The 23rd Annual SOUNDplay Festival kicks off on September 26, 2024 at the NAISA North Media Arts Centre in South River, ON. The Festival showcases the work of several artists exploring the relationship between sound and new media.
The artists participating in this year’s festival include Colin Frank, Laura De Decker, Stefan A. Rose, Herménégilde Chiasson, Edgardo Moreno, Véro Marengère, April Martin and Ben McCarthy.
“This year’s SOUNDplay Festival connects NAISA’s 2024 theme of Reimagine to the immense world of play available to artists wishing to abstract both images and sounds. This year’s artists Reimagine places, actions, and objects. On the surface they depart abstractly from their subjects but in doing so they afford us a deep immersion into a hidden and unexpected beauty,” says Darren Copeland, Artistic Director, New Adventures in Sound Art.
Here’s a look at what you can expect.
SOUNDplay Festival
Artist Talk and New Interactive Installation by Colin Frank, September 26
Colin Frank will present his Soundmap of Sherbrooke’s Machine Songs, an interactive installation where you can reveal the sonic beauty, often unexpected, of machines in a recreated urban landscape. Colin will introduce the work to kick off the Festival at 7 p.m. on September 26; the installation will be on display until January 6, 2025.
48-Hour Sound Art Challenge Weekend Intensive, October 18 to 20 (4 p.m. to 4 p.m.)
Participants in the weekend intensive will be able to create a sound art miniature while enjoying the rural property of Warbler’s Roost in the Almaguin Highlands. The 14-acre property offers both forested and lakeside environments to explore the theme Reimagine. Learning and sharing from your peers is part of the fun. Check out last year’s results from by Victoria Fenner, Yan St-Onge, Troy Ouellette and Anton Pickard here.
SOUNDplay Video Screening Reimagined Realities, October 26
The screening of Canadian videos focuses at works that put sound, image and language on the same level of importance when it comes to communicating. How do the various elements abstract reality? The program includes Peinture Noire by Laura De Decker, Stefan A. Rose & Herménégilde Chiasson, Postcard by Edgardo Moreno, Hydra by Véro Marengère and screening adaptation of Lake Composition by April Martin and Ben McCarthy. The screening takes place at Warbler’s Roost.
Wetland Project, Dec 12 (from 12 noon to 12 midnight)
With support from Other Sights, New Adventures in Sound Art presents a new audio-visual version of the Wetland Project by Brady Marks and Mark Timmings. You can catch it in-person at the artLAB Gallery in London, Ontario, or via livestream as part of their event called Water (Deshkan Ziibi). Curated by Christof Migone, Sheri Osden Nault, and Ruth Skinner, the Wetland Project has been presented previously ]as a radio broadcast that was aired on NAISA Radio last Earth Day in April.
Livestreaming on YouTube and In-person at the artLAB, Department of Visual Arts, Western University, London, Ontario. More details here.
Details
The festival takes place between September 26, 2024 and January 6, 2025. The NAISA North Media Arts Centre and Warbler’s Roost are located in South River, Ontario.
- Costs vary for the activities; find more information [HERE].
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