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In support of Gemma Crowe's MFA thesis.

Collaboration between a young Red Cedar and Kaia Barth-Lessard, recorded at Cypress Creek. An improvised drum performance using two discarded branches, one of the more "traditionally musical" pieces. Changes in rhythm influenced by…

Music has been a lifelong hobby of mine. I've been interested in creating my own original music for a long time but was always scared that my songs will be trash. I finally took the leap in 2017 and published my first song. It's only been…

Collaboration between a Plum tree and Alisa Tarabrina. Contact microphone performance mixed with ambience from the Lower Lonsdale Community Garden. Scratching, plucking, resonating through the bark.

I’m Crystal Chen, I usually go by Coco and I’m a 14 year old student that currently attends moscrop secondary school. I’ve always really enjoyed songwriting and I’ve been playing the piano since I was 4.

Ahọn Dudu is faced with the challenge of passing on a message that could cost him his life. He is forced to make a decision and navigate his way through disbelief and doubt from his own people- the people of Oke. ... This audio is part of my Master…

Collaboration between a Bigleaf Maple and Emma Shang. Intensity of performed "knocking" interplays with the resultant leaf shaking, as well as with an occasionally rising wind.

In support of Gemma Crowe's MFA thesis.

The people of Oke respond to Ahọn Dudu’s warning. ... This audio is part of my Master of Design thesis project which uses Yorùbá storytelling to speak about my experience with lack of black communal culture here in Vancouver, Canada. In the story,…

Collaboration between a Black Hawthorne and Cara Jacobson. Two contact microphones were used and the performance was composed in editing, creating an enveloping soundscape. Thorns played as kalimba, staccato percussion knocked on wood.

Born in Victoria, I've been playing music my whole life – piano and school band when I was younger, and then teaching myself guitar as a teenager and going out to play rock and/or roll music. Since then I've been in a few bands, the last…

In preparation for his story, Ahọn Dudu introduces you to the place he resides, Oke. He is about to story tell a series of events that he experienced in Oke. ... This audio is part of my Master of Design thesis project which uses Yorùbá storytelling…

Rachel Lau is a community-engaged multidisciplinary artist, writer, and radio producer based in what’s colonially known as “Vancouver”. Through sound art, photography, and zine-making, they contemplate what it means to experience longing in a world…

Ahọn Dudu warns the King and he responds. ... This audio is part of my Master of Design thesis project which uses Yorùbá storytelling to speak about my experience with lack of black communal culture here in Vancouver, Canada. In the story, Ahọn Dudu…

Collaboration between a Cascara tree and Sam Street. Performance gestures are restrained, unobtrusive, allowing for the wind and leaves to be heard.

Student podcasts created for CCID202 + CCID302 + HUMN205: Nature Speaking, with instructor Sarah Van Borek.

In support of Miles Thorogood's MAA thesis, Media Arts.

In support of Miles Thorogood's MAA thesis, Media Arts.

In support of Miles Thorogood's MAA thesis, Media Arts.

In support of Miles Thorogood's MAA thesis, Media Arts.

In support of Miles Thorogood's MAA thesis, Media Arts.

In support of Miles Thorogood's MAA thesis, Media Arts.

In support of Miles Thorogood's MAA thesis, Media Arts.

Collaboration between a young Bigleaf Maple and Linda Serrano, recorded at Green Timbers Urban Park. A clean recording, as if the listener is inside the trunk; one can only hear the gestures of the performer, like a small animal running over the…

Collaborative performances between students and trees using contact microphones and touch gestures. Created for MDIA300/VAST320 - Sound, Media, Ecology under professor Julie Andreyev, this project sought to expand the performer's awareness of a…