CLASSIFICATION
Swallow ID:
1521
Partner Institution:
Concordia University
Source Collection Label:
SpokenWeb Archive of the Present
Sub Series:
SpokenWeb Archive of the Present
ITEM DESCRIPTION
Title:
Performing Technology: SpokenWeb Presents Oana Avasilichioaei
Title Source:
SpokenWeb Archive of the Present
Title Note:
Performing Technology was an investigation into the electroacoustic tools and methods that poets and sound-artists use to manipulate and create sound poetry and sound art. There were performances and conversations about methods of listening to our sonic environments.
Opening performance debuted a new sonic creation "Sonic Thresholds: 4th Space" by Concordia PhD student, Nik Forrest, the recipient of a SpokenWeb research creation award.
Feature performance by poet and sound-artist Oana Avasilichioaei who performed her multimedia piece OPERATOR, which explores the subject position(s) of military drone operators through text, video, improvisation, and live electroacoustic sound.
After the performances, a Q&A panel with performers explored the technology used in their artistic practice, along with questions such as: How can technology compose poetic sound? Can ‘smart’ tech be ‘smart’ sound? What happens when improvisation meets technology? Audience members were encouraged to ask questions and to reflect upon the experience of hearing this performance with and through technology.
Oana Avasilichioaei interweaves poetry, translation, photography, sound, and performance to explore an expanded idea of language, polylingual and polyphonic poetics, historical structures, borders, and orality. Her six poetry collections include We, Beasts (Wolsak & Wynn 2012, A. M. Klein Prize for Poetry), Limbinal (Talonbooks 2015), and Eight Track (Talonbooks, 2019), a poetic, sonic, visual investigation of ideas around tracks/tracking. Recent sound-performance works include EIGHT OVER TWO (2019, Semi Silent Award) and OPERATOR (2018), and she is currently writing a libretto for a one-act opera (FAWN, Toronto). She has also translated eight books of poetry and prose, including Bertrand Laverdure’s Readopolis (Book*hug 2017, Governor General Literary Award). Based in Montreal, Avasilichioaei was the 2018 Audain Visual Artist in Residence at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver. Read more about Avasilichioaei's work here: https://www.oanalab.com/
Nik Forrest is a trans-disciplinary artist based in Tio’tia:ke/Montreal. Currently a PhD student in the Interdisciplinary Humanities program at Concordia, their research combines sound studies, gender studies and creative practice in sound performance and installation. Their sound installations have been shown at Oboro (Montreal), Eastern Block (Montreal), Paved Arts and New Media (Saskatoon), Latitude 54 (Edmonton) and most recently at the Kunsthalle Mulhouse (France). Their short experimental videos have been shown widely at festivals, galleries and museums both in Canada and internationally. Previous sound & video performance: https://vimeo.com/275675933
Language:
English
Genre:
Text-sound compositions
Identifiers:
[]
Rights
CREATORS
Name:
Mcleod, Katherine
Role:
"Series organizer"
CONTRIBUTORS
Name:
Avasilichioaei, Oana
Role:
"Performer"
Name:
Forrest, Nik
Role:
"Performer"
MATERIAL DESCRIPTION
AV Type:
DIGITAL FILE DESCRIPTION
Channel Field:
Stereo
Sample Rate:
44.1 kHz
Precision:
24 Bit
Duration:
01:44:29
Size:
1.66 GB
Encoding:
WAV
Notes:
Original filename: Forrest.Avasilichioaei.McLeod_PerformingTechnology_2019.11.14.TrLR.WAV
CU Performing Technology: SpokenWeb Presents Oana Avasilichioaei 2019-11-14
Google drive:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ACVe_DJnyL7GU6tbJNVHUC1nhzOGqNZx/view?usp=sharing
Content Type:
Photograph
Content Type:
Photograph
Content Type:
Photograph
Content Type:
Photograph
Content Type:
Photograph
Content Type:
Photograph
Content Type:
Poster
Featured:
Yes
Dates
Date:
2019-11-14
Type:
Performance Date
Notes:
16:00-18:00 EDT
LOCATION
Address:
1400 Boulevard De Maisonneuve Ouest Montreal, Quebec H3G 1M8
Venue:
4TH SPACE, Concordia University, LB 103
Latitude:
45.4969147
Longitude:
-73.5773731
Notes:
Montreal, QC
CONTENT
Contents:
Performing Technology is an investigation into the electroacoustic tools and methods that poets and sound-artists use to manipulate and create sound poetry and sound art. The event consists of performances and conversations about methods of listening to our sonic environments.
Opening performance debuts a new sonic creation "Sonic Thresholds: 4th Space" by Concordia PhD student, Nik Forrest, the recipient of a SpokenWeb research creation award.
Feature performance by poet and sound-artist Oana Avasilichioaei performing her multimedia piece OPERATOR, which explores the subject position(s) of military drone operators through text, video, improvisation, and live electroacoustic sound.
After the performances, a Q&A panel with performers explores the technology used in their artistic practice, along with questions such as: How can technology compose poetic sound? Can ‘smart’ tech be ‘smart’ sound? What happens when improvisation meets technology? Audience members are encouraged to ask questions and to reflect upon the experience of hearing this performance with and through technology. The event was free to attend.
NOTES
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