Before the last one stops beating.
A recording of this mechanism and its audio environment.
Montréal.
Let’s listen to the past, now.
From a parking meter’s point of view.

Thanks go to Michel Gonneville for throwing me the idea of composing a symphony for parking meters! Who knows, more movements may turn up…

— Christian Bouchard [English translation: François Couture]

Objet menacé [Endangered object] was realized in 2010 at the composer’s studio and premiered on November 25, 2010 during the concert Électro-chocs 2 celebrating the 20th anniversary of empreintes DIGITALes in the Studio multimédia of the Conservatoire de musique de Montréal (Québec). Thanks to the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec (CALQ).

Premiere

• November 25, 2010, 20 Years of empreintes DIGITALes, Électrochocs 2010-11: Électrochocs 2: Christian Bouchard, Studio multimédia — Conservatoire de musique de Montréal, Montréal (Québec)