sound and art

Audio Visual Improvisation Lab with Amanda Dawn Christie
Saturday, May 23, 12PM-2PM @ North St. Church
Learn to improvise with visuals as well as with sounds! Visual improvisers will learn the basics of 16mm film projector operation and loop improvisation. They will have a chance to play with special prisms, mirrors, and lenses to send images all around the room. Musicians who are interested in exploring multisensory aspects of their work are invited to come along and improvise sonically with the
visuals. No instruments or instruction will be provided on the audio end of things; its just a chance to experiment in the realm of collaborating and improvising on a cross sensory platform. Amanda Dawn Christie is an interdisciplinary artist working with experimental film, contemporary dance, and electroacoustic sound design. She currently works at the Faucet Media Arts Centre in Sackville, New Brunswick.

Intro to Electronics with Adam Kelly
Sunday May 24, 1pm @ Roberts Street Social Centre
Learn some basic electronics skills, including noise-making and circuit-bending. Adam is an artist and the electronics studio technician at the Centre for Art Tapes.

Sound Recording with David Parker
Sunday May 24, 3pm @ Roberts Street Social Centre
Play around with a digital recorder and learn some tips for sound recording that can be used in a variety of ways, from creating artistic field recordings of sounds and spoken word, to doing interviews and creating radio content. David Parker is Spoken Word Coordinator at CKDU 88.1FM, Halifax's beloved community radio station.

Improvisational Music with Garth Hardy
Monday May 25, 7pm @ Roberts Street Social Centre
Bring your instrument(s) of choice to a discussion about the state of
improvised music, types of improv, strategies for success, and doomed
performances. The workshop will also entail workshopping an improvised score for Dziga Vertov's classic silent film, Man With A Movie Camera. Following one more rehearsal during the week, the film with live score will be screened on Friday, May 29th. Interested participants are encouraged to bring an instrument that they are comfortable playing - rudimentary music skills (in both reading and performing) are strongly recommended for the second component of this workshop. Garth is a Winnipeg based artist and musician in town for the Roberts Street Residency Program.