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Media Resources
October 7 to November 27, 2011
Various venues at the Artscape Wychwood Barns (601 Christie Street) including:
the NAISA Space (#252), Theatre Direct’s Christie Studio (#170)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - TORONTO, ON – September 26, 2011: - New Adventures in Sound Art is pleased to launch the 10th edition of the SOUNDplay Festival, October 7 to November 27, 2011. A meeting point for experimentation in sound art and new media encouraging new avenues for exploration, SOUNDplay 2011 features interactive installations, performances, screenings and workshops/artist talks.
In a world where technological advancement is seen as being the way to move forward, sound artists are continually challenged to reevaluate their artistic practice in the light of changing technologies. This year's SOUNDplay uses the theme of ABOUT TIME as a starting point for exploring new approaches to artistic creation as artists play with the possibilities of sound by both re-discovering old technologies and venturing into new ground to establish a whole new set of rules for artistic engagement. – Darren Copeland, Artistic Director, New Adventures in Sound Art.
NAISA’s 10th annual SOUNDplay Festival will open with three installations Sonic Spaces: the Kinetics of Sound by Shawn Pinchbeck (Edmonton) continues to run Oct 7 - 29 after its Toronto premiere at Nuit Blanche. Sonic Spaces is a computer interactive sound installation that allows passers-by the opportunity to sonically explore the movement of their bodies through the space by transforming this movement into a multi-channel acousmatic sound environment.
Two more installations will be presented as part of SOUNDplay. Celebrate Halloween with the Sounds Scary Treasure Hunt on October 29 presented during the WCBA’s Boo at the Barns event at the Artscape Wychwood Barns and then drop by the NAISA space any Thursday to Sunday to watch and listen to SOUNDplay Videomusic installation in the window of the NAISA space (Nov 3 – 26, 2011).
The SOUNDplay performances create a cinema for the ear as well as the eye as they combine various new media technologies with sound on the theme of ABOUT TIME as their focus. November 12th includes a Toronto premiere performance by Montreal’s Zazalie Z of her work Sacred Spirit «Sur le territoire des esprits sacré alongside Freida Abtan’s (Montreal) videomusic work Flight of Birds (co-resented by the Toronto Image Society); November 19th includes a performance of Empire by Max Alexander alongside a screening of works chosen from NAISA’s 2010 call for submissions on the theme About Time. November 25th features a new work by Toronto's Kaiser Nietzsche and an improv work by the designer of NAISA's spatialization software, Benjamin Thigpen alongside a screening of Patah by Diego Garro. The final November 26th concert features the winners of the Jeu de Temps / Times Play competition (Fragments by Maxime Corbeil-Perron, Effervescence/Somnolence by Marc-André Perron, Canción de Otraparte (Chanson d'ailleurs) by David Arango Valencia, Scratch by Jullian Hoff, Parasite by Guillaume Barrette, eige cendre by Guillaume Campion) co-presented by the Canadian Electroacoustic Community as part of their 25th anniversary cross-country tour. Also featured is the world premiere of Elephants, Birds, and Bats by Darren Copeland, on the expanded sound-making and listening of these creatures.
SOUNDplay also includes a workshop by Freida Abtan on November 13th co-presented by the Toronto Image Society and an artist talk by Zazalie Z on November 10th co-presented by Le Labo. The final weekend also includes a masterclass by Kevin Austin and an afternoon open colloquium on the 27th that is part of the first stage of a documentation project initiated by Kevin Austin with the aim of gathering and preserving the histories of the first and second generation of pioneers in Canadian electroacoustics.
SOUNDplay Festival is funded in part 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. SOUNDplay Festival co-presenters include the Toronto Image Society, Le Labo and the Canadian Electroacoustic Community (CEC).
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, and SOUNDplay.
SOUNDplay 2011
At various venues at the Artscape Wychwood Barns, 601 Christie Street including:
The NAISA Space (#252), Theatre Direct’s Christie Studio (#170),
and other areas of the Artscape Wychwood Barns
October 7 – November 27, 2011
Performance Pass: $25/$20 / Single Tickets $5 - $15
Installations are Pay What You Can
www.soundplay.ca
NAISA Inquiries & general information:
Nadene Thériault-Copeland
Managing Director, New Adventures in Sound Art
Artscape Wychwood Barns, 601 Christie St #252, Toronto, ON M6G 4C7
Tel 416 652 5115
www.naisa.ca
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Media contact: Michael Postma
416-652-5115
info@naisa.ca
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