Led by Helena Krobath, we will learn about deep listening and other sound practices that connect us to the world around us. The event will also include a grounding in space and place facilitated by Kara Smith, conversations about Indigenous food sources with Jeannine Georgeson, and insect identification by Austin Baines.
After the sound walk join us for hot drinks and a chat around a fire to reflect and share experiences.
Jeannine and Austin will be on-hand to identify and answer questions about the flora and fauna found on the walk.
Rain ☂ or shine ☀ Come prepared with layers and waterproof gear.
This event is being held on the unceded stolen traditional territories of Penelakut, Lamalcha, Hwitslum and other Hul’qumi’num and SENĆOŦEN speaking peoples as well as the ceded territories of Tsawwassen First Nation, on what is now known as Galiano Island.
Accessibility Details
This activity involves walking on rough paths with some loose scree, roots and mud. The walk will include some uphill and downhill terrain, and will not be wheelchair accessible.The installation and meeting space are more accessible but do not have wheelchair ramps for full accessibility.
Neither the walk nor the installation are accessible for hearing impaired participants.
There are bathrooms available at the meeting space.
Related Installation (at the Yellowhouse Art Centre):
Helena Krobath
Sea Reading [soundscape composition, 19min22sec]. The piece imagines an altered shoreline in the distant future. A fictional human descendant sails on a wooden raft, listening to fragmented radio signals. The listener and stray signals float endlessly through different possible futures, alongside debris and scraps of memory drifting on the waves. The piece is occupied with the surreal task of attending to climate change in the present reality and the need to locate moments of action against a backdrop of inevitability. The ocean becomes simultaneously mapped with love, abundance, doom, and death. A version of this piece was first exhibited at Touch at a Distance, an outdoor concert at Kits Beach curated by Publik Secrets during their Hadden Park Field House Residency. Inspired by Hildegard Westerkamp's Kits Beach Soundwalk, the work made use of Publik Secrets' marine field recordings, as well as original fieldwork and acousmatic metal and wood recordings. The narrated text comes from the 2019 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Report on Global Sea Level Rise
