Objectives
This workshop aims to foster the creation, production and distribution of electronic music from an Aboriginal feminist vision.
Inspired by the strength and resilience of Aboriginal women, Electronic Soundscapes: Indigenous Feminist Sound Production is part of a movement of awareness and positive action to induce a vision of change for the future.
The milieus of sound creation and online music are presently in full cultural, economic and technological revolution. They are indicative of collective realities, including new skill acquisition and possibilities of expression. Individual and environmental strengths will be combined with the physical feedback provided by electronic musical instruments.
Methods
This training draws its inspiration from the relations between bodies, waterways and electronic flows. Participants will be immersed in a collective creative and technical context, through the process of composition, performance, recording, editing, mixing and mastering of a conceptual online music project.
The topics include current themes:
- Audio art, modular synthesis, dark ambient, drone and acoustic landscapes;
- Key introduction to the steps of producing a conceptual digital album, distributed online (HD, iTunes, MP3, FLAC, OGG, etc.).
The focus will be on physical, analogue, and digital instruments in hybrid and beneficial interactions that draw on the musicians’ personal resources and those of a professional sound studio.
Prerequisites
- Be a professional artist, creator or cultural worker;
- Some performative, compositional and hands-on experience of electronic music instruments is an asset;
- Be a self-employed worker or a salaried employee in an enterprise not subject to 1 % Training Investment*;
- Attend every workshop session.
*Any enterprise whose total payroll is $1.000.000 or more is subject to 1% Training Investment. (Emploi-Québec Program)
Number of participants: maximum 8
Registration period: October 27 – November 16, 2016
Call or email the New Media Lab: 514-844-3250, ext. 230 or lab@oboro.net.
Cost: $125 (taxes included)
Schedule: November 19–20 and 26–27, 2016, 10 am to 5 pm
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Reservation / Payment
Reservations can be done by phone or email. Full payment must be made for reservations to be valid. You can pay by credit card (Visa or MasterCard), cheque or in cash. Registration to a workshop is not transferable.
Cancellation / Refund
OBORO does not refund registration fees except in case of illness (with a medical note) or of absolute necessity. In such cases, registration fees are transferable to another workshop or service offered by the New Media Lab.
Workshop Cancellation
OBORO reserves the right to cancel workshops at any time and without advance notice. In this case, registration fees are completely refunded.