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Audio Art workshops in Ottawa
Anyone with an interest in our Acoustic Ecology might want to
attend.
B.
Artists Converge
in Ottawa and the Valley
to Reinvent the Soundscape
Ever thought of traffic sounds, a waterfall, or voices on the street as
works of art? From August 21st to September 4th, artists from
across Canada will be converging on Ottawa and the Valley to
record local sounds and turn them into new audio artworks.
A whole series of workshops, retreats, concerts and performances
are being planned to encourage artists and would-be artists to
create new forms of sound art. Guest artist facilitators will be:
Hildegarde Westerkamp, an internationally renowned audio artist
and electroacoustic composer based in Vancouver. Her
compositions deal with the acoustic environment, with urban, rural
or wilderness soundscapes; with the voices of children, men and
women; with noise or silence; music and media sounds; and with
sounds of different cultures. Hildegarde has traveled to many cities
and countries to perform and teach, including Brazil, Germany,
India and most recently, Jerusalem. She has composed film
soundtracks, and many sound documents for radio including
community radio and the CBC.
Michael Waterman, audio artist in residence at Trent Radio,
Peterborough. He has created many interactive and
improvisational radio art programs including radio-guided sound
walks and live international audio links with artists in Winnipeg and
Los Angeles. Michael is a founding member of the audio collage
band "Mannlicher Carcano", whose members are primarily
interested in low-fi media. Their witty "garage band" style
improvisations exploit everything from portable record players to the
incomparable 1970 woodgrain Casio keyboard, and the Optigan (an
early sound sampler).
Events include:
Bells and Whistles Saturday August 21 and Sunday August 22
National Library of Canada, Room 156, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm A two
day sound art workshop designed to encourage artists in all
disciplines to use sound in creative non-traditional ways. For
example, visual artists wanting to use sound sculpture in a gallery,
sound poets using "found sound", radio artists wanting to explore
new ways of composing radio programs artists of all types wanting
to explore sound in an art context are welcome. Registration fee:
$50 for 2 day workshop. Join us! Registrations still being
accepted.
Full Moon Over Killaloe Sunday, August 29th to Saturday
September 5th Killaloe Fairgrounds, Killaloe, Ontario A week long
retreat of soundwalking, sound workshops and concerts,
independent creative time and collaborative time with other artists
working to develop new sound art pieces. People of all skills levels
are encouraged to attend, including beginners. Registration fee:
$200, which includes meals and rustic campground
accommodation (BYOT - bring your own tent). There's still space --
register now!. Beginners and seasoned audio artists alike are
welcome.
Ottawa Soundscape Contest - "Radiant Dissonance" To celebrate
and document the sounds of Ottawa at the turn of the Millennium,
we are creating a special artwork composed entirely of Ottawa
sounds. Send us a sound on tape which defines the spirit of
Ottawa. The person who submits the most original sound will
receive a free registration to "Bells and Whistles". All submissions
will be incorporated into the finished artwork. Deadline for
submissions: Friday August 6th. Send submissions c/o CKCU,
517 Unicentre, 1125 Colonel By Dr., Ottawa K1S 5B6.
Public Performances
Thursday September 2nd, 7:30 pm, Killaloe Fairgrounds - Join the
Full Moon participants and the Killaloe community for a benefit
concert for CHCR, Killaloe's community radio station. Stay around
after the concert to take part in one-of-a-kind sound art jam session
led by Michael Waterman.
Friday, September 3rd, 7:30 pm, Killaloe Fairgrounds - Wrap-up
sound art concert, 7:30 pm Killaloe Fairgrounds. The artists of Full
Moon Over Killaloe will share the sounds they've been creating all
week. Hear the Ottawa Valley as you've never heard it before.
These audio art events are presented by the Canadian Society for
Independent Radio Production in partnership with CKCU 93.1
Ottawa; Trent Radio 92.7 Peterborough; and 102.9 FM CHCR
Homegrown Community Radio in Killaloe. With thanks to the
Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton; the Canada Council and
the Ontario Arts Council for funding support.
For further information, contact: Victoria Fenner 613-725-9799 until
Jul. 29, thereafter at 613-274-4441 fenner@synapse.net
John Muir Trent Radio 705-748-1777 jkmuir@trentu.ca
Info from the CKCU webpage: http://ckcu.web.net
Barry Rueger
CKCU Radio Carleton Inc.
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517 Unicentre, 1125 Colonel By Drive
Carleton University
Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6
613-520-2600 x 1625 office
613-520-4060 fax
613-725-9799 home
http://ckcu.web.net
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