performances — works that innovate to create a new language of sound and images — we have always strived to accompany artists across new boundaries of technology. 2022 opens up a new chapter for MUTEK, marking our first steps as an Extended Reality (XR) content producer. Five artists have stepped up to the challenge of reinventing a past festival performance into an XR artwork. The result is an eclectic yet coherent set of three different XR projects ranging from contemplative to surreal to dynamic: Entanglement XR by France Jobin & Markus Heckmann, House of Moiré by Chloe Alexandra Thompson & Matthew Edwards (aesthetic.stalemate), and Immortelle by Line Katcho
Published by MUTEK on several online content stores, starting with Steam, the Immersive Collection will also join the catalog ofAstrea,the largest international distributor of immersive productions, and be presented at select festivals and spaces worldwide.
See below for more information about the artists and their projects.
World premiere during the MUTEK Festival: August 23-28 2022 — esplanade Tranquille, Montréal Autumn 2022: Mexico city, Mexico: MUTEK Mexico | Tokyo, Japan: Beyond The Frame Festival | Rotterdam, Netherlands: Immersive Tech Week Rotterdam Winter 2022-2023: : Tokyo, Japan: MUTEK Tokyo | Rajasthan, India: Magnetic Fields Festival | Miami, USA: FilmGate Festival (Miami Art Week)
Download the Immersive Collection onto your VR headset Optimized for Quest 2, Quest + Link, Rift.
Immortelleavailable on Steam & Viveport (links below). House of Moiré and Entanglement XR can be wishlisted as of now (links below). Publication on further content stores in progress.
France Jobin and Markus Heckmann will present Entanglement AV and XR as well as take part in a panel about XR production during Mutek Japan which will take place between Dec 7 – 11th 2022.
France Jobin and Markus Heckmann will present Entanglement AV and XR at Mutek MX
IMPORTANT: doors open at 18:30 and access will be allowed until 03:00.
Nocturne 360 is the most intense and diverse program of the MUTEK MX experience. With infinite universes contained in a single venue, Nocturne 360s rooms, installations and passageways will be transformed through the visions and experiments from artists and creators from all over.
This mega convergence of up-and-coming and renowned artists will take us on an exciting 360 tour that will go from virtual reality and immersive experiences, to cathartic dance sessions with the most challenging producers. In addition to the artists who will take on the different stages, Nocturne 360 will showcase the globally distinctive ambience and light design of the MUTEK experience.
Ryoichi Kurokawa, France Jobin & Markus Heckmann, RAMZi, Flabbergast, Line Katcho
For over 20 years, MUTEK has been dedicated to showcasing live electronic music and real-time audiovisual performances in Montreal, making it one of the few venues in North America where such innovation occurs. MUTEK has built a unique model over the years that has proven to be alluringly exportable. The tentacles now span four continents and six other cities such as Tokyo, Barcelona or Buenos Aires, with each satellite adapting the festival’s values of inclusion and accessibility to inspire new ways of engaging with the richness of electronic and digital art.
After the cooperation between HYBRID and MUTEK was postponed at short notice in March 2020 and could only take place digitally in March 2021 with thousands of online guests, the first cooperation will finally be live in the Festspielhaus in Hellerau on October 29th, 2022: with Ryoichi Kurokawa, France Jobin & Markus Heckmann, Line Katcho, Flabbergast and RAMZi will guarantee artists who have long been associated with MUTEK an extraordinary evening in the Great Hall of the Festpielhaus.
program
8:00 p.m. Subassemblies – Ryoichi Kurokawa
9:15 p.m. Entanglement – France Jobin & Markus Heckmann
18:00-21:00 | SKEPPET GBG PIERRE-LUC LECOURS & IDA TONINATO [CA], MYRIAM BOUCHER [CA], FRANCE JOBIN & MARKUS HECKMANN [CA/DE] Canadian sound artist Pierre-Luc Lecours and saxophonist Ida Toninato will present their audiovisual performance Inner Seas, which is an audiovisual performance that revolves around the theme of water, where baritone saxophone, modular synthesizer and electric guitar meet. Montreal based sound artist Myriam Boucher presents the work The Tuning of the Fields, a work that tends to evoke those moments of solitude and wonder, and that feeling of suspended time that inhabits us when listening to the song of the crickets, eyes closed, at night, lying in a field. Montreal based artists France Jobin and Markus Heckmann presents the audiovisual work Entanglement, which is an artistic project at the crossroads of scientific research inspired by the concept and properties of entanglement in quantum physics and quantum fields theory.
