“Amidst a swarming of stars, the suspended city, a world reduced to its own radiance and punched with black holes through which escape the sleep, dreams, nightmares, insomnia, night shifts, and crimes of mankind.” — Jean-Luc Nancy, la ville au loin [free translation]

s/t w/t was realized as part of the collaboration project Montréal Sound Matter, which brought together eight sound artists. The rule was to use a shared sound bank of field recordings made in Montréal. “Far from being a postcard, these sound portraits suggest an abstract view of Montréal made up of fragments modeled or transformed to the liking of the artists. Through these places turned into non-places and thus more or less unrecognizable, s/t w/t presents a feeling of the city.” — Esther Bourdages

— Chantal Dumas [English translation: François Couture, x-09]

Produced by Quartier Éphémère, July-August 2006, Montréal. Initiated by Francisco López and coordinated by Esther Bourdages.