Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Hey Co-Writers,

I told you I went and sang our song at the installation right?  
Musagetes/MSAC residency: 
SONG FOR OTHERS
Over a period of four weeks in February and April 2011, Canadian artist Ehryn Torrell and Swiss artist Annelore Schneider (of collectif_fact) have been developing a collaborative residency project in Guelph. Their project explores ideas of home, intimacy and vulnerability through communal activities like playing with snow, walking, conversing,  communal teas, sound recordings, blogging and public broadcasts. Through planned public events as well as chance encounters, Torrell and Schneider are forming relationships with people in Guelph, aiming to create a bond that allows for trust, exchange and risk-taking. 

Torrell + Schneider's main project, Song for Others, is a sound piece created from over 60 recordings of Guelph residents singing for someone else. The songs were not recorded as "performances" or "dedications," but rather as a re-creation of actual events, a time each participant sang to change someone's mood, calm them to sleep, or simply to make them laugh. From these recordings, they have created a sound piece that will be broadcast live THIS THURSDAY APRIL 21, 2011! 

The archive will be available on http://www.cfru.ca/  

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