Newsletter for April 2023 (Vol.18; Iss. 4)
Produced by New Adventures in Sound Art
www.naisa.ca

1) NAISA 2023 Call For Submissions on the theme Reimagine
2) Springscapes Series
3) Springscapes Exhibition, Workshops and Events
4) NAISA’s Decomposing Piano Exhibition 24/7
5) Deep Wireless Festival in Review

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1) NAISA 2023 Call For Submissions on the theme Reimagine

Deadline: May 26, 2023

Categories: Interactive Installation (indoor and outdoor contexts), Sound Art/Electroacoustic, Videomusic, Radio/Transmission Art
For more information, visit our website
Online Application Form

New Adventures in Sound Art (NAISA) invites artists of all ages and nationalities to submit works on the theme Reimagine for consideration in New Adventures in Sound Art’s 2024 programming.

The push for renewal following the pandemic along with adjustments necessary to meet climate goals suggest new structures and terms for moving forward. What opportunities do those present creatively? What new stories do you imagine hearing? How will artists Reimagine the sound art of tomorrow based on the choices that lie ahead. Individual interpretations or variations on the theme Reimagine are encouraged, but should be realized with sound as the primary component. Note: there is a $5 submission fee.

Submitted works will be considered for 2 annual awards:

The James Bailey Award – a $300 award that recognizes a work submitted by a Canadian artist to NAISA’s call for submissions which best exemplifies an inventive and adventurous spirit and pushes the boundaries of radio and transmission art. Special consideration will be given for a work submitted by an artist who is new to the field of radio and transmission art.

The Andra McCartney Mentorship Award – a $300 award and a mentorship residency awarded to an artist who has submitted a work, is new to the field of sound art, and who lives in a Northern Ontario. Special consideration will be given for an artist who identifies as female / non-binary, and/or indigenous.

Both annual awards have been established by NAISA with a gift made by Kevin Austin.

2) Springscapes Series

April 13 – June 12, 2023
naisa.ca/festivals/springscapes

Springscapes is a series of installations, workshops and live-stream events that highlights the dramatic changes that take place in the natural soundscape from winter to spring.

“The transformation of the natural soundscape from winter to spring is a distinguished feature of the Almaguin Highlands. NAISA’s Springscapes series is inspired by this dramatic shift. For 2023, NAISA staff invites members of the local community to participate in a community recording project that will provide the content for NAISA’s Community Soundscapes exhibition. The sounds will be updated weekly and played back on NAISA’s multi-channel system, so that we can share the sounds of spring that are special to us.” — Darren Copeland, Artistic Director, New Adventures in Sound Art

3) Springscapes Exhibition, Workshops & Events

NAISA North Media Arts Centre, 313 Highway 124, South River
April 13 – June 12, 2023
Pay By Donation

Community Soundscapes
April 13 – June 12, 2023

The Community Soundscapes exhibition will surround you with the sounds of spring using a multi-channel speaker system in the NAISA gallery and recordings made by residents in the local region. The spring season is a special time of the year in the Almaguin Highlands as the snow melts, the ice breaks up on the lakes and the arrival of insects and birds is loudly announced by the sounds made by peepers. Come weekly to hear the sounds of spring as they change from April through to the beginning of June.

Soundscape Editing Workshops
NAISA North Media Arts Centre, 313 Highway 124, South River
April 30, 2023, 1 – 4 PM
or May 28, 2023, 1 – 4 PM
Cost $50 / Advance Registration Required

NAISA Artistic Director Darren Copeland will introduce participants to analyzing, editing and arranging soundscape recordings using the editing software Reaper. All levels of experience welcome. Bring your own laptop or request to borrow one for the workshop. This is a single workshop repeated on two dates.

Soundscape Workshop Intensive
NAISA North Media Arts Centre, 313 Highway 124 & at Warbler’s Roost, South River
May 5 to 7, 2023 / This workshop is now filled to capacity!!

Reveil
May 6, 2023 at 0:00 to May 7, 2023 at 1:00 (EDT)
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.

4) NAISA’s Decomposing Piano Exhibition

NAISA North Media Arts Centre, 313 Highway 124, South River
Open 24/7

NAISA staff have created an outdoor exhibition that includes the documentation of the transformation of sound and the natural deterioration that occurs when a piano is left outdoors until its final ruin. Listen here to performances on the Decomposing Piano. Listen here to the CBC Radio interview about this exhibition.

5) Deep Wireless Festival in Review

The Deep Wireless Festival of Radio and Transmission Art just concluded. Here are links to online highlights:

Forced Migration by Michelle Wilson – Click here for Video about the exhibition
I am Calling Home by Geronimo Inutiq – Click here for Radio Interview on Making Waves
Deep Wireless 17 Compilation Album – Click Here to Listen

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New Adventures in Sound Art 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 North Media Arts Centre is Accessible

Inquiries & general information:
Nadene Thériault-Copeland, Executive Director
New Adventures in Sound Art
313 Highway 124, South River, ON, P0A 1X0
705-386-0880