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July 27 @ 10:00 am – 1:00 pm PDT
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IN-PERSON WORKSHOP
What can sound and listening tell us about trees and forests? Julie Andreyev and the Branching Songs team lead this multidimensional workshop exploring sound, listening, and interspecies communication using visualization methods and field recording technologies. Participants will be introduced to techniques in expanding their hearing sense and how this can strengthen their connection to the natural world.
Participants will be invited to connect to trees using mind’s eye techniques while learning about biological activity beneath the forest floor and within trees, and the way trees communicate with their communities. Attendees will be introduced to field recording equipment and use contact microphones to intimately listen to trees. Sound art with trees will be explored through these technologies along with improvisational and land-based methods. Branching Songs website: https://www.branchingsongs.org/
Equipment is provided, but attendees are asked to bring 4 AA rechargeable batteries. Please bring water and an optional snack! Participants who have their own field recording equipment or wired over-ear headphones are welcome to bring them.
PROGRAM LEADER BIO
Julie Andreyev is an artist-activist, researcher and educator in Vancouver, located on the unceded, traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish), and səl̓ilw̓ətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations, as well as the unceded traditional territories of nonhuman animals and plant life including bears, deer, raccoons, eagles, ravens, crows, hummingbirds, cedar, fir, salal and others. Her multispecies studio called Animal Lover explores more-than-human creativity to develop kinships with local lifeforms and ecologies. She has a PhD from Simon Fraser University, and is Associate Professor in the Audain Faculty of Art, Emily Carr University of Art + Design. Her work is supported by The Canada Council for the Arts, The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. She loves hiking with her canine companions Zorra and Heroe, paying attention to the liveliness of the animals, trees and plants, and Earth forces. Her book is Lessons from a Multispecies Art Studio: Uncovering Ecological Understanding & Biophilia Through Creative Reciprocity. Intellect Books, 2021. www.animallover.ca
PROGRAM DETAILS
Accessibility notes: This program takes place on a gravel trail, and on uneven forest terrain. Participants will be invited to walk, and to sit on the ground or stand against a tree during aspects of the workshop. Some foam sitting mats are available from SPES, please let us know if needed. If you have any questions or input about accessibility, please email publiced@stanleyparkecology.ca
This program will meet at the Stanley Park Loop @ Bay 1 (#19 Bus Stop located near Stanley Park Pavilion) and proceed to the Beaver Lake Trail where the group will walk to the South Creek Trail and the workshop site.
Terms and Conditions
(1) Registration required - NO DROP-INS ARE ALLOWED. Fees for this program are based on a sliding scale – reduced fees are available for those with financial barriers. Kids under 18 are free.
(2) Cancellation policy – We offer partial refunds for program fees up to 7 days before the program. A 20% administration fee applies. Cancellations with less than the required notice are non-refundable. We do not refund fees for late or missed programs. Please request a refund by emailing publiced@stanleyparkecology.ca. You may also choose to support our public education programming by donating your registration fee.
(3) Weather – Because of the electronic equipment involved in the performance, this event will only take place during dry weather (and rarely, we may cancel programs due to extreme heat or winds). We will alert you by email if the program needs to be rescheduled. If the program cannot be rescheduled, refunds will be offered with a 20% administration fee or you may choose to transfer your ticket to another program of the same value.
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The land on which we gather is the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the Musqueam (xʷməθkʷəy̓əm), Squamish (Skwxwú7mesh), and Tsleil-Waututh (səlilwətaɬ) Peoples. Their stewardship and respect for this land has carried forward for thousands of years long before settlers named it “Stanley Park”.