INDEX 2022: FRANCE JOBIN & MARKUS HECKMANN / MATTHEW BIEDERMAN & PIERCE WARNECKE + SUPERNOVA ENSEMBLE

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.France Jobin’s audio art, referred to as
‘sound-sculpture’, distinguishes itself by a minimalist approach to complex
sound environments. Since the mid-1990s, she has crafted meticulous
compositions at the intersection of analog and digital. Her installations
follow a parallel route, integrating musical and visual elements inspired by
the architecture of diverse locations. Jobin has produced numerous solo albums
under various renowned labels and her concerts and installations have been
presented in several cities around the world.Born in Germany in 1977, Markus Heckmann
studied Media-technology at the University of Ilmenau and the Bauhaus
University in Weimar before obtaining in 2006 the position of Technical
Director at Derivative, the maker of TouchDesigner, in Toronto. Heckmann’s
personal works have always tended to combine the aesthetic aspects of
generative computer graphics with the almost physical aspects of light. Apart
from producing visuals and installations for artists like Carsten Nicolai or
applications to control the KineticLights of WHITEvoid, he occasionally takes
care of visual stimuli at techno events under the nickname Wüstenarchitekten.

Near rural Montalegre, an entire mountain may be
destroyed to facilitate a proposed lithium mine. Situated only a few kilometers
from the Rabagao drinking water reservoir, are the villages of Carvalhais and
Rebordelo with the mountain between them. While on one hand, initiatives are
painted green, but with extraction of any kind, there are irreversible impacts
on the landscape, culture and people to be considered.Borders are edges, divisions that separate two
distinct zones: be they political, geographical, historical, social, cultural,
geological, tectonic…They can be natural or manufactured, progressive or
abrupt, actual or perceived, physically visible or drawn on a map, imaginary or
real. Through the use of aerial and land based photogrammetry as a means to
visualize and sonify both real and perceived environmental limits provides a
metaphor for a systemic shift and a point of reflection of our relationship
with environmental extraction. Speaking to the potential ecologically
disastrous imposition of the mining and processing of lithium, Spillover investigates the divisions
that separate us from our natural surroundings and the interplay between
nature, culture, politics and economics. Commissioned by Index 2022, Spillover is a world premiere.