WHAT IS A SOUNDWALK?
A Soundwalk is a silent walk along a planned route to experience a location’s ambiance and underlying rhythms. All too often the sounds of the environment pass by unnoticed because of our uncanny ability to shut them out. A Soundwalk invites participants to actively listen, opening ears and consciousness to the complex orchestration that the environment is composing at all times. It is a musical-sonic adventure that reveals the banal to be extraordinary!
Soundwalks are presented by Vancouver New Music in association with Vancouver Soundwalk Collective.
Spring Soundwalks – May 21 + 28, 2023
Prog-Walk: Ambient Listening at False Creek (East) Sunday, May 21, 2023; 2–4pm Led by Helena Krobath Meeting location: At the Birds sculpture in Olympic Village Square (between Manitoba and Salt Streets) [map] Bus/sky train stops, along with pay parking/meter parking [...]
Fall Soundwalks – Sept. 25 + Oct. 2, 2022
False Creek’s Thunderclouds of Sounds Sunday, September 25, 2022; 11:30am Led by Jorma Kujala Meeting location: 6th and Fir Park, at entrance located at the northwest corner of West 6th Avenue and Fir Street [map] End point: Hadden Park field [...]
Spring Soundwalks – May 29 + June 5
Listening to Paint Dry Led by Jorma Kujala Sunday, May 29, 2022; 2pm Approx. 15 minute introduction and 1 hour walking time, followed by a half hour open discussion. Meeting Location: NE corner of East 8th Avenue and Kingsway, south [...]
Fall Soundwalks – Sept. 26 + Oct. 3, 2021
In Pursuit of Clairaudience – registration full Dedicated to the memory of composer R. Murray Schafer who passed away on August 14, 2021. Led by Hildegard Westerkamp Sunday, September 26, 2021; 1-2:30PM (approx. 1 hour total walking time, followed by [...]
Gushing at the Wrong Evergreen – a self-guided soundwalk
Created by Jorma Kujala Launch Date: May 30, 2021 View/download map and route details. ROUTE MAP + INSTRUCTIONS This soundwalk extends the historical, cultural and socioeconomic exploration begun with False; Flat; Fake – a soundwalk, offered in September, 2020. Gushing [...]
Seawall Sounds – Seven at Seven – a self-guided soundwalk
Created by Jamie Dolinko Launch Date: May 23, 2021; 7am Approximate duration: 3hrs (at walking pace), 1.5hrs (by bike). Accessible route available; see map and instructions for details. View and download map and route details here. ROUTE MAP + INSTRUCTIONS [...]
Seeking Comfort in Covid Times – a soundwalk – 4 Oct 2020
Created by prOphecy sun Launch date: October 4, 2020 Location: Mount Pleasant Alleyways and Beyond Duration: approx. 60 minutes Seeking comfort is a 60-minute, self-guided soundwalk that invites participants to stroll, even linger and loiter, and listen to the sounds [...]
Intertidal room – a soundwalk – 27 Sept 2020
Sunday, September 27, 2020; 9am and 4pm Self-guided version also available Created/led by Jacek Smolicki Artist chat with Jacek Smolicki on Monday, September 28 at 6pm PDT. Please email Jacek Smolicki at info@para-archives.net if you would like to receive the [...]
False; Flat; Fake – a soundwalk – 1 Sept 2020
False; Flat; Fake – a soundwalk A self-guided soundwalk for Soundwalk September. Created by Jorma Kujala Launch date: September 1, 2020 This walk was created with Echoes. To get the full experience follow these steps: Download the app to your [...]
Fall Soundwalks – Sept. 1, 27 + Oct. 4, 2020
False; Flat; Fake - a soundwalk A self-guided soundwalk for Soundwalk September. Created by Jorma Kujala Launch date: September 1, 2020 This walk was created with Echoes. To get the full experience follow these steps: Download the app to your [...]
Spring Soundwalks
Soundtalk: Expand & Contract: Acoustic Spaces Under COVID19 Sunday, May 31, 2020; 2–3:30pm (PDT) Led by Helena Krobath and Brady Marks We recommend that you use headphones or good speakers in order to have the highest quality listening experience. Expand […]
Fall Soundwalks 2019
September 1, 22 + 29, 2019 Soundwalk Sunday Soundwalk: Playing the Burrard Bridge with Sound Sunday, September 1, 2019; 2PMHosted by Matthew Ariaratnam, Elizabeth Ellis, Julie Hammond, and Helena Krobath Meeting Location: 999 Beach Avenue (Green Streets Community Garden, located […]
Spring Soundwalks – April 28 + May 5, 2019
Writt-Un: Institutional Living Sunday, April 28, 2019; 2-3:30PM Led by Jorma Kujala Meeting Location: Welcome Figure, in front of Building L, 160 West 49th Avenue, Langara College campus (nearest transit: Bus Route 49, stop # 51969; Canada Line, Langara–49th Avenue [...]
