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1)NAISA 2024 Call for Submissions on the theme There is Art In Our Nature
2) Springscapes Series
3) Springscapes Exhibition, Workshops
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1) NAISA 2024 Call for Submissions on the theme There is Art In Our Nature
Deadline: May 31, 2024Categories: Sound Art/Electroacoustic, Sound+Image, Radio/Transmission Art, Interactive Installation
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New Adventures in Sound Art (NAISA) invites artists of all ages and nationalities to submit works on the theme There Is Art In Our Nature for consideration in New Adventures in Sound Art’s 2025 programming.
The complexity of the natural world is astounding in its diversity and musical nuance. NAISA is located in a region where the natural world has had many impacts on art making – often cited is the work of Tom Thomson and the Group of Seven who travelled to the area for inspiration. What are the acoustic influences of nature on the music making, sonic expression and interactive media taking place today?
Submitted works will be considered for 2 annual awards. Information about the James Bailey Award and the Andra McCartney Mentorship Award as well as past recipients can be found here.2) Springscapes Series
April 4 – June 17, 2024naisa.ca/festivals/springscapes
Springscapes is an annual series of installations, workshops and live-stream events that highlights the dramatic changes that take place in the natural soundscape from winter to spring. This year’s series also includes a special concert reflecting on birth with works by Susan Frykberg and Soft Academy.
“The Re-birth and regeneration of spring is evident in the soundscape, in the budding trees and in the changes in rhythms within communities in the North. These themes will be evidenced in the ever-changing sounds of spring provided by members of the region and included in the surround sound exhibition at NAISA. The transformation of birth and renewal will also be the focus of the special concert on the eve of Mother’s Day as well as in the annual Reveil broadcast which travels the earth on the first weekend in May.” — Darren Copeland, Artistic Director, New Adventures in Sound Art
3) Springscapes Exhibition, Workshops
May 3 – 5, 2024
NAISA North Media Arts Centre & Warbler’s Roost, South River
$283 (includes 2 nights accommodation)
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Advance Registration Required
The annual soundscape weekend intensive takes place at Warbler’s Roost, a rural 14-acre property 22 km west of the village of South River, Ontario. This year’s edition will focus on recording, editing and composing – individually and collaboratively – of soundscape compositions, or field recording works, that reimagine dusk and dawn from the springtime sonic environment at Warbler’s Roost. The soundscapes shared from the workshop will provide insights into the fragility of the sonic environment gradually being worn down by anthropogenic (human-generated) sound.
This workshop is appropriate for all levels of audio experience and also builds on the experiences of past soundscape intensives as it will include time for participants to compose and collaborate along with time for learning. The skills acquired from the workshop can be applied to sound recording and audio production techniques for a variety of artistic and ecological projects.
Reveil
May 4, 2024, 00:00 – May 5, 2024, 01:00 (EDT or UTC-4)
Listen on the Reveil Portal or on NAISA Radio
FREE
Reveil is a 24+1 hr radio broadcast that follows sunrise around the earth on Dawn Chorus Day, traveling west on live audio streams sent in by live-streamers at daybreak from their locations, creating a collective audit of planetary soundworlds over one earth day. Click here to participate and stream the sounds of daybreak from your location.
Giving Birth – Multi-channel A/V Performance
May 11, 2024, 7:00 pm
NAISA North Media Arts Centre
On the eve Mother’s Day, NAISA presents works by Soft Academy and the late Susan Frykberg that reflect on giving birth. Susan Frykberg’s Audio Birth Project from 1996-97 consists of works that centre around interviews with Frykberg’s sisters and mother on the process of giving birth. Simula by Soft Academy is a five movement work that is a reflection on the emotional journey experienced by three Mothers. The Mothers do not know each other, and have never met, yet their experiences are brought together in an inward journey of birth.
New Adventures in Sound Art (NAISA) is a non-profit organization that presents performances and installations spanning the entire spectrum of sound art. NAISA is partially funded by the Department of Canadian Heritage, Ontario Arts Council, and the Canada Council for the Arts. NAISA would also like to thank Reuten Construction, Charles Street Video, and Warbler’s Roost for their sponsorship of SOUNDplay 2024
New Adventures in Sound Art is located in the traditional territory of the Anishinabewaki peoples covered by the Williams Treaty (1923) and Robinson-Huron Treaty (1850). New Adventures in Sound Art recognizes the significant ongoing contributions of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples to aural culture in Canada.
Inquiries & general information:
Nadene Thériault-Copeland, Executive Director
New Adventures in Sound Art
705-386-0880 or Email
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