Songs of Place Vancouver (2004) and Songs of Place Springwater (2004) by Steve Heimbecker. Screening of two works on Video with surround sound remixed live by the artist, January 18th at 8pm PST.

The Songs of Place series (Halifax, MontrŽal, Springwater, Vancouver, Vienna) are mathematical audio and video mappings of different places, mostly different cities. Steve Heimbecker studies the geography of each place and creates a unique approach to mapping that geography in 4 dimensions of sound and many windows of video. The works from Halifax and MontrŽal focus intently on the streets in a grid-like structure. Vancouver focuses on the water with the city placed fleetingly within the ocean. Springwater focuses on the fields that surround this small prairie town. In Vienna, the mapping is a spiral, like a snail's shell, following the historic geography of this ancient city. In all the different versions, Steve Heimbecker uses a 4 channel audio strobing technique to take the listener through many locations in the given environment simultaneously. Sometimes the soundtrack is an intense barrage and other times everything goes almost quiet and the listener can pick out the individual points within the map. These works were developed through a series of residencies in the different cities.

This will be the premier screening/performance of the Vancouver work in its home habitat and it will include a live re-mix of the quadraphonic audio by the artist.