Two Rivers Sound Walk

Our final project in the Core Concepts course asked that we engage with “Difficult Knowings” about water. My colleagues and I developed these Sound Walk pieces to explore stories that help us grapple with our relationship and understanding of water. Most of these recordings were taken on site in the Two Rivers Neighbourhood in Guelph,

Being Digital

Nicolas Negroponte had a theory that I keep coming back to. In his book, Being Digital he spoke of how society would struggle as the value of things shifted from atoms to bits. In many senses I agree with him. As a musician I’ve watched means of revenue evaporate onto the internet and in the

The Water and Me: an Auto-ethnography?

When considering our relationship with water I am inclined to pause for meditation on how we all start the same way. Being of an in water. In gestation we begin fertilized in liquid, having weak membranes which develop eventually to separate the water within us from the water without. This happens only slowly over time.

River Walk

Cool Hearts Cohort

Yesterday a few members of the cohort (cool hearts) gathered at B’s studio to rehearse a piece composed by James Harley that we intend to perform in the new year. It was really fascinating how a process organically emerged from the various needs and conventions of each member assembled. We came up with a form,

iEdit 4.1

I have a list I keep on my phone of reminders which are actually life goals. On that list is “Final Cut Pro”. I long to be reunited with the capacity to shoot and edit video. Thanks to my association as a student IICSI I was able to attend a session at Ed Video with

Pumpkin Promenade

The Two River’s Neighbourhood Group Pumpkin Promenade was started years ago by my friend and neighbour Janet Morton. The event has the kind of vitality where it continues to thrive without her direct involvement. The day after Halloween people put their jack-o-lanterns out on the curb and the neighbourhood group collects them, and arranges them

The Sound and the Fury

This past weekend J., M. and I answered the open call from Bonnie Trash twins Emma and Sara Bortolon-Vetor to meet at the Guelph Lake Conservation Area for a field recording in support of their next album. They’re doing interesting work regarding women’s voices, perceptions, silencing and policing. The invitation was to offer vocal modalities