NAISA Sound Channel
Newsletter for July 2012 (Vol.7; Iss.7)
Produced by New Adventures in Sound Art
www.naisa.ca

1) NAISA Radio continues www.naisa.ca/webcast
2) Synthecycletron is now open 24/7 on Toronto Island
3) Sound Travels Intensive registration open. Deadline for scholarships July 15
4) Toronto Electroacoustic Symposium - keynote by Trevor Wishart - registration open now
5) July NAISA Space events - World Listening Day with Rui Chaves, Toronto Artist Salon with Paul Dutton
6) Sound Travels Festival of Sound Art August 4 - 31, 2012

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1) NAISA Radio
     Radio & Sound Art 24/7
     www.naisa.ca/webcast

Stay tuned to NAISA Radio for Radio and Sound Art 24/7 www.naisa.ca/webcast. Featured are curated programs and highlights from past artist talks, panel discussion and performances.

2) Synthecycletron by Barry Prophet Interactive installation now open 24/7 on Toronto Island
     June 27 - Oct 16, 24/7, FREE
     Between the pier and the boardwalk on Centre Island
     Toronto Island

Visitors that encounter the Synthecycletron, a favourite amongst Toronto cyclists, generate power by pedalling on stationary bicycles which in turn activate synthesizers and generate sounds connected to their movements.

3) 4th annual Sound Travels Intensive for Sound & Media Artists
     August 7-11, 2012, $175, 9am - 7pm daily with an 8pm concert on August 11
     @ NAISA Space and WBCA Community Gallery

For more information go to http://www.naisa.ca/soundtravels/intensive.html
Pre-registration required - go to https://www.naisa.ca/eshops/eintensive.php

The Sound Travels Intensive is an opportunity for artists, composers and musicians from across Canada and around the world to create and present new work in Toronto, exchange ideas with others, and hone their skills in diverse aspects of sound, media and electroacoustic practice. Five intense days of workshop sessions, private instruction and creative activity culminate in a public concert presentation at Toronto's Artscape Wychwood Barns. This year's Intensive features masterclasses by renowned acousmatic composer Trevor Wishart, alongside core workshops in audio production (Darren Copeland), interactive audio (David Ogborn), DIY electronics using Arduino with Ian Jarvis, Electroacoustic ear-training with Eldad Tsabary plus guest lecture by Emilie LeBel. Participants must apply by Friday July 15 at 12 noon Toronto time to be eligible for a limited number of scholarship and billeting possibilities.

4) 6th annual Toronto Electroacoustic Symposium (TES)
     August 15-18, 2012

$70/$35 student rate (price includes keynote, paper sessions, installations & concerts)
To register go to https://www.naisa.ca/eshops/esymposium.php

The Toronto Electroacoustic Symposium, presented by New Adventures in Sound Art and the Canadian Electroacoustic Community, includes a selection of refereed papers and presentations and concerts as well as a keynote lecture by Trevor Wishart. The proceedings will be published in a forthcoming issue of the CEC's online journal, eContact!. For more information, go to http://www.naisa.ca/soundtravels/symposium.html.

5) July NAISA Space events, 601 Christie St #252

World Listening Day – Toronto/Belfast
July 21, 2012 @ 12:00 PM, $5
meet at NAISA Space, ending in Nordheimer Ravine

During this World Listening Day celebration, audience will experience a trans-local SOUNDwalk. While being led on a SOUNDwalk locally by NAISA Artistic Director Darren Copeland, they will be provided with sounds from a SOUNDwalk in Belfast led by Rui Chaves happening simultaneously: thus juxtaposing two sound locales to produce an integrated soundscape experience.

Paul Dutton performs at Toronto Artist Salon
July 28, 2012, 11am - 2pm with performance @ 1:00 PM, PWYC
NAISA Space

Soundsinger Paul Dutton (CCMC member and former Four Horseman member) merges the world of sound poetry and sound art in this solo performance in the intimate listening environs of the NAISA Space. Also included will be an exhibit of Paul Dutton's collection of poetry and other works.

6) Sound Travels Festival of Sound Art
     August 4 - September 1, 2012

The 14th annual Sound Travels Festival of Sound Art will include interactive installations, performances, a workshop intensive, and the Toronto Electroacoustic Symposium. Featured artists include Trevor Wishart, Emilie LeBel, Terri Hron, Paul Dutton, Ryo Ikeshiro and Michael Trommer.

KEY FESTIVAL DATES

SOUND TRAVELS PERFORMANCES

Sound Travels in the Market
Aug 4, 2012 @ 10am - noon
Live outdoor Sound Art Performance by Octopus (Germaine Liu and Mark Zurawinski) in the Stop Farmer's Market, Barn 5 outdoor walkway, 601 Christie St

Sound Travels Intensive Concert
Aug 11, 2012 @ 8:00 PM
NAISA Space
Artscape Wychwood Barns, 601 Christie Street #252

Toronto Electroacoustic Symposium Concerts
Aug 15 & 16, 2012 @ 8:00 PM
Wychwood Theatre
Artscape Wychwood Barns, 601 Christie Street #176

Flocking, Concert with performances by Terri Hron, Trevor Wishart and Paul Dutton
Aug 17, 2012 @ 8:00 PM
Wychwood Theatre
Artscape Wychwood Barns, 601 Christie Street #176

Encounters Concert with Trevor Wishart
Aug 18, 2012 @ 8:00 PM
Wychwood Theatre
Artscape Wychwood Barns, 601 Christie Street #176

SOUND TRAVELS INSTALLATIONS

Ghostwood a/v by Michael Trommer
Aug 15 to 31, 2012
NAISA Space
Artscape Wychwood Barns, 601 Christie Street #252

Ghostwood a/v is an audio-visual installation which investigates the psychogeography of Ontario's northern wilderness. It is primarily focused on the use of infrasound, provided by specially-constructed tactile transducers, and is supported with a single-channel video component.

PulseCubes by Ryo Ikeshiro
Aug 15 to 31, 2012
NAISA Space
Artscape Wychwood Barns, 601 Christie Street #252

PulseCubes is an interactive sound installation. Visitors are invited to become part of an implicit feedback loop whose other components include a set of small cubes on a flat surface, computer vision and digital signal processing.

Trace by Tristan Whiston & Moynan King
Co-Presented with FADO
Aug 20 to 23, 2012 – 10 am to 4 pm
Christie Studio
Artscape Wychwood Barns, 601 Christie Street #170

Can one have many voices? Can one stand amidst his many voices and find herself there? Can we sing harmony with different parts of ourselves?

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New Adventures in Sound Art is a non-profit organization that presents performances and installations spanning the entire spectrum of electroacoustic and experimental sound art. NAISA is partially funded by the Department of Canadian Heritage, the Toronto Arts Council, Ontario Arts Council, Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Trillium Foundation (for capital upgrades to the NAISA Space) and the SOCAN Foundation.

Inquiries & general information:
Nadene Thériault-Copeland
Executive Director
New Adventures in Sound Art
Artscape Wychwood Barns, 601 Christie St #252, Toronto, ON M6G 4C7
416 652 5115; naisa@naisa.ca