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Media Resources
Artscape Wychwood Barns, 601 Christie St #252, Toronto, ON M6G 4C7
naisa@naisa.ca, Tel 416-652-5115; Fax 416-652-5139
October 3 to November 7, 2009
Various venues at the Artscape Wychwood Barns (601 Christie Street) including:
The NAISA Space (#252), Loop Studio Centre for Lively Arts (#170),
As well as the Gladstone Hotel
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - TORONTO, ON - September 21, 2009: - New Adventures in Sound Art is pleased to launch the 8th edition of the SOUNDplay Festival, October 3 to November 7, 2009. A meeting point for experimentation in sound art and new media encouraging new avenues for exploration, SOUNDplay 2009 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 ecology as a starting point for exploring new approaches to artistic creation as artists play with the possibilities of sound in relation to other artistic media and sensory experiences. - Darren Copeland, Artistic Director, New Adventures in Sound Art.
NAISA's will launch SOUNDplay with it's two Nuit Blanche installations (October 3-4) Sound(e)scape, an immersive experience will surround the participant with the sounds of water, air and natural soundscapes and Tree(ipod)installation by Jane Tingley, which evokes the possibility of developing technologies that are nature-centric rather than human-centric in order to breath life back into the idea of an enchanted forest. The installation invites the viewer to walk through an environment, where the location of the body as it moves through the installation space triggers new auditory experiences for both plant and viewer. Tree(ipod)installation will continue weekends only until October 25th.
The SOUNDplay performances create a cinema for the ear as well as the eye as they combine various new media technologies with sound. Included are a Jean Piché (Montreal) Retrospective on October 8th (1999-2009) of works that have been inspirational to the investigation of videomusic; October 16 and 17 (repeat performance) includes a new work by Nancy Tobin (Montreal) and performances by the Contact Contemporary Music Ensemble which integrates sound and image in a performance context; October 23 and 24 (repeat performance) features pioneering Québec animator Pierre Hébert returning to SOUNDplay in a collaborative performance with BC sound artist Stefan Smulovitz using viola, live digital animation and electroacoustics. Also, on the program is Locavore, a survey of recent short animation works created by Toronto artists and curated by Nick Fox-Gieg, presented in partnership with Pleasure Dome.
From October 22nd to 25th, NAISA presents the installation Les Puits by Quebec artists Marie Côté and Olivier Girouard as part of the Gladstone's UpArt curated show. Intrinsically silent ceramic bowls surprise the viewer in Les Puits simply by the act of making sound. The installation's poetic resonance carries them through a place and time that wouldn't be possible without the intersection of the bowls on display and the sound projected through them. The wonder is in this intersection, when the viewer identifies the source of the sound and suddenly, the ceramic bowls are singing.
NAISA presents its first Halloween event with Sounds Scary from October 29 to 31. 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.
The final weekend of SOUNDplay features CONCRETE Toronto, bringing together the international music and sound experiences of Yasuhiro Morinaga from Japan and Toronto's Debashis Sinha for an evening of sound, video and improvisation.
SOUNDplay Festival is partially funded 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.
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 2009
At various venues at the Artscape Wychwood Barns, 601 Christie Street including:
The NAISA Space (#252), Loop Studio Centre for Lively Arts (#170),
As well as the Gladstone Hotel
October 3 - November 7, 2009
Performance Pass: $35/$30 / Single Tickets $15/$10
Nuit Blanche events free / 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: Francine Labelle/flINK
416 654-4406
labellefrancine@rogers.com
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