"Changing One’s Mind" is an attempt to sonically portray the effects of psychosis. The intent of this auditory exploration is to immerse the listener in two different acoustic spaces that evoke notions of deception and unfamiliarity. The intent of the artists is guided by themes of duality and space which confronts the listener by fracturing his or her's sense of reality. With homage to Karlheinz Stockhausen’s directional sound in performance, the use of outdoor field and indoor multi-channel recordings are utilized in the piece in order to evoke a sense of the surreal. The artists frequently explored different forms of intervening with sound materials through the creation of this piece. They are interested in bridging human consciousness and sound art in order to bring attention to social awareness and mental health.
Matheos & Georgios is a partnership composed of two life-long friends who have multiple interests in sound design, acousmatic composition and sonic arts. Through their studies in Electroacoustics at Concordia University (Montreal, Canada), they have each acquired a different set of interests and passions. This includes avenues of exploration into sound research, performance, media manipulation, recording, sound practices, and technology. By merging their skills, they have ventured into projects connected and concerned with history, culture, society, and art history. A common theme through their works has been perspectives on past, present, and future. Their projects intertwine the old with the new.
As a team, they view their art as a medium to present real-life issues or topics that concern the masses and areas of human experiences. This is to form an attempt of dialogue by involving the viewer physically and emotionally within their pieces. Their collective works reflect the preservation and continuity of knowledge, language and communication. Utilizing their friendship alongside their mixed media collaborations provides them with the ability to venture into large-scale projects and investigate issues relatable to each other or as a whole. This is also seen by the use of multi-layered ideas and functions of their art.
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The Sound Travels Online Album #1 is produced by New Adventures in Sound Art (NAISA) for the 2020 edition of the annual Sound Travels Festival of Sound Art. The contents of the album are curated by NAISA from an international call for submissions on the theme "Transformations."
Editions 9 through 14 of the Deep Wireless Compilation of Radio and Transmission Art are available on NAISA's Soundcloud site. Previous compact disc editions (1-8) can be heard online at https://naisa.ca/media-archive/compactdiscs/
Copyright of the works belongs to the artists who have agreed to have their work on NAISA's Soundcloud page.
Note that Sound Travels Online Album is not available for download. Community and public radio or internet broadcasters should contact NAISA directly for access to the works for airplay. Contact naisa at naisa dot ca for more information.
Artistic Director: Darren Copeland
Executive Director: Nadene Thériault-Copeland
