Inflow Polyphony

Inflow Polyphony

Inflow Polyphony is a site-specific architectural projection mapping and soundscape that transforms the historic William Street Pumping Station facade into a canvas of light and sound. Drawing directly from public feedback collected to envision the site’s future, the piece interprets collective memories, and new imaginings into a moving collage, where imagery, animation, field recordings, and music dance with one another through an interplay of pacings, rhythms and tones. Bringing together the site's past as a water source and its future as a community gathering place, the piece invites passersby to pause, reflect, and see their collective voices woven into the fabric of Waterloo’s shared urban future.

About the Artist

Sound artist, percussionist, improvisor, and explorer of found objects, Germaine Liu (Hong Kong born, Cantonese-Chinese-Canadian) works and plays in multi-modalities. Her work indulges in the permeability between touch/movement/sound, and their relationship to topography and circumstance. Named a Toronto artist to watch by Now Magazine in 2018 and nominated for the 2025 Johanna Metcalf Performing Arts Prize, her interest has been dedicated to creating multi-modal scenarios as sites for meaningful gatherings that investigate the dimensions of generosity. With desires to create collaborative joyful spaces, Germaine aims to celebrate interdependent collectivism in her work.

Meghan Cheng is a violinist and new media artist and violinist based in Toronto, Ontario. Cheng creates audio visual installations for live performances, galleries and public spaces. She explores how technology is used to bring attention to the human experience and the natural world around us. She creates audiovisual installations in the form of light sculptures, projection mapping or screen-based work.

Mark Zurawinski is an improvisor, sound designer and audio engineer. Inspired by the tangibility of sound, and the fluidity of texture and time, Mark's work investigates the inner worlds of sounding objects through the play of field recordings, found percussion, and electro-acoustic processing. Mark has recorded, mixed, and mastered works for artists across Canada, is an editor and producer for acclaimed podcasts, and has created music and sound design for film, dance, theatre, and multimedia installations through collaborations with the Museum of Contemporary Art Toronto, Mocean Dance Halifax, Nuit Blanche, The Bentway Toronto, The Music Gallery, UnDrum Festival Montreal, Canadian Creative Music Network, and partner Germaine Liu.

Location
William Street Lot
ARTIST
Germaine Liu, Meghan Cheng, Mark Zurawinsk
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