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Sound Travels
Installations
Synthecycletron by Barry Prophet
July 18 to Oct 15 - 24 hours, 7 days a week
Toronto Island
Free
Visitors that encounter the "Synthecycletron," a favourite amongst Toronto cyclists, generate power by pedaling on stationary bicycles which in turn activate synthesizers and generate sounds connected to their movements.
Kew Beach by Rose Bolton
July 23 - Sept 25
Fridays & Saturdays only; Fridays 1-4pm;
Saturdays 9am-1pm except Aug 6, 13
plus added exhibition hours: August 4-7& Aug 13 6-9pm
PWYC
NAISA Space, Artscape Wychwood Barns, 601 Christie #252, Toronto
The definition of 'what home is', is intensely personal and unique to each of us. I grew up in Toronto, and the house I grew up in, in the beaches, is still very much like it was in the 1980's. I lived there from birth to when I moved out at age 20, and since then I have always visited my parents and sister in the house on a regular basis. Naturally, the house, its sounds, and the memories have had a profound mark on my identity. My mother died on June 10, 2009, and since then, visiting the house has become a different, and emotionally difficult experience. Her being gone has really made me question whether the house is still “home” to me. In one way, the answer is yes, because, my father and sister still live there, but on the other hand, I am left with a sense of alienation.
One thing is certain and that is that those familiar sounds from the home have become increasingly poignant. Sounds such as someone descending the old wooden stairs, the creak of the wooden bathroom door, someone knocking on the front door, sounds from the kitchen, voices coming from upstairs, and then outdoors, the waves in Ashbridges Bay; have all become extremely significant since she died in June.
In this piece I will explore the sounds of the home, my memories and home and examine the psychological and emotional meaning of “being home.” This work has been generously funded by the Canada Council for the Arts.
NAISA Portraits by Stefan Rose
July 23 - Sept 25
Fridays & Saturdays only; Fridays 1-4pm;
Saturdays 9am-1pm except Aug 6, 13
plus added exhibition hours: August 4-7& Aug 13 6-9pm
PWYC
NAISA Space, Artscape Wychwood Barns, 601 Christie #252, Toronto
NAISA SOUND PORTRAITS by Stefan Rose (a series of photos documenting the first year of NAISA events at the Artscape Wychwood Barns).
LISTENING GALLERY curated by Darren Copeland
July 23 - Sept 25
Fridays & Saturdays only; Fridays 1-4pm;
Saturdays 9am-1pm except Aug 6, 13
plus added exhibition hours: August 4-7& Aug 13 6-9pm
PWYC
NAISA Space, Artscape Wychwood Barns, 601 Christie #252, Toronto
Bodily Listening by Satoshi Morita
August 4 to 7, Wed-Sat 6-9pm plus Sat 9 am to 1 pm
August 13th 6 - 9pm, Aug 14 9am - 1pm
PWYC
NAISA Space, Artscape Wychwood Barns, 601 Christie #252, Toronto
Auditory perception can be combined with an haptic experience. By combining auditory and tactile percepts in these two pieces, the audience will experience inter-sensory sonic experiences. In Morita's pieces "Klanghelm/sonic helmet" and "touch and listen," he wishes to initiate audio-tactile experiences in different parts of the body. The "sonic helmet" concentrates on the audio/tactile percepts surrounding the head, while "touch and listen" invites the audience to exploit the audio/tactile perceptions in the feet, legs, mid-section and lower torso.
She Saw Me by Randall Gagne
August 4 to 7, Wed-Sat 6-9pm plus Sat 9 am to 1 pm
August 13th 6 - 9pm, Aug 14 9am - 1pm
PWYC
NAISA Space, Artscape Wychwood Barns, 601 Christie #252, Toronto
"She saw me" consists of two brand new galvanized metal garbage cans performing as speakers/resonators in the restrooms. An audio loop plays from speakers inside the cans, with the lids secured shut. The loop contained therein is an audio clip of an archaic vocoder inhaling and exhaling, and saying "she saw me"... This sample was played and recorded, re-played and recorded over and over 16 times inside the metal garbage can until the resonant frequencies of the can and the audio clip synthesize into one vibrating sound mass. There are 2 cans, a left and a right, one in the women's restroom and the other in the men's. The result is an unassuming garbage can that buzzes and vibrates as the sound gradually saturates the can, and the room. "She saw me" uses a similar technique to the seminal piece by Alvin Lucier called "I am sitting in a room."
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