Tickets Now on Sale for Art Spin & Wet Sounds

After a bit of a hiatus, Art Spin is back with one of their classic and beloved bicycle-led art tours. Join them on Saturday, September 7, 2024, for a unique one-time art experience that will guide audiences by bicycle through the Earlscourt neighbourhood to experience multiple art projects and performances presented amongst interesting and alternative sites. While the exact details of the programming is kept secret until the day of, Art Spin is excited to be working with artists Neil Lordson, Moraa Stump with more to be announced.

The tour finishes at a very exciting project, the Toronto premiere of Wet Sounds, a unique project by UK-based artist Joel Cahen that invites you to dive into a public pool and experience an underwater sound installation and live musical performance.

Art Spin Bike Tour

Featured Artists: Neil Lordson, Moraa Stump and more to be announced.

Art Spin bike tours are a roving curatorial project that situates commissioned, site-specific works in unique public spaces throughout the city. Each Art Spin tour gathers a large audience on bicycles to visit the multidisciplinary installations and performances in a one-of-a-kind event. With few details released beforehand, Art Spin tours ask you to trust the curators and allow yourselves to be surprised by both the creative programming and the unusual spaces to which they lead you.

Wet Sounds

Presented in collaboration with The Music Gallery
Featured Artists: Joel Cahen (performing as PlutonOvarian), Mira Martin-Gray, Olivia Shortt, Heidi Chan & Prince Nifty.

Wet Sounds is a sound installation in a swimming pool led by UK-based artist Joel Cahen. Using underwater and over water speakers it immerses the audience in a unique experience of public space and an unparalleled listening experience.

Sound travels 4.5 times quicker in water than in air. It physically connects listeners through vibration. Here, like in the womb, sound is perceived by bone conduction, by the inner ear, giving the impression of it being produced inside the listener’s head rather than through speakers. Split between a multi-channel underwater sound system, the surreal musical experience takes listeners on a journey.

Audience members are invited to don their swimsuits and take to the pool to listen to live performances by PlutonOvarian, Heidi Chan, Prince Nifty, Mira Martin-Gray, and Olivia Shortt.

Ticket & Event Details

Visit www.artspin.ca/wet-sounds to purchase.

Art Spin Bike Tour & Wet Sounds
Saturday, September 7, 2pm – 6pm (Rain date Sept. 8)
Tickets: $27

• Location: Meet at Earlscourt Park Gazebo (1200 Lansdowne Ave). The tour ends at Giovanni Caboto pool for the Wet Sounds performance.
• To Bring: Your bicycle, helmet & lock, plus your swimsuit and towel for Wet Sounds.
• Accessibility: Unfortunately this event is not accessible. Participants are required to ride a bicycle to participate. The pool building features a ramp to entrance, accessible washrooms, barrier free shower, and stairs into the pool, see the pool’s website for more information.

Wet Sounds
Saturday, September 7, 7pm – 9pm (Rain date Sept. 8)
Tickets: $22

• Location: Giovanni Caboto Pool, 1367 St. Clair Ave W, Toronto
• To Bring: Swimsuit & towel
• Accessibility: This event is partially accessible. See the pool’s website for more information. The building features a ramp to entrance, accessible washrooms, barrier free shower, and stairs into the pool.

About Art Spin:

Art Spin has been curating and presenting multidisciplinary contemporary art projects in alternative spaces throughout the city since 2009, activating decommissioned venues and unique public spaces to produce large scale group exhibitions along with curated bicycle-led art tours. Led by Layne Hinton and Rui Pimenta, artists and independent curators, Art Spin is driven by a strong sense of commitment and passion for presenting contemporary artworks in alternative spaces, in order to make its audience’s experiences with art more engaging and exciting.

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Thank you to all of the volunteers, partners, collaborators and supporters who make Art Spin projects possible.

Image credits: First image by Adam Seward for Art Spin. Second image courtesy of Wet Sounds.