Jen Reimer

About

Jen Reimer is a sound artist and performer based in Montréal known for creating site-specific performances in resonant urban locations: abandoned warehouses, viaducts, underground tunnels and metro stations. Her work in collaboration with Max Stein (Montréal Sound Map) combines horn, ambient sound, field recordings and the inherent sonic environment to create an immersive experience in the space itself. In 2012 they released a 10″ record of their performance in the St-Urbain underpass in Montréal.

Jen received a Bachelor of Music in composition and performance from the University of Alberta and a Graduate Diploma in performance from Concordia University. In 2008 and 2009 she was an Artist in Residence at the Banff Centre for the Arts.

She has toured internationally and performed in various festivals including Suoni per Il Popolo, HTMlles, Montréal Highlights Festival, 2nd Annual Performance Art Festival (GR) and Nuit Sonores (FR). She plays drums in UN with Kara Keith. They have performed in various festivals including Pop Montréal, SXSW, NXNE & Sled Island.

Projects

JEN REIMER & MAX STEIN

GENERATOR MONTREAL

Works

Wellington Tunnel

November 15, 2012 – Wellington Tunnel, Griffintown (Montréal)

Performance in collaboration with Adam Basanta (responsive light bulbs)

An immersive and transportive sound and light performance in an abandoned 200 meter-long tunnel under the Lachine Canal. The piece combined processed horn, layered ventilation sounds, field recordings and 12 sound responsive light bulbs. The light and sound guided the audience through the dark and resonant space, and grew in intensity as they neared the end of the tunnel.

Credits

Performance by Jen Reimer + Max Stein + Adam Basanta
Curated by StudioXX, Jen Reimer & Gambletron
Presented as part of HTMlles Festival 10 - 2012

Photos by Thien V & Lenka Novak
Video captured by Lenka Novak
Sound captured by Julian Stein

Photo

Video

St-Urbain Underpass

June 8, 2011 & June 11, 2012 – St-Urbain Underpass, Mile End (Montréal)

An immersive multi-channel sound performance in a high-traffic 200 meter long underpass. The intention of the piece was to create a soundscape of layered harmony and field recordings that responded to the dense transient activity taking place in the space. The piece used the volume and density of the cars, bicycles and trains driving through and overhead in such a way that they became another instrument in the music and created wave-like sound movements throughout the piece.

Credits

Performance by Jen Reimer + Max Stein
Curated in collaboration with Suoni per Il Popolo and Eric Mattson
Presented as part of the Suoni per Il Popolo Festival 2011/12 and Ghosts of Public Spaces/Actions!

Photos by Zsofia Zambo, Louis Rastelli, Marcella Moser, Ximena Holuigue & Alannah Clamp
Video captured by Marcella Moser and Jordan Mackenzie
Sound captured by Lisa Gamble/ Mastered by James Plotkin

Photo

Sound

Métro de la Concorde

September 28, 2012 – Metro de la Concorde, Laval

An immersive, multi-channel soundscape created in response to the ambient ventilation grates surrounding the Métro de la Concorde complex. The piece incorporated ventilation drones, field recordings and processed horn amplified through 3 speakers facing downward on 3 resonant ventilation grates. The audience was encouraged to walk around the outdoor complex as well as inside the Métro station to experience the piece from different perspectives.

Credits

Performance by Jen Reimer + Max Stein
Presented as part of AUDIOPARC
Curated by Magali Babin & Galerie Verticale

Photos by A. Bellavance & Magali Babin

Photo

Abandoned Warehouse

October 31, 2011- Abandoned Warehouse on Parc & Vanhorne (Montréal)

Credits

Performance by Alek & Ewa (projections), Jen Reimer, Gambletron, DJ Otherpeoplesmusic
Photos by Alek & Ewa

Photo

Métro Square Victoria

February 11, 2010- Rotunda at Métro Square Victoria (Montréal)

An immersive multi-channel sound performance that inhabited the highly resonant and transient rotunda in Square Victoria Métro. The piece combined field recordings and harmony from the location and the inherent sonic environment to create an immersive and embodying sonic experience for those walking through.

Credits

Performance by Jen Reimer & Max Stein
Sound captured by Julian Stein/ Mastered by James Plotkin

Photo

Sound

Auto Draft

Goethe Institut

March 2, 2013- Goethe Institut (Montréal)

An interactive audiovisual performance and installation that blurs the perceptual boundaries of sound and moving image. Duality of indoor and outdoor space envelopes live and recorded video combined with an immersive multi-channel soundscape for processed horn and field recordings. This combination of visual and sonic landscape, colored by flow of streetlights and echoes of the performer, traces the movement of traffic outside and mixes with the activity taking place inside. Large glass panels, on both interior and exterior of the performance space, become projection surfaces and invite visitors to experience the work from the street, as well as, within the Goethe-Institut.