Fall Soundwalks – Sept. 23 + 30, 2018
Meet me in Listening
Sunday, September 23, 2018; 2PM
Led by Elizabeth Ellis and Helena Krobath
Meeting location: East Georgia Street at Hawks Avenue; on the brick cul-de-sac at the south-east corner of MacLean Park.
FREE EVENT
On this soundwalk, Elizabeth Ellis and Helena Krobath will guide listeners through sensory explorations from their forthcoming print project Meet me in Listening.
Listening is a place where we can be together. We’ll get there by way of sound, attending to the everyday sonic and emotional resonances between us. Through continual practice, play, and imaginative input, we’ll find ourselves in an expansive realm where we can shift our perception and the biases entangled within. Here, we can explore the sounds of openness and possibility, and begin to re-shape the ways of being with one another in this world.
Home is Where the Heart Is
Sunday, September 30, 2018; 2PM
Led by Jorma Kujala
Meeting Location: ground level entrance, Lincoln Skytrain Station, Coquitlam (corner of Northern Avenue and Pinetree Way)
FREE EVENT
Coquitlam’s urban centre punctuates pines with skyscrapers. Its foundation rests on a development surge in the 1980’s, beginning with the construction of the Coquitlam Centre and Westwood Malls, and eventually blanketing surrounding areas and mountainsides. A more recent development boom is once again reconfiguring the fabric the downtown core of this vibrant, multicultural city. It is also reawakening important discussions about community.
In light of the City’s guideline to encourage development that is “livable, attractive and contributes positively to the community,” this soundwalk traverses institutional, commercial, residential and natural spaces, while probing contemporary issues woven into the heart of our urban life. Listening is a space for expanded awareness and engagement, allowing for discussions on the makeup and structure of community, and the provision (or lack thereof) for real needs, including housing, speculative development, and the listening to (and smothering of) voices. This soundwalk opens opportunities to listen between snapped trunks and skyscrapers, to listen to home, to listen where the heart is.
