The Sonic Art Series and Factory Media Centre are pleased to present sound sculptures by Annie Dunning and Ryth Kesselring.
June 14 – July 5, 2019
Art Crawl: June 14 from 6-9pm
Sapsucker Sounds
This is a body of work that offers an opportunity to experience sound generated by a conflation of human and woodpecker culture. The work began with a found log, filled with holes made by a Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker. Each sculpture attempts to interpret the marks the bird has “recorded”. All woodpeckers use their hammering to delineate territorial range as well as find food. In addition to using hollow trees, they have been known to hammer on metal objects, taking advantage of the amplification these introduced items offer. This development in woodpecker culture that can expand an individual bird’s territory highlights the potential for inter-species cultural influence that must apply to human culture as well.
About the Artist:
Annie Dunning holds a MFA from the University of Guelph, ON. She maintains a multidisciplinary practice, primarily based in sculpture. With support from the Canada Council and the OAC she has produced and exhibited work across Canada and abroad in Japan, Germany, Belgium, Greece and the United States. Currently she is developing an immersive and interactive series of sound sculptures, funded by the national and provincial arts councils.
Annie Dunning holds a MFA from the University of Guelph, ON. She maintains a multidisciplinary practice, primarily based in sculpture. With support from the Canada Council and the OAC she has produced and exhibited work across Canada and abroad in Japan, Germany, Belgium, Greece and the United States. Currently she is developing an immersive and interactive series of sound sculptures, funded by the national and provincial arts councils.
Sonic Textiles
Ryth Kesselring is researching “sound” textiles. In this installation she has stitched coils of silver threads onto felted fabric to create four-textile speakers and two textile microphones. Her research makes the link between sound and the textile object itself by using sounds from the making. In this particular installation Kesselring is blending the rhythms of
an embroidery machine and the sounds of the repetitive action of the hands while stitching to the human voice. By using those different sounds, Kesselring puts in relation textile labour and its materiality and tempts to connect to the tradition of textile workers how are singing while doing their Needlework.
About the artist:
Born in Switzerland, Ryth Kesselring moved to Québec during her childhood. She is about to obtain her Baccalaureate in Fine Arts at Concordia University with a specialization in fibres and material practices. She is part of studio subTela, where she
works as research assistant on electronics and embroideries for smart textiles. Her research focuses on sound, textiles and the rhythms of craftsmanship as imprints of the textile memories. She is a recipient of several research grants and obtained
the Milieux, institute for Arts, Culture and Technology undergraduate fellowship 2017-2018. Kesselring is also active as a studio art teacher in elementary and high schools. Her work has been shown in Québec, Switzerland, France and Iceland.
About HAVN:
For over seven years, the Hamilton Audio Visual Node (HAVN) has been dedicated to supporting the development, exhibition, documentation, and dispersal of sound, images, and ideas through the programming of experimental and innovative art forms created by emerging and diverse groups of artists. We are a space, arts collective, and curatorial group striving to create and present the art of culturally diverse artists, as well as support performance, media, and sound-based works that do not fit within institutional structures.
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About Sonic Art Series:
The Sonic Art Series (SAS) represents a continuation of HAVN’s mission, to support the development, exhibition, documentation, and dispersal of sound, images, and ideas. This is demonstrated through experimental and innovative art programming that features emerging and diverse groups of artists. SAS celebrates all things sound art. This curated program features contemporary sound art practice in Canada, presenting sound artists whose audible artworks connect ideas of sound with space; analog/digital audio in combination with physical sculpture; sound and performance art; improvised sound; visualizations of sound; as well as coded and interactive sound. This series has been generously supported by the Ontario Arts Council.