"The Wetland Project book is the print component of a multidisciplinary and multimedia project centred on the sounds emanating from the ṮEḴTEḴSEN marsh, in unceded W̱SÁNEĆ territory (Saturna Island, British Columbia). The book is edited by artists Brady Marks and Mark Timmings, who have been inspired by the sonic phenomena produced by this small patch of Earth to create a 24-hour Slow Radio Broadcast, based on field recordings from the marsh, that radio stations across North America and Europe have aired on Earth Day since 2017; a musical arrangement titled Wetland Senario, co-composed with Stephen Morris and performed by vocal ensemble musica intima; and a new media installation that algorithmically transforms sound frequencies from the marsh recordings into pure colour fields in flux. Contributors to the book include novelist William Gibson, artist and scholar Dolleen Tisawii'ashii Manning of Kettle and Stoney Point First Nation, MP and former Green Party leader Elizabeth May, poet and spoken-word performer Susan McMaster, musicologist Stephen Morris, writer Alex Muir, poet and W̱SÁNEĆ First Nation member Philip Kevin Paul, Stó:lō artist, curator, and scholar Dylan Robinson, sound artist and World Soundscape Project member Hildegaard Westerkamp, and curator, writer, and PhD student Laurie White. The algorithmic flow of colour fields throughout the publication combined with photos of the project and an audio interface accessed using smartphones and tablet devices will give the book a colourful, music box-like quality."-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
EVERY BEING IS A SCORE FOR ANOTHER / Laurie White
ETHICS OF LISTENING ON STOLEN LAND / Philip Kevin Paul in conversation with Brady Marks and Mark Timmings
AN ODE TO RADIO THAT LISTENS / Hildegard Westerkamp
NATURE'S "NEXT TELEVISION" / William Gibson
STEPPING INTO THE SAME WATERWAY MORE THAN ONCE / Alex Muir
WETLAND SENARIO / Stephen Morris
ARRIVAL / Dylan Robinson
BOG BREATHE ME IN / Susan McMaster
KEEP WETLANDS WET / Elizabeth May.
ISBN
9781773271996 (hardcover)
1773271997 (hardcover)
OCLC
1296532573
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