Residency | Deep Wireless 2004

Illustration: Prashant Miranda

A Celebration of Radio Art

Produced by
New Adventures in Sound Art

Darren Copeland Artistic Director

May 1 to 31 2004

Toronto
Canada

Commissioning and Residency Program

News: the Deep Wireless/CBC Outfront commissioned works will be presented on Thursday May 20th, Monday May 24th, Tuesday May 25th, and Wednesday May 26th. Tune in to Outfront on CBC Radio One at 11:45 AM, Monday through Thursday.

New Adventures in Sound Art will once again sponsor the Deep Wireless commissioning and residency program, co-produced with CBC Radio's "Out Front" and Charles Street Video, that was begun with Deep Wireless 2003. Four Canadian artists - Marilyn Lerner, Sylvi MacCormac, Marian van der Zon, and Richard Windeyer - were selected from a Canada-wide call for submissions to produce a work for both CBC's "Out Front" radio broadcast and for the Deep Wireless 2004 "Radio Theatre" presentations.

It is with great pride that we can also announce that Reena Katz, one of the Deep Wireless 2003 commissioned artists, won the best new artist award for her piece "Can You Say Haa" at the 2003 Third Coast Festival .

The 2004 Deep Wireless commissions will be broadcast on CBC Radio from May 24-27, 2004 with spatialized versions being presented on May 28th & 29th, 2004 as part of the "Radio Theatre" performances at the Latvian
House, 491 College St. W., Toronto. The four commissioned artists will also be giving a short artist talk at the Deep Wireless "Radio Without Boundaries" conference (May 28-30, 2004).

Artists in Residence

Marilyn Lerner (web site)

Montreal born pianist Marilyn Lerner is known for her work in the jazz, improvised,sound art and Yiddish music fields. She has performed and recorded extensively over the past ten years both in Canada and internationally. Marilyn has written for film, theatre, radio and television. She has performed with the likes of Tito Puente, Gerry Hemingway, and Steve Lacy. Her most recent recordings are "Special Angel,"a duo project with Sonny Greenwich, and a CD of solo improvised piano, entitled "Luminance."

"Jamming with the past," will be an audio exploration of Marilyn's family and Jewish roots from her perspective as a musician.

sylvi macCormac
(web site)

sylvi macCormac works with voices, instruments and environmental recordings from her own library as well as the archives of the World Soundscape Project at Simon Fraser University, where she studied composition with Barry Truax. In 1999 sylvi received the Marcia Award for Electroacoustic Art at SFU and honourable mention at the 26e Concours International de Musique Electroacoustique in Bourges France for 'Waves of Kokoro'.

"Deconstructing Abuse"- Disdainful voices worm their way inside my head till out in the open they are revealed to have no substance and I find the strength of my own spirit soaring in the soundscape.

Marian van der Zon

Marian van der Zon is a multi-disciplinary artist who delves into sound art, sound documentary, writing and spoken word performance. She has a background in Women's Studies and is presently concluding a Master's degree in Mass Media Studies at Concordia University. Marian's interests are varied, but often return to an examination of voice, morality, and women's issues. Marian hosted and contributed to Victoria radio station CFUV's Stirfry (VIPIRG) for several years, and produced pieces for Montreal's CKUT and CBC radio in Victoria. She continues to experiment with low wattage transmitters, broadcasting through TAR (Temporary Autonomous Radio) and encouraging "Radio Karaoke." When she is not dabbling with the musical stylings of Victoria basement bands Tailgate Party or Five Year Plan, she is usually found wandering the mountains of British Columbia.

"Speaking the Truth of the Moment"- a quest to discover the ethics and effects of using brute honesty to negotiate the complexity of sexual and non-sexual relationships: Is the truth of the moment sufficient? Where do my moral boundaries lie?

Richard Windeyer (web site)

Richard Windeyer creates music, sound and visuals for experimental theatre and integrated media projects. When not working with performance group Bluemouth Inc. Presents, he collaborates with laptop trio FINGER, and the Open Ears Music Festival. In 2000, he co-directed The Toronto Sound Mosiac with Darren Copeland. Richard is currently working on a set of pieces for live percussion and laptop.

"In Silent Time" will be a study in contrasts, contemplating the different forms of "silence" experienced by my Great Uncle (a 1920's movie house "trap" drummer) and myself, a shy teenager who used drumming as a means of escape. On the one hand, silent movies: On the other hand, silent nephew.