Dann Disciglio (b. 1993) is a transdisciplinary artist who explores contemporary ecologies through various media and technologies. Disciglio works with and for non-human subjects to develop works which challenge his audience to encounter the world differently - ecologically, acoustically, temporally, ontologically– according to the affectual quality of the work.
Ben Donoghue is a Toronto based cultural worker and artist working with
film and sound. Working primarily in analog media, his practice explores histories of political and cultural resistance, the effects of
macro-economic forces on the landscape, and ruptures in the built
environment. His films and performances have been exhibited at galleries,
festivals, and museums internationally.
Donoghue has been a leading
advocate for artist-run collectives and media arts organizations in Canada for over two decades, serving as Executive Director of the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (2007-2013), and the Media Arts Network of Ontario (2013-2022). He is currently working on a number of projects in Newfoundland, British Columbia, Ireland, Colombia and Peru.
Andra McCartney (1955-2019) is a sound artist and composer that led public SOUNDwalks and created gallery installations, recordings, performances and radio works. Her works were heard on CBC radio, and on 1st Deep Wireless Compilation CD along with releases by Terra Nova and the Canadian Electroacoustic Community.
After completing her PhD dissertation at York University on the soundscape work of Vancouver composer Hildegard Westerkamp, Andra taught at Concordia University and published articles with Organised Sound, Leonardo Music Journal, Perspectives of New Music, Musicworks, Axis Voor de Kunsten V/M, Contact!, Array, Resources for Feminist Research, and Borderlines, as well as chapters in several edited volumes, including Performing Nature, Aural Cultures, Gender and Music, Ghosts in the Machine.
In 2002, she edited an issue of the journal Organised Sound on the topic of soundscape composition. In 2006, she co-edited with Dr. Ellen Waterman a special issue of Intersections Journal of Canadian Music, based on papers presented at the “In and Out of the Sound Studio” Conference on gender and sound technologies, which she directed at Concordia University in July 2005. You can hear her works on the andrasound Soundcloud page.
Jane Tingley is an artist, curator, and Assistant Professor at York University in Toronto (CA). She is interested in how interactivity combined with art objects and installation can be used to explore contemporary experience. She received the Kenneth Finkelstein Prize in Sculpture and the first prize in the iNTERFACES – Interactive Art Competition in Porto (PT). She has participated in exhibitions and festivals in the Americas, Middle East, Asia, and Europe.
Emmie Tsumura is a multidisciplinary artist and designer. She enjoys working where politics meets the every day, and advocates for more accessible, inclusive, and joyful communities through justice-oriented design strategies. She holds a masters in design from York University, with current area of research focusing on chaos, absurdity, and the occult.
Marieke van de Ven - As a composer and sound artist, Marieke Van de ven likes to zoom in on environmental sounds. Starting with the sound of sand was a sonic adventure where texture and associations with the material were guiding the process. In search of the meaning of the ordinary under our feet and always returning to the origin of the material.
Marieke van de Ven creates sound walks, podcasts, audio stories, electro-acoustic compositions and field recordings. Inspired by the sounds surrounding us, she investigates the musicality and narratives formed by nature and urban environments. Within the stratification of field recordings, abstract sounds, interviews and text, she explores the relationship between sound and storytelling. To download and purchase Zand, visit Marieke Van de ven's Bandcamp page - mariekevandeven.bandcamp.com/