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Fall Soundwalks: Roadside Magic
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Meeting location: Sidewalk plaza outside of the PNE Forum (Renfrew and Hastings) [map]
End point: close to starting location.
Duration: 90 minutes (includes opening/closing discussion and approx. 1 hour soundwalk)
Hastings Park is a surprising hub of gardens and play spaces near the Cassiar exit on Highway 1. On this soundwalk, we will listen to layers of urban design, environment and habitation in the park complex. Known for large venues such as Playland, Hastings Racecourse, and Empire Field, Hastings Park is also thick with publicly accessible greenery, play areas, and infrastructure.
We will finish near where we start. Walking will take a moderate pace with one short downhill/ uphill section and some pauses along the way. Scooter/motorized chair accessible. Please email soundwalks@newmusic.org for more accessibility information.
The park is located in a topographical setting shaped by millenia of Indigenous silviculture and trade. Since colonization, the corridor has been a zone for processing and shipping, as well as one of the earliest working class neighbourhoods in Vancouver. The park is now located in a mixed demographic neighbourhood, wedged between an intersection of travel routes: the Hastings line, TransCanada Highway, Ironworkers Memorial Bridge, and Burrard Inlet. Against this backdrop, we explore the mixed uses and recreational designs of the Hastings Park public space.
Free street parking is located on Hastings west of Renfrew and in marked areas off Hastings (check city signs). There are pay parking lots within the PNE grounds, and transit stops for Hastings/Powell/Renfrew buses nearby.
Helena Krobath is an artist, editor, and educator drawing on sensory experience and recomposition to consider presences, environments and narratives. Helena is the sound designer and audio post producer for Invisible Institutions podcast. Her electroacoustic fictions and radio art have been recently presented by Arts Assembly, Publik Secrets, and NAISA (New Adventures in Sound Art), among others, and her audio essay on hearing political economic realities during COVID-19 was published in the Journal of Design and Culture’s special issue on Covid Materialities. Helena has led soundwalks with Vancouver Soundwalk Collective and Vancouver New Music since 2015 and developed workshops on audio storytelling, including for Nuxalk Radio in Bella Coola, Megaphone Magazine in Vancouver, and VIVO Media Arts Centre.
