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Artscape Wychwood Barns, 601 Christie
St #252, Toronto, ON M6G 4C7
naisa@naisa.ca, Tel 416-652-5115; Fax 416-652-5139
NEW
ADVENTURES IN SOUND ART Presents:
SOUND TRAVELS FESTIVAL of SOUND ART
Various venues at and around the Artscape Wychwood Barns
Outdoors on Centre Island
July 18 to September 25
www.naisa.ca/soundtravels
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - TORONTO, ON - July 5, 2010:
New Adventures in Sound Art (NAISA) is pleased to present the 12th edition of the
Sound Travels Festival of Sound Art, which opens July 18 and runs until September
25, 2010. As part of a summer-long celebration of sound art, NAISA presents indoor
and outdoor performances, sound installations, an outdoor interactive sound
sculpture, SOUNDwalks, a series of workshop intensives and the fourth annual
Toronto Electroacoustic Symposium at various venues at the Artscape Wychwood Barns
(601 Christie Street) as well as outdoors on Centre Island and around the Barns.
In a world that often focuses too much on the visual, Sound Travels brings about
a refreshing change as it presents works by sound artists that extract compelling
musicality and wordless dramas from everyday sounds often taken for granted. From
this lush auditory experience, audiences author their own imaginary world in their
mind's eye - Darren Copeland, Artistic Director, New Adventures in Sound
Art.
Outdoor opening events celebrate World Listening
Day
The summer-long festival will launch on July 18th at 1PM with two simultaneous
SOUNDwalks and the opening of the annual Synthecyletron installation to
celebrate the very first World Listening Day. The first SOUNDwalk will meet at the
Pavilion (where the ferry to Centre Island disembarks) and end with an artist talk
by Toronto artist Barry Prophet about his interactive sound sculpture -
Synthecycletron (a favourite amongst cyclists - near the pier on Centre
Island) - with a chance to ride the sound sculpture to create your own sound art.
The second SOUNDwalk will begin at the NAISA space at the Artscape Wychwood Barns
and explore sound environments in and around the area of the Barns and nearby
neighbourhood ending back at the NAISA space with a soundscape concert.
Participants should be sure to wear appropriate footwear and clothing for any
weather condition.
In a SOUNDwalk, the listening "audience" moves through a place
and the environment "performs." In a SOUNDwalk we take the time to hear the
environment: we are its true ear witnesses. And like any musician, the environment
offers us its sounds for our consideration. The first annual World Listening
Day coincides with the birthday of Canadian composer R. Murray Schafer, the
director of the World Soundscape Project and one of the founders of the acoustic
ecology movement. For more information about World Listening Day go to: www.worldlisteningproject.org
Indoor at Artscape Wychwood Barns
This year's Sound Travels indoor installations will include two sets; the first
will open on July 23rd at the NAISA space with Kew Beach by Rose
Bolton (exploring the sounds of the home and memories while examining the
psychological and emotional meaning of "being home") and NAISA Sound
Portraits by Stefan Rose (a series of photos documenting the first year
of NAISA events at the Artscape Wychwood Barns) running Fridays and Saturdays until
September 25th. Also included will be a Listening Gallery curated by NAISA artistic
director Darren Copeland. The second set of installations will open on
August 4th and run until August 14th in various spaces around the Artscape Wychwood
Barns and will include: Bodily Listening by Japanese sound artist Satoshi
Morita (a series of sound installations where sounds are heard through the
body); and She Saw Me by Randall Gagne (a sound installation that
explores some of the resonant spaces at the Barns and is based on Alvin Lucier's
conceptual audio work I am Sitting in a Room).
Breakfast - a morning ritual + music by world renowned sound
artist Marcelle Deschênes and more...
The Sound Travels concerts once again create a cinema for the ear entirely through
sound. The first set of concerts begins on July 31st during the Saturday morning
market at the Artscape Wychwood Barn with Breakfast: a morning Ritual -
performances by Rob Piilonen, Matt Miller and Samuel Morgenstein that
combines the sounds or breakfast with flute and percussion. Concerts on August 4th
& 5th open the Toronto Electroacoustic Symposium with works by
international participants in the symposium. August 6th and 7th includes a
retrospective of Québec pioneer Marcelle Deschênes, as well as evocative
soundscape works by Ned Bouhalassa and David Eagle, the Toronto
première of the new T-Stick electronic instrument developed by D.
Andrew Stewart and Joseph Malloch and performed by Stewart, alongside
works by UK sound artists Natasha Barrett, David Hindmarch and Manuella
Blackburn.
Opportunities abound for artists of all ages and backgrounds at
this year's Sound Travels Festival. August 4-7 includes the fourth annual
Toronto Electroacoustic Symposium - once again co-presented by the Canadian
Electroacoustic Community - will include 18 papers and several concert works
curated by an international jury and to be presented August 5, 6 and 7. The
following week includes the second annual Sound Travels Intensive, this time
a 4-day series of workshops for emerging and mid-career artists offering them the
opportunity to hone their craft with world renowned artists Marcelle Deschênes,
Satoshi Morita, David Ogborn, Eldad Tsabary, Darren Copeland, and Rob Cruickshank.
The August 13 performances showcase works by the participants in the Sound Travels
intensive and invite discussion by both audience and participants. And finally the
now annual Making Art With Sound week-long workshops August 16-20 provide
opportunities for youth (ages 15 to 18) to create art entirely through sound.
Sound Travels closing event - 3-sided Square performance at
New Music Marathon Sept 25
The final weekend of Sound Travels coincides with the New Music Marathon at
Yonge-Dundas Square and will include a performance of 3-sided Square from 2
- 9 pm during the marathon. Curated by NAISA artistic director, 3-sided Square
includes performers Richard Windeyer, Michelle Irving, Matt Miller, Eric Powell and
more TBA.
Sound Travels Festival of Sound Art is partially funded by the
government of Canada through the Department of Canadian Heritage, the Canada
Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council, Ontario Trillium
Foundation, an agency of the Government of Ontario, 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, Art's Birthday, Sound Travels, and SOUNDplay.
SOUND TRAVELS
FESTIVAL of SOUND ART
July 18 until September 25, 2010
At various venues at the Artscape Wychwood Barns, 601 Christie Street
including:
the NAISA Space (#252), Theatre Direct's Christie Studio (#170), the Theatre
Direct's Wychwood Theatre (#176) as well as outdoors on Centre Island and at the
Barns.
Workshop Intensive Pass $150 /
Symposium/Performance Pass $70/$35 / Single Tickets $5 - $15
Toronto Island events free / Installations are Pay What You Can
www.soundtravels.ca
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Media contact: Francine Labelle/flINK
416 654-4406
labellefrancine@rogers.com
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