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Media Resources
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 4, 2008
NEW ADVENTURES IN SOUND ART PRESENTS:
Sound Travels Festival of Sound Art
Where:
Outdoor on Toronto Island, St. Andrew-by-the-Lake Church, LE LABO, *new* gallery, + more
When: June 5 - October 1, 2008
Concert tickets $15/$10
TORONTO, ON - New Adventures in Sound Art is pleased to launch the 10th Anniversary of the Sound Travels Festival of Sound Art, June 5 - October 1 2008. 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 10th edition of the annual festival will feature an expanded set of indoor and outdoor interactive installations and sound sculptures as well as indoor and outdoor concerts, site-specific performances, SOUNDwalks, artist talks and workshops as well as the 2nd annual Toronto Electroacoustic Symposium.
Works which discuss aspects of physical presence and sound such as Dumas' "Le vivant bruit de corps" will be installed at LE LABO for most of June as well as Barry Prophet's "Synthecycletron", Kristen A Allik and Robert Mulder's "Sonic Boardwalk", and the aural/personal "Wish You Were Here" by Jennifer Schmidt, Colin Asquith and Terry Nauheim which is installed for longer stretches of the festival on Toronto Island. At *new* gallery, "Resonating Bodies/Bumble Domicile", a work created by Sarah Peebles with Rob King, Rob Cruickshank and Anne Barros co-presented with interAccess Media Arts Centre, will be on view from July 4-27th.
Other highlights of the festival include a concert by composer-in-residence Robert Normandeau on August 8th at St.Andrew-by-the-Lake on Toronto Island hosted by David Ogborn, Ellen Waterman's Guerilla Sound Art Events by Wanderology being performed throughout the August 8,9,10th weekend at various outdoor locations on Centre island, as well as an evening of Sound Portraits on Aug 9th by David Ogborn, James Harley and Ellen Waterman alongside the works of four emerging artists. SOUNDwalks will take place on July 22nd and 27th, August 8,9, 10th, and 30th and will include visiting the installations as well as unannounced live performances by Sound Travels Artists.
Buy your own Soundportraits! Email naisa@niasa.ca to register for your own Soundportraits created by Danish artist Jørgen Teller. After a half hour session of making sounds and responding to questions from the artist, Jørgen Teller will produce a sound portrait for the reistrant to take ihome with him/her on CD. Selected Potraits will be presented on the evening of August 9th during the concert at St Andrew by-the-Lake church.
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, Art’s Birthday, and SOUNDplay.
Media inquiries & general information (including ticket info):
Nadene Thériault-Copeland / Managing Director
or Kate Miller / Administrative Assistant
Tel: 416-516-7413
naisa@naisa.ca
or info@naisa.ca
www.soundtravels.ca
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Nadene Thériault-Copeland
Managing Director
New Adventures in Sound Art
http://www.naisa.ca
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