soundfield.nearshore (excerpt I)

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Inspired by the water systems that have shaped Toronto, Confluence examines the relationship between natural and industrial infrastructure, named for the junction of rivers as well as the process of coming togetheer, this immersive new work sets the stage for the meeting of architecture and art, public and private spaces.

Amidst these twisting and undulating wooden forms that crest and dive into the concrete architecture, and surrounded by a sound field created by Anne Bourne, the visitor is invited to wander and reflect ..

'What is heard is changed by listening and changes the listener'
Pauline Oliveros

Imagining rivers capped by the rushing concrete highway in cross motion, I play with the perception of time and space, using gesture and magnification of sound. Slowed pace and subsonic, in particle form. Listening through the concrete for resonance and a geological imprint of the underground tributaries. The nearshore, where land meets water, a vibrant more-than-human sound field, inspires a careless song. Cello microtones emulate the sound of trucks passing, to embrace the perpetual tone of the Gardiner, which plays through the heart of our city, as music. Imagine the resonance of this site, in eons, when rivers flow into the great lake system, that opens brackish to deep ocean. What do the underground rivers sound like clear? Walking the nearshore, listening through the concrete, an immersive array of sonics becomes something not heard before, the underground lines of intention, of water.

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released October 15, 2022
Anne Bourne composer, piano, cello, field recordings
drum performed and recorded by Brandon Valdivia
cello harmonics recorded by seraphim
cello ensemble recorded by Graham Walsh

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Artist composer improvises emergent streams of sonics, field recordings and text, for spatial installation in collaboration with those who stand for the wild and all living beings. Anne explores themes of equanimity, translation, microtonal sound, listening, walking as embodied sonic archiving, collective creative expression, and composes in attunement to the wave patterns of water. ... more

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