Sensing Sound: Performance, Technology and Time-Based Practices
Saturday, August 2nd
Facilitated by Alex Raja Ven
1 - 4pm
Free
This workshop offers an in-depth exploration of performance and technology within the realm of contemporary sound art. Participants will gain hands-on experience with field recorders and microphones, learning how to use sound as a medium for artistic expression.
They will examine how these technologies challenge traditional modes of perception and apply these insights to their own creative practice. During the workshop, participants will take part in a soundwalk and create a sound map based on their observations. The workshop concludes with a group exercise, inviting participants to collaboratively perform their own soundscapes.
Materials Required:
Drawing Materials will be provided but participants are encouraged to bring their own headphones.
Facilitated by Alex Raja Ven (they/she) who is a Lebanese-Canadian sound and media artist interested in alternative modes of perception, communication, and interaction. Through their practice, they engage with discourses of ambient, noise, improvisation, and field recording. She has performed and presented her work in concerts, festivals, and galleries throughout Canada, including Music Gallery, Art Windsor-Essex, UKAI Projects, Artcite, InterAccess, Silence, La Sotterenea, Arraymusic, and Forest City Gallery. Raja Ven earned her BA from Western University, where she studied media and digital culture.
