SOUNDplay Installations

Sounds Scary, a Halloween Treasure Hunt
Oct 27, 5-10pm, FREE
Various locations at the Artscape Wychwood Barns
Part of the Boo in the Barns event

Go on a Halloween sound treasure hunt at the Artscape Wychwood Barns and then learn about the secrets behind how sounds are made in the movies.

Room Dynamics by Adam Basanta
Oct 27 to Dec 1, 2012
Fri (12-3) & Sat (10-2) – Admission by Donation
Special Opening Night Performance, October 27, 8 pm
NAISA Space, Artscape Wychwood Barns, 601 Christie Street #252, Toronto

Room Dynamics is an audiovisual installation consisting of 12 incandescent light bulbs and 14 channels of sound. The 12 bulbs - each coupled to a small audio speaker hanging above the bulb - are arranged into a permeable site-responsive media architecture which both occupies the gallery space and is in dialog with its surrounding architectural character. The media architecture is animated by a generative, algorithmic, multi-modal composition, exploring the perceptual and affective states arising from the interactions of dynamic media architectures and the material architectures within which they are embedded. The 12 "points" of light and sound - perceived as "sounding bulbs" - manifest various dynamic behavioural states, ranging from individual activities to collective operation. Each subsequent behavioural state exerts itself on its surrounding environment: reshaping its appearance and volume, creating movement and changes in perspective. Through these activities, the gallery space is activated: making available architectural features, articulating navigable pathways, “colouring” and “shading” the experiential space through which the spectator navigates.

Videovoce by Laurel MacDonald
Oct 27, 2012 to Nov 24, 2012
Fri (12-3) & Sat (10-2)
A window installation @ the NAISA Space,
Artscape Wychwood Barns, 601 Christie Street #252, Toronto
Plus Live Performances – Nov 9, 2012 @ Factory media arts centre and
Nov 10, 2012, 8 pm @ NAISA Space

Installation Experimental video work by Laurel MacDonald, initially developed for use in her live solo performances. Nenia Sirenes and BenSolo are both animation works; Virgoscillo and Ad Superni are each lens-based works, using video and film respectively.

Virgoscillo 2008
2:44 : HD video : stereo sound
Video, Voice and music arrangement by Laurel MacDonald
arrangement of O Virgo Splendens, anonymous, late 14th century from the Llibre Vermell de Montserrat, Montserrat monastery, Catalonia

Nenia Sirenes 2008
5:11 : HD video: stereo sound
Video by Laurel MacDonald
Music Composition by Philip Strong

Ad Superni 2008
3:32 : super 8 film : stereo sound
Video, Voice and music arrangement by Laurel MacDonald\
arrangement of Ad Superni regis decus, Magister Albericus, Archiepiscopus Bituricensis,12th century, from the Codex Calixtinus, Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela

BenSolo 2009
4:18 : HD video : stereo sound
Vocals and Animation by Laurel MacDonald
Music Composition by Philip Strong

Installations

Room Dynamics by Adam Basanta
Oct 27 - Dec 1, Fridays noon - 3pm, Saturdays 10am - 2pm, PWYC (suggested $5)
special opening night performances, October 27 @ 8pm in the NAISA Space

Videovoce Installation by Laurel MacDonald
Oct 27 - Dec 1, Fridays noon - 3pm, Saturdays 10am - 2pm, PWYC

Sounds Scary, a Halloween Treasure Hunt
Oct 27, 5-10pm, FREE