Wetlands Project: Soundwalk and Lunch & Talk – May 6, 2018
Co-presented by VIVO Media Arts and Vancouver New Music Wetlands Project – Soundwalk and Lunch & Talk Soundwalk – FULL Sunday, May 6, 2018; 11AM Led by Brady Marks and Mark Timmins What is a soundwalk? It’s a walk with [...]
Spring Soundwalks – April 29 + May 13, 2018
If You Lived Here: An electroacoustic exchange through East Vancouver Sunday, April 29, 2018; 2PM Led by Helena Krobath and Danica Evering Meeting location: in front of 1950 Triumph Street (one block south of the Princeton Pub). Near busses #4 [...]
Fall Soundwalks – Oct. 1 + 8, 2017
An ear on shifting corridors of movement Culture Days Soundwalk Sunday, October 1, 2017; 2PM Led by Leona Noche Meeting Location: Fraser River Trail, under Arthur Laing Bridge (9149 Hudson Street) Travel Directions: Once you get onto Hudson Street from [...]
Spring Soundwalks – Apr. 2 + 9, 2017
SPRING SOUNDWALKS 2017 Slivers of pavement Sunday, April 2, 2017; 2–3PM Led by George Rahi Meeting Location: Waterfront Station Lobby (601 W. Cordova Street) FREE Privately-owned public spaces are widespread in our contemporary urban form, exemplified by squares, plazas, waterfronts, and enlarged [...]
Fall Soundwalks – Sept. 25 + Oct. 2, 2016
FALL 2016 SOUNDWALKS Automation: Trains and Blades Presented as part of Mechanical Music Sunday, September 25, 2016; 2–3:30PM Led by Roxanne Nesbitt Meeting Location: Oustide entrance, Britannia Library (1661 Napier Street) FREE Automation: Trains and Blades considers the sonic overlap between [...]
Spring Soundwalks – April 17 + 24, 2016
Spring 2016 Soundwalks Listening in, Between the Lines Sunday, April 17, 2016; 2PM Led by Jorma Kujala and Igor Santizo Meeting Location: This aural excursion will both begin and end at the Beatty Street entrance of the Stadium-Chinatown Skytrain Station. [...]
Fall Soundwalks – Sept. 20 + 27, 2015
Fall Soundwalks September 20, 2015 ; 2PM Led by Jorma Kujala Meeting location: the corner of Comox and Denman Streets, beside Central Bistro (1072 Denman Street) Vancouver’s West End has changed immensely since it was transformed in the late 1800’s from [...]
Soundwalk and Oscillations at Charleson Park – Aug. 16, 2015
Charleson Park Soundwalk Led by Jean Routhier Sunday, August 16, 2015 8PM – 9PM Meeting place: Love Your Bean Sculpture by Cosimo Cavallaro (look for the big and colorful kidney-shaped rocks) close to the seawall near the children’s playground/off leash [...]
Spring Soundwalks – May 24 + 31, 2015
Re-listening to Vancouver Sunday, May 24, 2015; 2PM Led by Jorma Kujala Meet by the tennis courts Andy Livingstone Park Fieldhouse, 89 Expo Boulevard (between Carrall Street and Quebec Street) Skirting boundaries of time and space, this soundwalk will investigate [...]
Spring Soundwalks – April 27 + May 4, 2014
SPRING 2014 SOUNDWALKS Waterfront Station Soundwalk Sunday, April 27, 2014 | 2PM Led by Josh Hite, Jorma Kujala and Kristen Roos Meeting location: Waterfront Station entrance. meet at the pillar with the address: 601 West Cordova St. Traversing both above [...]
Fall Soundwalks 2013
Underground Vancouver Sunday, September 22, 2013 | 2PM Led by Pietro Sammarco Meeting location: 13th Avenue and Glen Vancouver’s streets make our everyday travels easier, smoother, and safer. Underneath these streets lies a network of drains that efficiently carry rain [...]
