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SUMMARY:Gender-Free Group Loop
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, Dec 13\, 10:30am-4:30pm       Open to allLimited to 12 participantsIn-Person Workshop* \n\n\n\nThis 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. \n\n\n\nAimed 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.  \n\n\n\nActivities include: \n\n\n\n\nIntroduction to existing sound art practices and approaches\n\n\n\nAutomatic listening and writing exercises\n\n\n\nKnowledge of sound technology resources and tools available on the Web\n\n\n\nMicrophone technique and exercises to feel comfortable onstage\n\n\n\nBridge building between writing\, sound art\, experimental storytelling\, radio drama\, and sound installation.\n\n\n\nOverview of basic live sound equipment\n\n\n\nParticipation in a series of creative and technical exercises\n\n\n\nCreation of an original sound project.\n\n\n\n\nParticipants are encouraged to bring a short text (1 page max) and/or a sound-making object. \n\n\n\n*This workshop will take place exclusively in-person at the Adair Auditorium (Atwater Library\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Westmount\, Quebec). \n\n\n\nAlexis O’Hara has travelled internationally with spoken-noise performances\, large-scale performance works\, and a sound installation that incited spontaneous musical collaboration between strangers. She has released four albums\, a book of poetry\, and enough helium-filled balloons to get her dress caught in a chandelier. In 2016\, she was awarded the Powerhouse Prize by Canada’s longest-running feminist art gallery\, La Centrale. In collaboration with Atom Cianfarani\, Alexis is one half of Et tu\, Machine\, a collective dedicated to queer imagineering via interdisciplinary installations and actions. Their most recent work\, The Cloud\, premiered in May 2024 at the Festival TransAmériques. Alexis lives among tall trees in the Laurentians.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/gender-free-group-loop/
LOCATION:QWF Office\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3\, Westmount\, QC\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Travel Through Metaphor
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, December 13\, 20256:00–8:00 pm ET\n\n\n\nAmplify your poetic curiosities with fresh takes on figurative language. \n\n\n\nMany writers rely to some degree on figurative language\, which offers the pitfall of cliché or the opportunity for imaginative travel. Strong use of metaphor helps us move away from what we think we know and come closer to a new understanding of what is possible. In this generative workshop\, we will develop fresh approaches to metaphor and other figures of speech. You can expect to leave the workshop with tools for developing your own metaphorical and descriptive power. The workshop is open to writers of all levels and genres\, but some basic experience with poetry writing is recommended.  \n\n\n\nEmail sarahwolfsonwriter@gmail.com to reserve your spot in advance. Space is limited.  \n\n\n\nSarah Wolfson is an award-winning poet and teaching artist. Her collection A Common Name for Everything won the 2020 A.M. Klein Prize for Poetry. Her poems have appeared in literary journals such as The Walrus\, The Fiddlehead\, Geist\, CV2\, Arc\, TriQuarterly\, and The Yale Review. She has taught poetry writing in a variety of contexts to people of all ages\, backgrounds\, and experience levels. 
URL:https://qwf.org/event/travel-through-metaphor/
LOCATION:Phoenix Books\, 5928 Sherbrooke St W\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H4A 1X7\, Canada
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