The Goose
Volume 14 | No. 1

Article 28

9-1-2015

Canine Haiku: Yellow Ball
Julie Andreyev
Simon Fraser University

Tom (canine)

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Andreyev and (canine): Canine Haiku: Yellow Ball

Canine	
  Haiku:	
  Yellow	
  Ball	
  
	
  
Audio	
  link:	
  https://vimeo.com/129386306	
  
01:30	
  min.,	
  video	
  of	
  performance	
  prototype,	
  2015	
  
	
  
Notes	
  on	
  the	
  Text	
  
	
  
Canine	
  Haiku:	
  Yellow	
  Ball	
  is	
  part	
  of	
  an	
  ongoing	
  series	
  of	
  experimental	
  performances	
  called	
  
Canine	
  Haiku;	
  interspecies	
  new	
  media	
  projects	
  in	
  development	
  that	
  combine	
  aesthetics	
  and	
  
ethics	
  to	
  draw	
  attention	
  to	
  intentionality	
  and	
  expressiveness	
  of	
  canines,	
  which	
  contributes	
  to	
  
enhanced	
  regard	
  for	
  other-­‐than-­‐human	
  beings	
  and	
  our	
  shared	
  ecologies.	
  In	
  Canine	
  Haiku,	
  
recorded	
  vocals	
  of	
  Tom	
  [canine	
  collaborator],	
  haiku	
  poetry,	
  and	
  computational	
  autonomous	
  
systems,	
  propose	
  depictions	
  of	
  canine,	
  human,	
  computer	
  relational	
  space.	
  The	
  project	
  is	
  
informed	
  by	
  practices	
  of	
  Zen,	
  Beat	
  poetry,	
  jazz	
  and	
  Japanese	
  music,	
  computational	
  aesthetics,	
  
and	
  scholarly	
  research	
  in	
  critical	
  animal	
  studies	
  and	
  philosophy.	
  During	
  a	
  performance,	
  the	
  
custom	
  software	
  [made	
  using	
  Max/MSP]	
  selects	
  and	
  plays	
  a	
  canine	
  vocal	
  track	
  that,	
  in	
  real-­‐
time,	
  triggers	
  visual	
  effects	
  and	
  sonic	
  ‘instrument’	
  accompaniments	
  based	
  on	
  expressive	
  
characteristics	
  of	
  Tom's	
  voice.	
  	
  
	
  
Credits:	
  
Julie	
  Andreyev:	
  artist,	
  haiku,	
  visual	
  treatments	
  
Tom:	
  vocals,	
  haiku	
  	
  
Simon	
  Overstall:	
  computer	
  programming,	
  sound	
  design	
  
	
  
	
  
	
  
	
  
	
  

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The Goose, Vol. 14, No. 1 [2015], Art. 28

JULIE	
  ANDREYEV	
  is	
  an	
  artist,	
  researcher,	
  vegan,	
  and	
  educator.	
  Andreyev’s	
  art	
  practice,	
  called	
  
Animal	
  Lover	
  examines	
  animal	
  agency	
  and	
  creativity	
  using	
  modes	
  of	
  interspecies	
  collaboration.	
  
The	
  projects	
  take	
  the	
  form	
  of	
  new	
  media	
  performance,	
  video	
  installation,	
  generative	
  art,	
  and	
  
relational	
  aesthetics.	
  The	
  interspecies	
  collaborations	
  are	
  explored	
  using	
  ethical	
  modes,	
  paying	
  
attention	
  to	
  the	
  participating	
  others	
  in	
  the	
  process	
  of	
  making.	
  In	
  the	
  projects	
  with	
  the	
  two	
  
companion	
  dogs	
  Tom	
  and	
  Sugi	
  (http://www.tomandsugi.com	
  or	
  Twitter:	
  @Tom_and_Sugi)	
  
respect,	
  fun	
  and	
  challenge	
  are	
  employed	
  in	
  the	
  process.	
  The	
  Animal	
  Lover	
  projects	
  have	
  been	
  
shown	
  across	
  Canada,	
  USA,	
  Europe,	
  and	
  Asia,	
  and	
  are	
  supported	
  by	
  the	
  Canada	
  Council	
  for	
  the	
  
Arts	
  and	
  the	
  Social	
  Sciences	
  and	
  Humanities	
  Research	
  Council	
  of	
  Canada.	
  	
  
	
  
Andreyev	
  is	
  Associate	
  Professor	
  at	
  Emily	
  Carr	
  University	
  of	
  Art	
  +	
  Design,	
  and	
  Co-­‐Director	
  of	
  a	
  
biannual	
  symposium/exhibition	
  called	
  Interactive	
  Futures.	
  She	
  is	
  co-­‐founder	
  of	
  the	
  art	
  group	
  
Vegan	
  Congress	
  that	
  holds	
  relational	
  events	
  intended	
  to	
  develop	
  awareness	
  and	
  compassion	
  
towards	
  nonhuman	
  beings.	
  	
  
	
  
Andreyev	
  is	
  a	
  Joseph	
  Armand	
  Bombardier	
  Scholar	
  completing	
  her	
  PhD	
  research	
  at	
  Simon	
  Fraser	
  
University	
  in	
  Vancouver.	
  The	
  research	
  examines	
  compassion	
  as	
  a	
  means	
  for	
  improved	
  
awareness	
  and	
  relationships	
  with	
  nonhuman	
  beings	
  and	
  our	
  shared	
  ecologies.	
  The	
  research	
  is	
  
supported	
  by	
  the	
  Social	
  Sciences	
  and	
  Humanities	
  Research	
  Council	
  of	
  Canada.	
  
	
  
TOM	
  is	
  an	
  artist	
  and	
  vegan	
  who	
  sometimes	
  makes	
  work	
  with	
  Julie.	
  

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