This is an archived event from Culture Days 2024.
Images
Borderline (Almaguin Highlands) by Jessica Thompson
In-person
History & heritage Nature & outdoors Physical activity & movement Self-guided TourDate and time
This activity runs the duration of Culture Days.
Location
NAISA North Media Arts Centre
313 Highway 124
South River, ON
Access
Free, and accepts optional pay-what-you-may donations for admission.
Offered in English.
Wheelchair accessible and has gender-neutral washrooms.
Exhibition is information point to do a self-guided walking tour
About
Borderline is a critical mapmaking project by Jessica Thompson that uses sound to illuminate social and economic differences in local geographies. Visitors to the NAISA North Media Arts Centre in South River are invited to contribute to a large-scale soundmap of the Almaguin Highlands by borrowing a toolkit from the centre to go on a self-guided walk and map sounds in one of the villages in the Almaguin Highlands of their choice, or by using the Borderline mobile app. The sounds collected will be added to the map on an ongoing basis.
The Borderline iOS app enables users to automatically map sounds in their environment, put them in dialogue with other forms of data, and generate interactive soundscapes by playing sounds back into the environment.
Links
- Information naisa.ca
- Borderline iOS App apps.apple.com
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.