Soundbury (2010)

Valerie LeBlanc et moi allons à Sudbury pour présenter Soundbury dans le cadre de la Foire d’art alternatif.

Soundbury est un projet de cartographie sonore, une représentation sonore de la ville de Sudbury. Les enregistrements seront collectés dans la ville pendant les douze heures du projet et seront téléversés sur le web à intervalles réguliers. Simultanément une mappe Google tracera l’étendue des découvertes. La carte sera dessinée de façon intuitive, au hasard des sorties. Qu’y a-t-il dans cette ville où nous marchons? Quels bruits, quelles voix, quels aboiements s’y cachent?

Le coeur ambiant de Sudbury battra au rythme du printemps en offrant la chance d’imaginer les images associées à chaque fragment sonore.

Et qui plus est dans le nom Sudbury, il y a l’unité de puissance sonore (db)!

Blog: Soundbury

Valerie LeBlanc and I are heading for Sudbury to present Soundbury during the Foire d’art alternatif de Sudbury.

Soundbury is a soundmapping project, an aural representation of the City of Sudbury. The recordings will be collected and uploaded to the Internet at regular intervals during the 12 hours of the project, and a Google map will trace the source locations of the entries.

The aural map will be drawn intuitively, with random sample recordings relayed back as signals from ‘out there.’ What’s under that rug we walk on? By peeling it back we might follow the wings of those emerging insects, listen for the dog barking close by or in the distance. And this time, if we ask someone to talk to us, we won’t bring any questions.

And at the root of it all, the ambient heart of Sudbury will beat out its mid-spring rhythm, offering the chance to imagine the visuals accompanying that orchestral essence of sound.

Blog: Soundbury

Prairie Tales 10, Alberta Film and Video on Tour

I drove, this first weekend of spring, to Fredericton, New Brunswick to screen the 10^thedition of Prairie Tales.  The NB film Coop, who was hosting the presentation, has been a supporter of the project for some time. The cultural centre, where the Coop has its offices, was very busy as there were a number of others events happening in the building concurrently.  This abundance of activities probably contributed to a smaller turnout.  Nevertheless one member of the audience drove over two hours to see the works!  And that is saying a lot as the highways were invaded by hordes of deer!

One of the things I love about Prairie Tales is its diversity of genre and approach but what really strikes me, this year as in previous years, is the creative energy and artistic ability that can be found in Alberta.  By viewing the program one can feel that there is a vigorous discourse that is being nurtured.  The screening prompted discussions about film, video, networking, and the media arts across Canada.

In the darkness of the Doodles Café, where the screening took place, I felt something that I never felt before.  As I was looking at the program, I was seeing markers; landscapes, back alleys of Calgary and Edmonton, and in this familiarity of surroundings, I felt homesick!  Alberta, and more specifically Calgary, has been my home, on and off, for over 15 years.  I have recently relocated to Moncton, New Brunswick, my other home.  I am very proud to have been part of this year’s selection but I also feel privileged to have been able to contribute to the artistic vitality of the amazing place that is Alberta!

March 30, 2009 -Moncton NB

Prairie Tales 10
The latest collection of short film and video works by Alberta media artists.
Presented by Edmonton’s Metro Cinema Society.

(FMK), Karaoke de Mercado Libre (2007)

• IM_POLIS – TRANSITIO_MX Festival, Ciudad de Mexico, Sabado 13 2007

Performance sonoro

El Karaoke de Mercado Libre es una series de entornos sonoros e interactivos creados en tiempo real por medio de una computudora y un programa específico que permite generarlos, basándose en los datos financieros de las compañias que están negociando en la bolsa de valores.

Interactive soundscape created during the Transitio_MX Festival at the Laboratorio Arte-Alameda, in Mexico City – oct.12.07

TMX- Telephonos de Mexico

ANC – Angus Coote Holding