amon tobin released the audio project montreal friend scale on Art Blocks Curated in 2022. An Art Blocks project page describes the work as a literal visual representation of a sonic concept. Tobin also played a projection-mapped concert at Coachella, which Erick Calderon has named as the experience that inspired him to write his own projection-mapping software.
By 2009 Tobin was among the guest artists on Mary Anne Hobbs' experimental show on BBC Radio 1. In 2022, montreal friend scale was one of the new Art Blocks Curated drops. The artists behind the Art Blocks series l.o name montreal friend scale alongside Flux by Owen Moore as works exploring questions about the audiovisual medium. Tobin was one of 20 featured artists in “Milestones: A History of Generative Breakthroughs on Art Blocks”, curated by Kate Vass at the AB Gallery in Marfa. In that exhibition, montreal friend scale was listed among the audio projects.
