Description

As the current ecological transition compels us to rethink our lifestyles and our relationships with non-human beings, the art world is also undergoing significant transformations in its practices. By breaking with traditional modes of musical representation, artists are opening the field to situational and relational practices, framing musical and sound creation as acts of mediation between places and individuals.

In this setting, diverse artistic forms are emerging or being revitalized. Whether through reaffirming sensitivity to landscapes, fostering public awareness, or critically engaging with public and political spaces, artists and researchers are continuously expanding the realm of possibilities. From sound walking to music composition inspired by ecologies, and from sound installation to community-based actions, artistic practices in times of ecological transition are becoming deeply contextual.

Registration

Please register to attend the workshop by filling this Google form.
Deadline to register with lunch: March 25, 2025 at 12:00pm.

Preliminary schedule

8:45am: Coffee
9:00am: Opening statement and welcome
Session 1
9:20am: Dian Schuh – “Faire-jardin” in music: listening and composing as a way of paying attention to the living
9:40am: Kristian North – Outlining the haptic dimension in soundscape composition practice
10:00am: Nicola Giannini – Context, Space, Atmosphere
10:20am: Simon Chioini
10:40am: Pause

Keynote
11:00am: Magali Babin
12:00pm: repas

Session 2
1:00pm: Tarcisio Braga – Mirĩ and the Amazon
1:20pm: Alexandre Amat – Dimensions expressives et résonances politiques de la saturation sonore : la représentation de la souffrance et de l’exploitation animale dans Abattoir I pour 6 instruments
1:40pm: Frederic Roverselli – Interaction scenarios as an ecological composition and performance system
2:00pm: Pause

Session 3
2:20pm: Natalie Doonan – Sympathetic Resonance for Tuning to the World
2:40pm: Jérémie Martineau – In staring lies our intimate surrender
3:00pm: Florence Boucher – L'ethnographie sensorielle et l’écologie sonore pour la création d'une relation avec les paysages sauvages de la ville
3:20pm: Pause

Session 4
3:40pm: Anésio Azevedo Costa Neto – Guará collective presents: Atlantic Forest Project
4:00pm: Saadi Daftari – Here-Now-Then (2024) - A Multichannel Sound Installation
4:20pm: Marie Anne Bérard – Être artiste-médiateur·trice : les effets et retombés sur le processus de création
4:40pm: Simone D'Ambrosio – Composer un espace de vie
5:00pm: Closing statement

Biography

Magali Babin

Through encounters, Magali Babin approaches listening as a tool for attention, gathering and openness to otherness. Between the acoustics of natural landscapes, social contexts and sound reminiscence, the artist draws her materials and creates ambiences, installations or listening experiences. In her recent projects, she is interested in the public sound space and collective listening in relation to living spaces. Her work has been presented in the form of concerts and performances at international festivals in Canada, the United States, Mexico and Europe. The artist's sound installations have been included in solo and group exhibitions at the Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal (Triennale Québécoise. 2011. Mtl), La Fabrique (2015. Fr.), Mois Multi (2012/2019.Qc.). Magali has just submitted a thesis in Études et pratiques des arts at UQAM, and her research-creation is entitled: Sonoquête, laboratoire de recherche sur les empreintes sonores : une pratique de l'écoute en contexte et en relation.

Acknowledgements

The Sustainability Projects Fund (SPF) mandate is to build a culture of sustainability on McGill campuses through the development and seed-funding of interdisciplinary projects. It creates opportunities for the McGill community to actively engage in sustainability initiatives on campus, empowering individuals to be change agents in their own studying and work environment.

Valued at $1 million annually, the SPF is the largest fund of its kind in Canada. Since 2010, more than $10 million has been allocated toward over 260 projects.

This event has received a Silver Certification for sustainability at McGill.