Programme Listings

10th annual SOUNDplay Festival
October 7 - November 27, 2011
Various venues at Artscape Wychwood Barns (601 Christie St)

Performance Pass $25/$20 / Single Tickets $5 - $15
Installations Pay What You Can

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.

INSTALLATIONS

Sonic Spaces (the Kinetics of Sound) by Shawn Pinchbeck
Continues to October 29, Fridays noon-3pm, Saturdays 10am - 2pm
PWYC (recommended donation $5), The NAISA Space (#252), 601 Christie St,

Sonic Spaces (the Kinetics of Sound) is a computer interactive sound installation. The impetus behind this work is to allow 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.

Sounds Scary Treasure Hunt
October 29, 5-8pm during the WBCA BOO! at the Barns event
FREE, Various locations at the Artscape Wychwood Barns, 601 Christie St.

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.

SOUNDplay Videomusic Installation
November 3 - 26, Thursday – Sunday, 10am - 2pm
FREE, The NAISA Space (#252), 601 Christie St.

An international collection of videomusic works selected from the 2011 NAISA call for submissions on the theme of About Time will be on display in the NAISA Space window. Included are Empire by Max Alexander, Baudrichord by Bjørn Erik Haugen, A pale shade of Grey by Bjørn Erik Haugen, 62931-62943 by Grady Gerbracht, Filling by Laurie Radford and fuzee by Louise Harris.

PERFORMANCES & SCREENINGS

The Flight of Birds and Sacred Spirits
Live Videomusic Performances by Freida Abtan and Zazalie Z
Co-presented by the Toronto Animated Image Society
Nov 12, 8 pm, $15/10
Theatre Direct's Christie Studio, 601 Christie #170

Included are videomusic performance-screenings by two Montreal artists: Freida Abtan combines electroacoustic sound art with evocative HD animation realized in Max/MSP and After Effects and Zazalie Z, a dynamic vocal performer, combines her experimental vocal practice with video art. Flight of Birds by Freida Abtan is a mytho-poetic look at the realm of the spirit. Sacred Spirit «Sur le territoire des esprits sacré» by Zazalie Z. is a remembrance piece in honour of First Nation Peoples. Beliefs, myths, rituals, and cultural genocide are the various themes Zazalie Z. interweaves in this poetic and rebellious live performance.

SOUNDplay Videomusic Performance/Screening
Live Videomusic Performance by Max Alexander
Nov 19, 8 pm ($10/5)
NAISA Space, 601 Christie St #252, Toronto

An international collection of videomusic works selected from the 2011 NAISA call for submissions on the theme of About Time is screened as well as a live performance of Empire by Max Alexander. Other works include Baudrichord by Bjørn Erik Haugen, fuzee by Louise Harris and Filling by Laurie Radford

Fast-Forward with performances by Kaiser Nietzsche and Benjamin Thigpen
Nov 25, 8 pm ($15/10)
Theatre Direct's Christie Studio, 601 Christie #170

Fast forward to the future – the future of NAISA's next spatialization system and the future of noises and images previously unseen and unheard. This screening/performance features a new work by Toronto's Kaiser Nietzsche and an improv work by the designer of NAISA's spatialization software, Benjamin Thigpen. Included are >> by Kaiser Nietzsche, Improv by Benjamin Thigpen and a screening of Patah by Diego Garro.

Time and Space
Works from the Jeu de Temps / Times Play Competition + premier by Darren Copeland
co-presented with the Canadian Electroacoustic Community
Nov 26, 8 pm ($15/10)
Theatre Direct's Christie Studio, 601 Christie #170

This concert features winning works by Canadian sound artists selected from the Jeu de Temps competition as part of a cross-Canada celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Canadian Electroacoustic Community. The concert program includes 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 (11:22 / 2011) as well as Elephants, Birds and Bats, a new work by Darren Copeland on the sound-making of elephants, birds and bats.

WORKSHOPS / ARTIST TALK / COLLOQUIUM

Artist Talk with Zazalie Z
co-presented with Le Labo
Nov 10, 2011 (8pm) Free
@ Le Labo, 55 Mill Street, Cannery Bldg #58, Studio #317, Toronto

Zazalie Z (aka Nathalie Dion) will talk about her work Sacred Spirit «Sur le territoire des esprits sacré» being presented at SOUNDplay on Nov 12 and will also present and discuss her video work Viva Voce! Viva Voz! inspired by the oral tradition of Mediterranean people.

Animating Time and Space at TAIS with Freida Abtan
co-presented with the Toronto Animated Image Society
Nov 13, 2011 (1-4pm) cost TBA
@ TAIS, 60 Atlantic, Suite 102, Studio 9, Toronto

Through the use of Adobe After Effects, Abtan will explore animation through a spatial and temporal remapping process, interjecting real-time examples in Max/Jitter. This combination of techniques is indicative of Abtan’s experimental practice and methodology.

Masterclass with Kevin Austin
co-presented with the Canadian Electroacoustic Community
Nov 26, 2011 (4-7pm), Free
@ the NAISA Space (#252), 601 Christie St.

Local sound artists are invited to join us for a late afternoon Masterclass at the NAISA space with Kevin Austin who will critique your work(s). Those attending are invited to bring their files in aif or wav format on a USB drive (although it's not required to bring a work - you can come to listen and join in the discussion).

Toronto Artist Salon with Kevin Austin
an afternoon open colloquium
co-presented with the Canadian Electroacoustic Community
Nov 27, 2011 (1-5pm), Free
@ the NAISA Space (#252), 601 Christie St.

An afternoon open colloquium will be held in conjunction with the Toronto stop of the CEC's 25th Anniversary cross-Canada tour as 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.

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. NAISA is partially funded by the Department of Canadian Heritage, the Toronto Arts Council, Ontario Arts Council, Canada Council for the Arts and the SOCAN Foundation.

Media inquiries: Michael Postma, 416-652-5115, info@naisa.ca
General information: Nadene Thériault-Copeland, 416-652-5115, naisa@naisa.ca