{"id":117585,"date":"2025-09-16T14:30:44","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T18:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/?p=117585"},"modified":"2025-09-17T08:00:01","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T12:00:01","slug":"preview-new-adventures-sound-art-presents-24th-annual-soundplay-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2025\/09\/16\/preview-new-adventures-sound-art-presents-24th-annual-soundplay-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"PREVIEW | New Adventures In Sound Art Presents The 24th Annual SOUNDplay Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"
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L-R (clockwise): Detail from their installation Ice Voices (Photo: Joan Sullivan); Climate change photographer Joan Sullivan and composer Robin Servant (Photo: Noemie); Composer Robin Servant on the frozen St. Lawrence River (Photo: Joan Sullivan)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The SOUNDplay festival is presented by New Adventures in Sound Art (NAISA) in South River, Ontario. It opens on September 20 with a performance, and runs until January 5, 2026 with a series of interactive exhibits, a workshop, and more.<\/p>\n

The festival is all about encouraging new ways of exploring the connections between sound and new media, and the theme of the 24th edition of SOUNDplay is \u201cThere is Art in Our Nature\u201d.<\/p>\n

Highlights include the opening night performance by Indonesian artist Rani Jambak, and a talk by Rimouski, Qu\u00e9bec climate change photographer Joan Sullivan and composer Robin Servant at the launch of an interactive exhibit titled Ice Voices.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis year\u2019s edition of SOUNDplay expands on the theme \u2018There is Art in Our Nature\u2019 by responding to the impact of climate change on water. The artists in SOUNDplay creatively probe and respond to this issue in very different ways by drawing attention to hidden layers of their local reality, allowing audiences to experience it through visual and sonic expression,\u201d comments Darren Copeland, Artistic Director, New Adventures in Sound Art in a statement.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a look at what\u2019s in store.<\/p>\n

SOUNDplay 2025<\/h2>\n

Performance: Rani Jambak (September 20)<\/h3>\n

Rani Jambak will perform on her instrument called the Kincia Aia. It\u2019s her own design, and was inspired by the traditional water wheels of Minangkabau, West Sumatra, Indonesia. The water wheels are rare nowadays, in part because the rivers and streams are drying up due to climate change. Jambak\u2019s performance in South River is part of a tour that will include shows at Venus Fest in Toronto, Guelph Jazz Festival and Debaser at Pop Montr\u00e9al.<\/p>\n