Listening as Activism

Artists: M’Girl Music

On Curation Mentorship Project

Curated by Freya Zinovieff (Vancouver)

Mentor: Laura Netz (Spain/UK)

Listening as Activism explores how deep listening can be a form of resistance and social engagement in our noise-saturated world. In what ways might our individual and collective listening be aimed towards activism, and what might this look, sound and feel like? The evening opens with a roundtable discussion with Renae Morriseau, Harsha Walia, Hildegard Westerkamp and Freya Zinovieff, followed by performances by M’Girl Music and Kiki Connelly & the Understory. Throughout the event, the moving-image works of Métis/Cree filmmaker Gregory Coyes will feature his concept of Slow Media, a decolonized media and exploration of the Indigenous sense of cinematic time.

This event is part of On Curation, a two-year mentorship project led by Vancouver New Music that supports experimental and forward-thinking approaches to sound and music curation. Mentors have been paired with emerging Canadian curators with a focus on deep, one-on-one exchanges that explore new models of curatorial practice to generate accessible and socially engaged programming.

Roundtable contributors:

Renae Morriseau (Cree/Anishinaabe)

Harsha Walia (Vancouver)

Hildegard Westerkamp (Vancouver)

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