NuitBlanche

You Are Here
Lewis Kaye
Sound Art

You Are Here, a series of aural premonitions or a meditation on the animation of city space, creates a portable audio forum located in your personal MP3 player. Listen to Lewis Kaye on your headphones. Each track, composed in collaboration with some of the exhibiting artists, is a sonic invitation to an artwork. A portable piece downloaded prior to the exhibition, cityscape meets soundscape in this official audio guide made up of your arrangement of site-specific binaural recordings. Participation is an instrument of its composition. Plan your journey to the end of the night according to the sounds of each artwork in a personal play-list. Listen on site to your customized audio guide, as the sounds of the recordings resonate with the existing city sounds. . . and you. Make noise with a network of active listeners, a new impromptu community, a soundtrack for the city, formed while You Are Here. . .

An MP3 player is recommended, but not required to participate. Download at the nearest internet café or visit the Listening Station at the Zone A Information Hub.

Lewis Kaye is a sound artist and doctoral candidate at York and Ryerson Universities in Toronto.

Thank you: Anne Cloutier, Henry Ng, all the participating artists and curators, and Jon Sasaki and Dave Dyment at Mercer Union.

Map location: Zone Hub
Village of Yorkville Park (Cumberland Street and Bellair Street)

You Are Here instructions
1) Download each track to your personal computer and add them to your favoured MP3 player software (e.g. iTunes, WinAmp, etc.) library.
2) Create a playlist specifically for Scotiabank Nuit Blanche, and download this playlist to your portable MP3 player.
3) Listen to the tracks wherever and whenever you like: at home, on the TTC, at each track location, and especially on the night of Nuit Blanche itself. Enjoy!

***Please note that while you can play the tracks on a normal stereo speaker system, You Are Here is a binaural audio project specifically designed for personal stereos. For full effect, each track should be listened to with headphones.

ZONE A AUDIO FILES

A3 - Toronto Heliconian Club (7.91 MB)

A5 - Church of the Redeemer, basement steps (5.54 MB)

A6 - Royal Ontario Museum construction site (3.28 MB)

A8 - Philosopher's Walk, north of Hoskin Ave (6.48 MB)

A9 - McLaughlin Planetarium, entrance (7.78 MB)

A10 - The Lester B. Pearson Garden for Peace and Understanding (3.93 MB)

A1 - Village of Yorkville Park (6.38 MB)

A7 - Philosopher's Walk, at SW corner of Royal Ontario Museum (5.30 MB)

A[i] - [MSC] - Hidden Toronto (6.34 MB)

ZONE B AUDIO FILES

B[i] - St Patrick Station, entrance (6.14 MB)