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The Mississauga Office of the Arts and Culture in collaboration with New Adventures in Sound Art, Erin Meadows Community Centre and Library, Mississauga Arts Council and the Art Gallery of Mississauga will serve up an audio feast in celebration of Art's Birthday on January 17th on the theme Ecology: water, sound, air. Swim with Fish (sounds) during the public swim, create your own art trading cards, learn how electronic gizmos work (NAISAtron and micro-radio transmitters) from the youth that made them, take a SOUNDwalk, step up to the mic (during open-mic) and of course there will be birthday cake! The entire event will be web-streamed on www.CKLN.fm . Bound not by transmission medium, weather or creative genre, Art's Birthday will be a feast of the acoustic imagination.
noon - 8 pm
Saturday, January 17, 2009
Erin Meadows Community Centre and Library
2800 Erin Centre Blvd, Mississauga, ON (click here for map)
FREE Admission
ART'S BIRTHDAY 2009: Ecology: Water, Air, Sound.
Art's Birthday (Installation) by Alison S.M. Kobayashi
Noon - 8 pm
Main Entrance
Inspired by the music video, Comic Strip, and by a 1960s fantasy future, Mississauga artist Alison Kobayashi installs colourful balloons with sound words, BLOPP, ZIP, SCRATCH and WHIZZ. Check out her installation all month long in the library.
Art on Air live at Erin Meadows Community Centre and Library
Noon - 8 pm
Location: on-site and on-line at www.ckln.fm
Chandra Bulucon and Shannon Cochrane are live on-air hosts for the day's activities and will introduce broadcast feeds of the performances and installations at Erin Meadows. This broadcast will be hosted online at www.ckln.fm
and picked up by an international partnership of Art's Birthday netcasting revellers on the eternal network at artsbirthday.net
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Walk with the Fish (sound installation) by Darren Copeland
Noon - 8 pm
Main Lobby
Ever wonder what a fish sounds like? Do you really think shrimp are silent? Discover the sounds of shrimp, lobster, and varieties of fish underwater while you walk in the corridor of the community centre. Fish recorded around Gabriola Island, BC by Andreas Kahre.
Underground Garage Sale
Noon - 7 pm
Gonzaga Café
Join local emerging artists in the trade and sale of original crafts and quirky goods. This popular Mississauga event also offers a sample of sounds from the City's up-and coming musicians.
Artist Trading Cards
Noon - 6 pm
Art Room
Kids of all ages are invited! Make your own original artist cards to trade with friends and other artists. All supplies and instruction provided.
Clatter Bang Noisy Family Storytime
Noon, 2 pm, 4 pm
Location: Library Meeting Room
Join us for an energetic family storytime that will have you and your kids jumping, clapping, and spinning all around. A noisy and funny storytime selection for all ages!
Listening Gallery
Noon - 8 pm
Featuring Radio DJ Demos and electronic gizmos at noon and 3 pm
Location: Library Computer Lab
At noon and 3 pm, students from St. Aloysius Gonzaga Separate School demonstrate their transmitters and NAISAtrons. Hear soundscapes on radios nearby as well as on CD players and library computer terminals, which will be your portal to the Mississauga Sound Map - a collection of Mississauga sound-bytes arranged on a Google map. The Mississauga Sound Map is currently available online at www.acousticecology.ca.
Add your sound art to the Mississauga Sound Map!
There will be someone here to upload sounds to the soundmap brought in on your CD or cellphone. Or create your unique soundscape on the spot during a SOUNDwalk.
Drip Machine (Installation) by Gintas Tirilis
Noon - 8 pm
Location: TBD - Bathroom
Mississauga artist Gintas Tirillis utilizes water as a conductor to amplify the sound experience of a dripping faucet.
Brown Bag Puppet Jam (puppet-musicians) featuring David Powel and Christine Duncan
TBA
Take a half hour break from your reading to watch David create a performance with puppets that make sound. Stick around for vocal improviser Christine Duncan, who will involve the participants on-hand in an impromptu performance accompanied by an all puppet band.
SOUNDwalks
1:30 pm, 3:30 pm
Tours start at Library Foyer
Participants are invited to take a guided SOUNDwalk. They can also record short segments of sounds they hear and have them uploaded to a computer, and showcased on a soundmap.
Swim with the Fish (underwater soundtrack for swimming) by Darren Copeland
1:35 - 3:00 pm
Swimming Pool
* pool fees apply
Ever wonder what a fish sounds like? Do you really think shrimp are silent? Discover the sounds of shrimp, lobster, and varieties of fish underwater during the public swimming hour. Fish recorded around Gabriola Island, BC by Andreas Kahre.
Solos for Art
2 pm
(Hip/Hop Workshop), 3 pm
(Theatre Presentation), 4pm
(Poetry Slam)
Library
Mississauga Arts Council presents a selection of local artist performances, featuring dance, theatre and spoken word programmes. Learn the heart pounding, street moves of Dancer/Choreographer Kareem Byfield; watch Liberty Junction Theatre Co. in action, and be entertained by poets Cheryl Antao-Xavier and Pratap Reddy among several others.
Solos for Art: Open Mic
5 - 7 pm
Library
Mississauga Arts Council invites local artists to the stage for 10 minute sets for a variety show hosted by Singer/Songwriter Mike Celia, brimming with surprise, magic and occasional genius. Sign up on the spot (if space is still available), or sign-up in advance by calling 905-615-4278 today!
Happy Birthday Art! (Performance)
7:15 pm
Swimming Pool Area
Join the Mississauga Children's Choir and guest artist Christine Duncan as they perform a unique rendition of Happy Birthday. The performance takes advantage of the pool room's acoustics as the Choir and audience stage their birthday rendition around the swimming pool. Afterwards Christine Duncan will lead one and all in a processional performance out of the pool area to the lobby to unveil the Art's Birthday cake.
Art's Birthday was proposed in 1963 by French artist Robert Filliou to celebrate the presence of art in our lives. It has since been celebrated on January 17 as an annual exchange-art event by a collection of artists and artist organizations around the world.
This marks the second year of Art's Birthday celebrations in Mississauga that explores performance, installations and exchange-art. Explorations with telecommunications have long been part of this event in which artists from around the world unite over radio waves, via the Internet, and through mail art. As Mississauga forges its new identity for the 21 st century, communications are key to its development, and the activities for Art's Birthday are a perfect forum for exploring creative ways to interface with local and global communities.
Happy Birthday ART!
Presented by:
Office of Arts and Culture, City of Mississauga
New Adventures in Sound Art (NAISA)
Erin Meadows Community Centre and Library
Mississauga Arts Council
Art Gallery of Mississauga
With the assistance of:
CKLN
Mississauga Children's Choir
St. Aloysius Gonzaga Separate School
Underground Garage Sale
NAISA would like to thank the following for their support of this program:
Trillium Foundation
Ontario Arts Council
Laidlaw Foundation
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