New Adventures in Sound Art (NAISA) has launched its 23rd annual Deep Wireless Festival of Radio and Transmission Art on the theme Reimagine. The festival features an interactive exhibition, hybrid concerts, online workshops, radio art album and a special Art’s Birthday broadcast.
“For Deep Wireless 2024, artists have reimagined the electromagnetic sphere and have considered the sounds of transmission as a musical instrument: from converting solar data into images to uncovering the musical potential of the noise between stations,” says Darren Copeland, Artistic Director of New Adventures in Sound Art
The exhibits are innovative and fascinating. The Interactive exhibit Helios reinterprets data from the Sun. Created by artist Dan Tapper, solar data is gathered from space organizations alongside DIY devices, and seen and unseen structures are converted into images and sound, allowing us to reimagine the sun and engage with its energy in new ways.
That exhibit is currently available and runs until April 1st.
Info – https://naisa.ca/festivals/deep-wireless/installations/
Dan is offering two online workshops for those who want to delve deeper into this form of art.
Dates: January 27th and February 17th
Time: 1pm to 3 pm
Info – https://naisa.ca/festivals/deep-wireless/workshops-talks/
Registration – https://naisa.ca/purchase-tickets/
Dan has been building a software toolkit for artists who wish to work with open source space data in a variety of different artistic media. The first workshop leverages the power of open-source space data to empower participants to experiment with sun and astronomical data in artwork. The second workshop aims to bridge the gap between technology and perception, offering a hands-on approach to creating tools that unveil the unseen aspects of our environment.
Another exhibit connects a local musician with one in Australia. Throughout December Nadene Thériault-Copeland at NAISA has been exchanging audio recordings of weathered pianos with Australian composer and pianist Jesse Budel. The improvisations explore the full range of sonorities of piano weathering outdoors during winter in Northern Ontario and summer in South Australia. The final outcome will be a collaborative Birthday present for Art unveiled for Art’s Birthday on January 17.
The Decomposing Piano is a semi-permanent outdoor installation that explores the effects of the Northern Ontario climate on an upright piano at its location at NAISA’s North Media Arts Centre in South River. The Decomposing Piano was installed in December 2022.
You can listen online during 24 Hours of Radio Art on CITR-FM in Vancouver and at 11 pm during Electric Sense on CIUT-FM in Toronto.
Photo of Jesse Budel by Malinda-Ro Jenner
NAISA is celebrating radio art with its 18th compilation which will be available online after February 1st on NAISA Soundcloud Page. There will be two Hybrid Concerts on February 24th at 1 pm and March 9th at 7 pm. The 18th edition of the Deep Wireless Compilation includes works that Reimagine the voices and sounds of radio transmissions and also uncover the ghosts of the ether and the latent musicality between station signals. Featured this year are works by Bekah Simms, Keith de Mendonca, Cláudio de Pina, Martín Rodriguez, Kat Estacio, AJ Cornell, and Rutmeat.
Radio Art on NAISA Radio
Info – https://www.naisa.ca/naisa-radio/
New Adventures in Sound Art broadcasts radio art and experimental sound art 24/7 on its online audio stream NAISA Radio. Featured this year are radio documentaries and soundscapes as well as many thought-provoking podcasts produced by sound artists, including iMMERSE! by Charlie Morrow and Conscient by Claude Schryer. The July 2021 issue of the Wire Magazine (UK) featured NAISA Radio as one of 100 essential online radio stations, a distinction shared by only one other online radio station in Canada.
New Adventures in Sound Art is a non-profit organization that presents performances and installations spanning the entire spectrum of sound art. NAISA is partially funded by the Department of Canadian Heritage, the Ontario Arts Council, and the Canada Council for the Arts. NAISA would also like to thank Charles Street Video, Reuten Construction, and Warbler’s Roost for their sponsorship support of this year’s edition of the Deep Wireless Festival.
What: Deep Wireless Festival of Radio and Transmission Art
Where: NAISA North Media Arts Centre, 313 Highway 124, South River
When: January 14 to April 1, 2024
Cost: Admission by Donation for in-person exhibition
$12 admission for hybrid concerts
$25 registration for workshops
FREE for the online album and NAISA Radio stream
Info: https://naisa.ca/festivals/deep-wireless/
