Sound Travels: Festival of Sound Art
Presented by: New Adventures In Sound Art
Aural senses will be stimulated, challenged and delighted with outdoor sound sculptures, sound installations and sound walks on Toronto Island this summer.
KEY DATES
SIGN WAVES INDOOR INTERACTIVE INSTALLATIONS
July 23-Sep 3 Sundays 2-6 pm PWYC (recommended $5)
Opening reception with the artists 2-6pm July 23rd
St. Andrew-by-the-Lake Church
The indoor portion of Sign Waves 2006 at St. Andrew-by-the-Lake on Centre Island will include the interactive installations Aur(e)ality by Lori Beckstead and Journées Sonores: Canal de Lachine by Andra McCartney with interactive design by Don Sinclair as well as the visually stimulating Sound Travels Documents by Stefan Rose with accompanying Listening Gallery. Also included each Sunday afternoon in and around the church will be Reena Katz's Air Born, an audio installation in which listeners will tune into a history in reverse of the Toronto Islands and the urban development issues that have marked their existence as part of our city.
SOUND TRAVELS SOUNDwalk series
every Sunday, July 23 - Sept 3 at 1:30pm and 5pm FREE
1:30pm SOUNDwalks begin at Ward's Island at island-side ferry docks
5pm SOUNDwalks begin at St. Andrew by-the-Lake church
The SOUNDwalks will feature some of the many interesting acoustic sound marks on Toronto Island with some special attractions along the way.
SIGN WAVES OUTDOOR SOUND INSTALLATION:
SONIC BOARDWALK by Kristi Allik & Robert Mulder
open 24/7 until October 1st
Sonic Boardwalk is a sound installation that generates a microsound landscape activated by the kinetic imprint of passing visitors. The work has been installed on a section of the boardwalk on Toronto Island between Wards Island and Centre Island on the south side. The installation's microsounds can be perceived as a mapping and modeling of certain aural characteristics of various bell sounds, enabling the boardwalk pedestrian to 'create' their own hybrid acoustic ecology consisting of an 'orchestra' of natural and sounds.
Please stay tuned for the opening date of the second Sign Waves Outdoor Installation: Barry Prophet's Synthecycletron, a site-specific sound sculpture on which participants will generate power by pedaling which will in turn activate synthesizers and generate sounds.
SOUND TRAVELS PERFORMANCE WEEKEND HIGHLIGHTS
WEEKEND PASS $18 / $35 includes 3 return ferry passes
GUERILLA SOUND ART EVENTS
August 11, 12 and 13
Directed by Peter Hatch with a number of guest artists.
Works by Peter Hatch, Debashis Sinha, Nilan Perera, Julia Male + more. These guerilla performances will happen on Centre and Ward's Island during SOUNDwalks that begin on Ward's Island where the ferry dock lands
August 11th & 12th @ 6:30pm & August 12th & 13th @ 1:30pm
Guerilla Sound Art Events are short 'spontaneous' performance art pieces that draw attention to the contemporary urban soundscape. While often humorous in nature, they also bring attention to both the noise and recognizable 'soundmarks' of urban life, calling for a more active role in shaping our urban soundscapes. Sound Travels 2006 will feature Guerilla Sound Art events by Peter Hatch and four Toronto emerging artists
LIGHT AND SOUND CONCERT
August 11, 2006 8pm / $5 at the door
St. Andrew by-the-Lake church, Toronto Island
A musical interplay between sound and silence and darkness and light using the extremes of sonic and visual perception, the Friday night Sound Travels concert will include the multi-media work beshadowed by Bernhard Gal for Flute, cello, light and sound projection as well as the world premiere of Darren Copeland's Let Me Out. This concert will be followed by an artist Q&A with Peter Hatch, Darren Copeland and Bernhard Gal.
ARTIST & WEEKEND PASS-HOLDER RECEPTION
August 12 2006 begins at 1:30pm
with SOUNDwalk and Guerilla sound art performances
beginning at Ward's Island Ferry Dock
A wine and cheese reception for the artists and weekend pass-holders where artists get the chance to meet each other and share their perspectives and interests.
MULTI-CHANNEL CONCERT
August 12, 2006 8pm / $5 at the door
St. Andrew by-the-Lake church, Toronto Island
This multi-channel concert will explore the beautiful natural acoustics of St. Andrew-by-the-Lake Church with a new 12-channel surround system designed by artistic director Darren Copeland that features the physical control over the movement of sound above and around the audience. Works featured include Masques et Parades by Stéphane Roy, Denis Smalley's Wind Chimes, John Young's Virtual, a selection from Clear Dawn for tape and Japanese Shoh performed by Toronto-based sound artist Sarah Peebles, the soundscape work Addy en el país de las frutas y los chunches by Francisco López and brief candle by the software programmer of the new system Ben Thigpen.
OUTDOOR SITE-SPECIFIC performance
A TREE IN THE MIDDLE by Carey Dodge
for percussion, horn, violin/electronics, double bass and computer
August 13, 2006 3pm / $5 at the door (begins inside church)
St. Andrew by-the-Lake church, Toronto Island
Tree in The Middle is a performance about music in motion. Set around a tree on Toronto Island, the audience joins the musicians on a playful journey through an exploration of moving music and sound.
Sound Travels festival of Sound Art is partially funded by the government of Canada through the Department of Canadian Heritage, the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council, the Toronto Arts Council and the SOCAN foundation. Thanks also to Diffusion i Media (http://www.electrocd.com) for their ongoing support.
New Adventures in Sound Art is a non-profit organization that produces performances and installations spanning the entire spectrum of electroacoustic and experimental sound art. Included in its Toronto productions are: Deep Wireless, Sound Travels, Sign Waves and SOUNDplay.
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Starts: Jul 8, 2006 Ends: Oct 1, 2006
At: St. Andrews-by-the-Lake Church, Centre Island, Toronto
Playing: Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Times: Vary
Cost: Free with some recommended donations
Getting there:
For more information contact:
Nadene Thériault-Copeland
Phone:
416.910.7231
Email:
naisaSPAMFILTER@naisa.ca
