This is an archived event from Culture Days 2024.
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The Sensation of Distribution by Mitchell Akiyama and Brady Peters
In-person
Architecture Interdisciplinary Nature & outdoors Sculpture & installation Self-guidedDate and time
This activity runs the duration of Culture Days.
Location
NAISA North Media Arts Centre
313 Highway 124
South River, ON
Access
Free.
Offered in English and French.
Wheelchair accessible and has gender-neutral washrooms.
Outdoor artwork available 24/7
About
The Sensation of Distribution connects the exploration of acoustic pipe resonance with a more domestic vernacular. Mounted on NAISA’s exterior walls to impersonate furnace vents and also erupting from the ground, this interactive public art sound sculpture re-invites visitors to explore the unnoticed or imminent sonic and aesthetic potential of our built environment.
"The Sensation of Distribution" is a reprise of Mitchell Akiyama and Brady Peters’s 2019 work, "The Distribution of Sensation", which they created while artists in residence at The Bentway, a large, urban public space situated under an elevated highway in downtown Toronto. Like the work at NAISA the previous version was a sound sculpture composed of PVC pipes installed around The Bentway that invited visitors to listen through the natural resonance of the cylinders, creating a series of musical experiences across the site. Mimicing the plumbing infrastructure of the site, the installation was meant to create aesthetic slippages that might potentially lead to confusion as to what exactly functioned or counted as art.
Links
- Information naisa.ca
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Organizer
New Adventures in Sound Art (NAISA)
New Adventures in Sound Art (NAISA) is a non-profit media arts organization that operates the fully accessible NAISA North Media Arts Centre. Arts presentation with a focus on sound and listening are the basis of its year-round exhibitions, online broadcasts and performances. The centre also includes a café which offers Muskoka Roastery coffee, a variety of teas, sodas, locally-baked goodies and Vegan Soups. Have lunch on an artist’s budget with the Artist’s Special.
New Adventures in Sound Art is located in the traditional territory of the Anishinabewaki peoples covered by the Williams Treaty (1923) and Robinson-Huron Treaty (1850). New Adventures in Sound Art recognizes the significant ongoing contributions of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples to aural culture in Canada.