Steve Heimbecker
Since studying Fine Arts at the Alberta College of Art, Calgary (1977-1980), Steve Heimbecker (b.1959, Saskatchewan) of Montréal, has presented his fine art, audio art installations, and multi channel sound performances in Canada and Internationally. In the mid 1980's he was playing in art-punk bands including The Beat Apostles, The Edible Pumplin, and the Friendlys. In 1987 he was commissioned by the Music Gallery in Toronto to build a 7 meter tall, 500 KG wind chime for the exhibition Soundescape. In 1992, he created Engine, his first octaphonic sound composition, and soon began inventing and building his own multi channel sound systems. For these systems Heimbecker developed specialized multi channel audio recording and production techniques and concepts. His sculptures, installations, and compositions since 1992 continue to explore these concerns. In 2003, Heimbecker completed the 64 channel, Wind Array Cascade Machine and the 2880 LED installation POD, which won an Honorary Mention in interactive media at Prix Ars Electronica in 2005. In 2006, in Riga, Latvia at WAVES, he exhibited Paravent, a wind generated video and sound installation where the video screen is the multi channel sound system. He continues to work with immersive sound, such as his Songs of Place series and is currently building a 3200 watt, 64 channel sound diffusion system called the Turbulence Sound Matrix.
His compositions have been broadcast on radio, web, and television. Heimbecker has published articles, and produced audio cassettes, CDs, and DVDs, including his recent DVD 5.1 box set and book “Songs of Place” (2005), co-published by OBORO, Montréal.
Over his career, Heimbecker has been supported by arts awards from the Canada Council for the Arts, Canadian Heritage (IPOLC), the Conseil des arts et des lettres Québec, the Daniel Langlois Foundation, the Saskatchewan Arts Board, and the Alberta Foundation for the Arts.
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His compositions have been broadcast on radio, web, and television. Heimbecker has published articles, and produced audio cassettes, CDs, and DVDs, including his recent DVD 5.1 box set and book “Songs of Place” (2005), co-published by OBORO, Montréal.
Over his career, Heimbecker has been supported by arts awards from the Canada Council for the Arts, Canadian Heritage (IPOLC), the Conseil des arts et des lettres Québec, the Daniel Langlois Foundation, the Saskatchewan Arts Board, and the Alberta Foundation for the Arts.
http://www3.sympatico.ca/qubeassm/about.html