HOME 2023 | Forest Fest Gabriola

Gabriola's Second Annual
Sound Symposium is an invitation
to explore connections to our
shared sonic environment with guided sound Walks, radiophonic events, workshops, installations, Audiovisual environments, Ambient Soundscapes and Performances. This year's 'theme' — loosely interpreted in many different ways by some of the contributing artists , is Water. Join us at the Commons for a day of listening, exploring and fun!

Images by Mars Kurek Andreas Kahre and H. Lei

IMAGES FROM the 2023 SYMPOSIUM

Makey=Makey Workshop

Relaxation Sound Lounge

THRUMS

Theremin Man Workshop

Veggophonics

Caveman + The Banshee Performance

Sound Fountain

Piano Deconstruction

A Sound Odyssey

Makey Makey with kids

Hungry Listening Discussion

Goat Barn Installations

Bone Induction Hammock

Sound: The Fundamentals

The Ferryman

GMO-Gabriola Microsynth Orchestra + Matt Smith Lasers

Evening Concert

Evening Concert

Many thanks to the Commons: Judith Roux and Heather Menzies

Cymatics: Sound in Liquid

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EVENTS SCHEDULE
Saturday, September 2nd, 9am-10pm

MORNING EVENTS

9am - 10:30am Silent Soundwalk, Starting at the Timberframe 

10:30am - noon Sound: The Fundamentals, Andreas Kahre, Yurt
10: 30am - noon Looping Workshop, The Caveman (Dave Read), Timberframe

10: 30am - noon Cymatic Installation, Sonic Tent

Noon - 1pm: Hungry Listening — Lunch and indigenous perspectives on soundscapes, Timber Frame

INSTALLATIONS

12 noon - 2: 30pm Soundscape Compositions and Expanded Cinema installations by Chris Welsby, Rogalsky Georgaras Rogalsky,

Stefan Smulovitz, Copeland + Kahre, and others, Goat Barn

Sonic Tent 1 : 1pm - 5pm Sam Ryan's Stroboscopic Sound Waterfall

Sonic Tent 2 : 1pm - 5pm Sonic Hammock : Shepard Tones and the joys of Bone Induction

Sonic Tent 3: Ultrasonic Audio Spotlight

2:30-4pm : Piano Deconstruction, Goat Barn

6pm - 10 pm Ambient Sound World with André, Sah & friends, Yurt

AFTERNOON EVENTS
Noon - 2:30pm Installation Tents and Goat Barn

1pm- 2:30pm THRUMS Workshop and Performance, Reservoir Tent

1pm - 2:30pm Theremin Workshop with Stephen Hamm, Yurt
1pm - 3:30pm VEGGOPHONICS Workshop with David Reid, Timberframe

3pm - 5pm Makey-Makey Drop-In with Zee Kessler, Yurt

3:30-5pm Guided Soundwalk

3:30pm - 5pm Spontaneous Conduction, Voice Games and Discussion with DB Boyko, Reservoir Tent

EVENING PERFORMANCES (times are approximate, pending setup) (times
6 - 6:30 pm DB Boyko and the Commons Choir, with Ian Cox

6: 30- 6:45 pm Theremin Man

7pm - 8pm Caveman + The Banshee + with Theremin Man

8pm - 8:30 pm GMO (Gabriola Microsynth Orchestra) with Emily Carson Apstein (www.omggmo.net)

8:30pm-9pm Odette Laramee : P(re)-view Orphan Odyssey, Jennifer Langley, Antonio Gradanti, Larry Walski, and Alex Varty (Please bring a yoga mat or cushion to lay on)

9:15pm - 10pm The Ferryman + Matt Smith Laser Installation

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EVENTS BY LOCATION

TIMBERFRAME

9am - 10:30am Silent Soundwalk, Starting at the Timberframe 

10: 30am - noon Looping Workshop, The Caveman (Dave Read),

Noon - 1pm: Hungry Listening — Lunch and indigenous perspectives on soundscapes,
1pm - 3:30pm VEGGOPHONICS Workshop with David Reid
3:30pm - 5pm Guided Soundwalk from the TImberframe

SONIC TENTS

Noon - 2:30 pm: Sam Ryan's Stroboscopic Sound Waterfall
Noon - 2:30pm Sonic Hammock : Shepard Tones and the Joys of Bone Induction

Noon - 2:30pm Ultrasonic Audio Spotlight Speaker

 
GOAT BARN

10: 30am - noon Cymatic Demonstration 

Noon - 2:30pm Soundscape Compositions and Expanded Cinema installations by Chris Welsby,

Rogalsky Georgaras Rogalsky, Stefan Smulovitz, Copeland + Kahre, and others

2:30 - 4pm : Piano Deconstruction 

POETRY YURT
10:30am - noon Sound: The Fundamentals, Andreas Kahre
1pm - 2:30pm Theremin Workshop with Stephen Hamm
3pm - 5pm Makey-Makey Drop-In with Zee Kessler
6pm - 10 pm Ambient Sound World with André, Sah & friends

RESERVOIR TENT (Times are approximate, subject to setup))
1pm- 2:30pm THRUMS Workshop and Performance
3:30pm - 5pm Spontaneous Conduction, Voice Games and Discussion with DB Boyko 

6 - 6:30 pm DB Boyko and the Commons Choir, with Ian Cox

6: 30- 6:45 pm Theremin Man

7 pm - 8 pm Caveman + The Banshee + Theremin Man Apstein

8 pm - 8:30 pm GMO (Gabriola Microsynth Orchestra) with Emily Carson
8:30pm - 9pm Odette Laramee : P(re)-view Orphan Odyssey, Jennifer Langley, Antonio Gradanti, Larry Walski, and special guest Alex Varty (Please bring a yoga mat or cushion to lay on)
9:15pm - 10pm The Ferryman + Matt Smith Laser Installation,

INFO

ABOUT THE SYMPOSIUM

Welcome to the Second Annual Gabriola Sound Symposium — Forest Fest 2023. Held on the traditional unceded terrority of the Snuneymuxw nation, Forest Fest is a community gathering event focused on our connections through sound, at the intersection of art, nature, and embodied experience. Forest Fest is an invitation to have fun, and to discover the Gabriola Commons as a setting to experience our community by listening, exploring and sharing impressions of our sensory environment. We gratefully acknowledge all the help we have received from friends, sponsors and members of our community,

With an open invitation to all ages and abilities, the Sound Symposium is a festival of participation and exploration. Discover the fundamentals of sound, find out about the physics and the experience of phenomena like Cymatics and Bone Induction. Experience installations that play with sounds drawn from environmental recordings and the Gabriola soundscape, create sound using your voice, play with found items, vegetables and water. Listen to the sounds of the forest, of animals, chainsaws, musical instruments, and experience audiovisual environments that bring the Commons to life through sound, light and animated spaces. This is an invitation to experiment with sound in immersive environments, to create alongside collaborators, demonstrators, and performers, and to reflect on your experiences in discussions with sound art practicioners and artists from many disciplines. Please join us!

Dinah D. and Andreas Kahre, Gabriola Island, August 2023