Newsletter for April 2025 (Vol.20; Iss. 4)
Produced by New Adventures in Sound Art
www.naisa.ca

1) NAISA 2024 Call for Submissions on the theme Sound Culture
2) Springscapes Series April 3 – June 9
3) Springscapes Exhibition, Workshop and Online Events

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1) NAISA 2025 Call for Submissions – Sound Culture

Deadline: May 31, 2025
Categories: Sound Art/Electroacoustic, Sound+Image, Radio/Transmission Art, Interactive Installation
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Online Application Form

New Adventures in Sound Art (NAISA) invites artists of all ages and nationalities to submit works on the theme Sound Culture for consideration in New Adventures in Sound Art’s 2026 programming.

How do the sounds of a community reflect and convey its ethics, philosophies and general way of life? How does the design of space and the sounds found there form the sonic identity and character of a community?

March 12, 2026 marks NAISA’s 25th anniversary! Moving from Toronto in 2017 to the rural village of South River in the Almaguin Highlands region has also meant a change in NAISA’s Sound Culture from the urban south to the rocks, lakes and forests of Northern Ontario. Our audience includes those who are in search of a deliberate change in the composition of life experiences and the resulting acoustic rhythms. We are interested in presenting works by artists that reflect their Sound Culture in our unique location.

Works submitted will also be eligible for the James Bailey award and the Andra McCartney award.

2) Springscape Series

April 3 – June 9, 2025
naisa.ca/festivals/springscapes

New Adventures in Sound Art presents its 2025 edition of Springscapes, an annual series that highlights the dramatic changes that take place in the natural soundscape from winter to spring and includes installations, workshops and live-stream events.

“The complexity of the natural world is astounding in its diversity and musical nuance. South River 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 visited the region for inspiration. This series begins with exploring the rich spring soundscape of the Almaguin Highlands and expands from there to explore NAISA’s 2025 theme – There is Art in our Nature.” — Darren Copeland, Artistic Director, New Adventures in Sound Art

3) Springscapes Exhibition, Workshop and Online Events

Almaguin Community Soundscapes
April 3 – June 9, 2025
Pay by Donation
naisa.ca/festivals/springscapes/installations

Almaguin Community Soundscapes is an exhibition that surrounds participants with the sounds of spring using a multi-channel speaker system and recordings made by residents of the Almaguin Highlands. The spring season is a special time of the year in the region 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. Listen online to the soundscapes on the Aporee Sound Map.

Contribute Spring Soundscapes!

NAISA welcomes residents in the Almaguin Highlands to contribute the spring soundscapes from their homes (equipment provided). Please visit NAISA or phone/email to make arrangements.

Wetland Slow Radio Broadcast
April 22, 2025, 00:00 – 23:59 (EDT or UTC-4)
Free
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Celebrate Earth Day 2024 with the eighth annual Wetland Project slow radio broadcast on Monday, April 22. Connect with the circadian rhythm of the ṮEḴTEḴSEN marsh on Saturna Island, BC. The sounds of birds, frogs, insects and airplanes take over the airwaves for this twenty-four-hour experience in “slow radio” created by artists Brady Marks and Mark Timmings.

Reveil
May 3, 2025, 00:00 – May 4, 2025, 01:00 (EDT or UTC-4)
Free
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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.

Soundscape Workshop Intensive
May 2 – 4, 2025
$339 (with 2 nights accommodation)
NAISA North Media Arts Centre & Warbler’s Roost, South River
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Advance Registration Required

The annual soundscape weekend intensive will take place May 2 to 4, 2025 at Warbler’s Roost, which is on 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 respond to the theme There is Art in Our Nature.

The complexity of the natural world is astounding in its diversity and musical nuance. South River 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 visited the region for inspiration. What does soundscape recording and composition tell us about this same place almost a Century later?

This workshop is appropriate for all levels of audio experience. It 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.

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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 would also like to thank Reuten Construction, Charles Street Video, and Warbler’s Roost for their sponsorship of Springscapes 2025.

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