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Where is Kaiser Wilhelm's Head? takes the form of a treasure hunt inviting visitors to explore and physically interact with the area in and around Kitchener City Hall. Visitors are provided with a kit that includes a map, a series of clues, and tools that helps them navigate the terrain. The treasure hunt makes use of existing architecture, landscape, and history, as well as interventions produced by the artists.

The purpose of the treasure hunt is to find Kaiser Wilhelm's head, which disappeared in 1915 creating a mystery that is still unsolved. Clues will take the form of photographic images, video loops, sound, sculptural objects, and text.

The treasure hunt is a vehicle that provides visitors with an interactive and expansive experience of the Kitchener City Hall area and of contemporary art practices. It is a non-linear form where experience takes place and which engages the visitor in the act of discovery. The treasure hunt provides an experience of art that is playful, pleasurable, challenging and accessible to a broad audience. Thanks to: Melissa Gordon, Rych Mills, Andrew Wright, Gordon McLaughlin, & Corporate Records Management Section of the City of Kitchener.

S.U.R.G.E. is made up of three Montreal artists who have worked together informally for a number of years. Collectively their work encompasses a range of interests and disciplines including video, installation, sound, performance, and interactive digital technologies.

Bound by a commitment to reexamine traditional models of art making they seek to create more participatory and sensorial interventions that draw from shared interests and a collective pool of talent.