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
Québec soirée – An event of the Berlin Planetarium fondation in cooperation with SAT – La société des arts technologiques et l’Antenne du Québec à Berlin.
Entanglement is a multi-work project that daringly fuses scientific inquiry and creative vision, by delving into the profound realm of quantum physics and artistic performance.
Based on the collaborative and colliding minds of artists France Jobin and Markus Heckmann, Entanglement finds its inspiration in the intricate theories of quantum entanglement, notably the Copenhagen interpretation and the multiverse (quantum decoherence). Beyond these theories, the project is further enriched – and challenged – by exploring the fluidity of time and the enigmatic principle of quantum entanglement.
Three iterations have been created, the original Entanglement AV performance (2021), Entanglement XR (2022), and Entanglement Dome (2023), designed to emancipate the audience from the constraints of conventional time. Participants are invited to lose themselves in this boundless expanse of creativity, where the borders between reality and imagination dissolve, leaving them suspended in time and in a state of wonder.
Photo by Karlina Knezina
France will take part in the first artist residency program at Erica Synths Oct 30th – Nov 3rd 2023
She chose the Pērkons and proceeded to prepare a concert given at Erica Synths garage space.
France wishes to ackownledge the support of the Socan Foundation.
with France Jobin and Jessica Moss
At Foufounes Électriques August 30th 2023
Doors open at 19h
87 St Catherine St E, Montreal, Quebec H2X 1K5
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
France Jobin CA/QC & Markus Heckmann DE/CA – Entanglement Immersive Performance
Showing: 20h & 22h
Duration: 30 minutes
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.
Friday, December 9, 2022
18:30_21:00 Tokyo time
BUNBUNCA/QC
France Jobin & Markus HeckmannCA/QC+DE
Myriam BoucherCA/QC
KOPYJP
Mars89 & HEXPIXELSJP
YOSHIROTTEN & TAKAKAHN feat. Baku HashimotoJP
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.
CNDSD & Iván AbreuMX+CU
France Jobin & Markus HeckmannCA/QC+DE
InterspecificsMX
JS BaillatCA/QC
Kaitlyn Aurelia SmithUS
KorelessUK
Loraine JamesUK
Nik Colk VoidUK
SKY H1 & Mika OkiBE
Sinjin Hawke & Zora JonesCA/AT
Tristan ArpUS
YamilaES/BE
BarkerUK
Elías Merino & Tadej DroljcES/SI
DebitMX
INTUSMX
MFODE
AAAAMX
Boris AcketNL
Concepción Huerta + z.vektor & Milena PafundiMX+AR
Fezz Stenton, Karl Skene & Matt EckensweilerCA
MAOTIKFR
Melissa SantamaríaMX
Oculta StudioMX
Orly AnanCO
Rafael Anton Irisarri & Florence ToUS+UK
µ-Ziq & ID:MORAUK+ES
Buena Tarde & Rodrigo CidMX
RampaMX
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
10:00 p.m. RAMZi + Line Katcho (visuals)
10:45 p.m. Flabbergast + Line Katcho (visuals)
Duration: 5 hours
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.
13.05.2022
Friday – 21:30
Theatro Circo
France Jobin & Markus Heckmann
Entanglement
Entanglement 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. The sources of inspiration of France Jobin and Markus Heckmann are based on the two current dominant theories explaining quantum entanglement: the Copenhagen interpretation and the multiverse (quantum decoherence). In addition to these two theories, there is the fluidity of time and the principle of quantum entanglement. The Entanglement performance is inspired by the same theories; an ambitious immersive experience that will be presented at Index 2022.