Description
Saturday, Dec 13, 10:30am-4:30pm
Open to all
Limited to 12 participants
In-Person Workshop*
This lit workshop is housed in the assertion that sound has no gender and that our voices are tools for liberation, play, and, above all, communication. In pursuit of the fertile intersections of text and sound, Alexis O’Hara will lead participants in an intensive workshop of listening and writing exercises, vocal and sound-making explorations, technical tips, and collaborative sound creation.
Aimed at writers and artists wishing to explore how sound influences writing and how a writing practice is full of sonic potential, this workshop will empower participants to translate literary proposals into sound concepts, while demystifying the processes involved in bringing text from the page to the stage or the recording booth.
Activities include:
- Introduction to existing sound art practices and approaches
- Automatic listening and writing exercises
- Knowledge of sound technology resources and tools available on the Web
- Microphone technique and exercises to feel comfortable onstage
- Bridge building between writing, sound art, experimental storytelling, radio drama, and sound installation.
- Overview of basic live sound equipment
- Participation in a series of creative and technical exercises
- Creation of an original sound project.
Participants are encouraged to bring a short text (1 page max) and/or a sound-making object.
*This workshop will take place exclusively in person at the Adair Auditorium (top floor of the Atwater Library, 1200 Atwater Avenue, Westmount, Quebec).
