Workshops
48 Hour Sound Art Challenge
October 17 to 19, 4 pm to 4 pm
Warbler’s Roost, 3785D Eagle Lake Road, South River, Ontario
$339 with 2 nights accommodation and $215 with no accommodation.
October 17 to 19, 4 pm to 4 pm
Warbler’s Roost, 3785D Eagle Lake Road, South River, Ontario
$339 with 2 nights accommodation and $215 with no accommodation.
Advance Registration Required
This weekend intensive invites artists to create a sound art miniature in a 48-hour period on the theme "There is Art in Our Nature."
Fall is undeniably a remarkable time for the changes in the tree canopy. However, there are also many changes and movements in the soundscape worth considering, as both people and animals prepare for the arrival of winter.
The 48-hour Sound Art Challenge will take place at Warbler’s Roost, a 14-acre rural, forested and lake-side property in the Almaguin Highlands. NAISA will provide assistance with access to its supply of equipment. Participating artists should bring their own portable recording devices and computers and other tools necessary for their creation.
Peer learning and sharing will be encouraged throughout the process and NAISA Artistic Director Darren Copeland will facilitate and assist participants.
The schedule of the weekend is open-ended in order to accommodate individual work and learning needs. There will be three group meetings beginning with an Orientation and SOUNDwalk from 5:30 to 7:00 pm on Friday October 17, a Check-In and Sound Sharing from 4 to 6 pm on Saturday October 18, and the weekend will conclude with a Listening and Feedback session from 2 to 4 pm on Sunday October 19. The remainder of the time is for individual work and for arranging any one-on-one instruction and consultation.
Results of the 48-hour Sound Art Challenge will be aired on NAISA Radio and NAISA’s social media channels after completion.
Photo by Anton Pickard
This weekend intensive invites artists to create a sound art miniature in a 48-hour period on the theme "There is Art in Our Nature."
Fall is undeniably a remarkable time for the changes in the tree canopy. However, there are also many changes and movements in the soundscape worth considering, as both people and animals prepare for the arrival of winter.
The 48-hour Sound Art Challenge will take place at Warbler’s Roost, a 14-acre rural, forested and lake-side property in the Almaguin Highlands. NAISA will provide assistance with access to its supply of equipment. Participating artists should bring their own portable recording devices and computers and other tools necessary for their creation.
Peer learning and sharing will be encouraged throughout the process and NAISA Artistic Director Darren Copeland will facilitate and assist participants.
The schedule of the weekend is open-ended in order to accommodate individual work and learning needs. There will be three group meetings beginning with an Orientation and SOUNDwalk from 5:30 to 7:00 pm on Friday October 17, a Check-In and Sound Sharing from 4 to 6 pm on Saturday October 18, and the weekend will conclude with a Listening and Feedback session from 2 to 4 pm on Sunday October 19. The remainder of the time is for individual work and for arranging any one-on-one instruction and consultation.
Results of the 48-hour Sound Art Challenge will be aired on NAISA Radio and NAISA’s social media channels after completion.
Photo by Anton Pickard
Program:
I. Listen here to works made at the 2023 workshop by Victoria Fenner, Yan St-Onge, Troy Ouellette and Anton Pickard
Talks
Probing the Sounds of Climate Change
By Joan Sullivan and Robin Servant
September 26, 2025, 7:00 pm
Doors open at 6pm for Vegan and Gluten-Free Meals prior to the talk
NAISA North Media Arts Centre, 313 Highway 124, South River, Ontario.
Admission by Donation
NAISA Artistic Director Darren Copeland interviews artists Joan Sullivan and Robin Servant from Rimouski, Québec about their interactive installation Ice Voices. The conversation will explore how this tactile and sonic artwork de-centers the human by giving voice to the non-human, an invitation to "see" the disappearing ice on the Saint Lawrence River differently: with our bodies and not just our eyes.
By Joan Sullivan and Robin Servant
September 26, 2025, 7:00 pm
Doors open at 6pm for Vegan and Gluten-Free Meals prior to the talk
NAISA North Media Arts Centre, 313 Highway 124, South River, Ontario.
Admission by Donation
NAISA Artistic Director Darren Copeland interviews artists Joan Sullivan and Robin Servant from Rimouski, Québec about their interactive installation Ice Voices. The conversation will explore how this tactile and sonic artwork de-centers the human by giving voice to the non-human, an invitation to "see" the disappearing ice on the Saint Lawrence River differently: with our bodies and not just our eyes.