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Newsletter for Feb 2009 (Vol.4; Iss.2) (PDF)
Produced by New Adventures in Sound Art
www.naisa.ca
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1) NAISA Youth initiative updates
2) NAISA February/March workshops
3) NAISA space events: Toronto Artist Soiree Feb 28th with Rose Bolton
4) Deep Wireless & Radio Without Boundaries 2009
5) Sound Travels 2009
6) SOUNDplay 2009
7) Related News/Links
CASE conference/retreat June 12-14/09
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1) NAISA Youth Initiative Updates
NAISA worked with youth at St. Mildred's-Lightbourn school in January to create NAISAtrons and make art with sound. NAISA will be participating in an Arts Workshop day as well as putting on a full day workshop at Richmond Hill Secondary School in February. NAISA will also be participating in Theatre Direct’s dynamic 2009 annual school residency Round Trip Home. Classes from five local schools will be engaged in a nine week set of workshops, exploring the theme of home through drama, storytelling, dance, puppetry, music, and sound. NAISA gratefully acknowledges the Ontario Trillium Foundation, an agency of the Government of Ontario, the Laidlaw Foundation, the Ontario Arts Council and the SOCAN foundation for their financial support of its NAISA youth initiative. Upcoming collaborations include participation with the Royal Conservatory Community Outreach's Unsigned Hype programme in May.
The NAISA youth initiative is targeted toward youth at high schools, arts centers and community centers. If you are a teacher or run a community centre and are interested in being a part of this youth initiative, email naisa@naisa.ca. If you are 20-25 and interested in working with youth, please contact naisa@naisa.ca
2) NAISA Workshops February/March
All workshops are @ the NAISA space, 601 Christie St #252 (equipment provided)
Pre-registration required. Call 416 652 5115 or email naisa@naisa.ca to register
Feb 7th, 10am-4pm, $100
PODPOEMS Workshop with Victoria Fenner
A one day skills based hands-on workshop to take you through the whole process ..voicing, recording, editing and uploading to a website.
Feb 21st, 10am-5pm, $100
SOUND AS ART 1 Recording & Editing workshop with Darren Copeland
This workshop is geared towards the budding sound artist, the visual and media artist exploring sound, the community radio programmer wanting to expand their possibilities, and those with a general interest in sound. It will teach basic recording, editing, processing and mixing practices.
Feb 22nd, 10am-4pm, $100
HOW DO I GET MY Wii TO CONTROL SOUND? workshop with Carey Dodge
We will look at a few interfaces such as the Wii and a joystick and go through the process of getting them hooked up to the computer and controlling audio using Max/MSP/Jitter. It will also cover basic mapping techniques to get the controller to do what you want to the sound.
Mar 1st, noon-5pm, $100 (cost includes the $45 NAISAtron kit)
NAISAtron soldering party
The NAISAtron, created for NAISA by Rob Cruickshank, is a small sound sculpture, an electronic gizmo. This workshop is an opportunity to make your own NAISAtron to take home with you. If you haven't soldered, we'll help you with that as well.
3) NAISA Toronto Artist Soirée
February 28th 1-4pm PWYC
(and we mean this literally!)
SOIRÉE - an evening gathering, typically in a private house, for conversation or music. Although it's in the afternoon, the intent is the same: a time for artists to talk about their works, listen to other people's works and network. Featured artist Rose Bolton will be presenting and discussing her recent works. Bring a CD of your own works too and we'll play a sample.
4) DEEP WIRELESS + RADIO WITHOUT BOUNDARIES CONFERENCE 2009
May 1st - 31st, 2009
Deep Wireless is a month-long celebration of radio and transmission art that includes broadcasts, installations, performances, workshops and the Radio Without Boundaries Conference (May 28-30, 2009). Performance dates are May 3, 9, and May 21-30 with more dates TBA and installations running throughout the month. Featured artists include Brandon Labelle, Kristen Roos, François Girouard, Marilyn Lerner, Lisa Pijuan-Nomura, Paulo Pietropaulo, Andra McCartney, Hèléne Prèvost, Iain Reid, and Andrea Dancer with more TBA.
5) SOUND TRAVELS Festival of Sound Art
June 1st - October 1st, 2009
Sound Travels brings sound art to the outdoors on Toronto Island in a way that entices the curious and provides a unique experience each and every year. This 11th edition of the annual festival will once again feature an expanded set of indoor and outdoor interative installations, performances, soundwalks, artist talks and workshops. Featured artists include Nicolas Bernier, Annette Vande Gorne, Ben Thigpen and Barry Prophet with more TBA.
6) SOUNDplay Festival
September 19 to October 30, 2009
SOUNDplay is a meeting point for experimentation in new media and sound art pushing the boundaries and encouraging new fusions of image, sound and text. This 8th edition of the annual festival will once again feature an expanded set of indoor and outdoor interative installations, performances, soundwalks, artist talks and workshops. Artists (with funding to be confirmed) include Don Ritter, Jane Tingley, and the collaborative duos of Pierre Hébert with Stefan Smulovitz and Petra Dubach with Mario van Horrik.
7) RELATED NEWS / LINKS
NEWS: The Canadian Association for Sound Ecology will be holding its 4th Conference/Retreat Negotiating Space/Place in the Changing Soundscape June 12-14, 2009 at the Haven on Gabriola Island, BC. Speakers include Helmi Jarviluoma, Hildegard Westerkamp, Eric Powell, Charlie Fox with more TBA soon. For more information, email case@magma.ca
LINKS
For information about the upcoming Third Coast International Audio Festival http://www.thirdcoastfestival.org
For a chance to listen and download radio pieces check out the public radio exchange http://www.prx.org
To listen to sound works of all stripes go to http://wwwsonus.ca
For listings of most Toronto and area events http://www.upcoming.org; http://www.livewithculture.ca; http://www.torontoartsonline.org
For listings of Montréal events (http://www.laliste.qc.ca)
For listings of Vancouver events http://www.oscillations.ca
For info on the speakers used by New Adventures in Sound Art visit Tannoy's web site http://www.tannoy.com/Ellipse8
Media inquiries & general information:
Nadene Thériault-Copeland
Managing Director, New Adventures in Sound Art
address: Artscape Wychwood Barns, 601 Christie St #252, Toronto, ON M6G 4C7
Phone 416 652 5115; email naisa@naisa.ca
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