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Soundings Performances at Kamloops Art Gallery

On Jun 21, 2021

Kamloops, Canada

How can a score be a call and tool for decolonization?

Soundings: An Exhibition in Five Parts unfolds in a sequence of five parts, with scores take the form of beadwork, videos, objects, graphic notation, historical belongings, and written instructions. During the exhibition, these scores are activated at specific moments by musicians, dancers, performers and members of the public gradually filling the gallery and surrounding public spaces with sound and action.

Watch the videos below to listen to the scores of artworks from Soundings being performed at the Kamloops Art Gallery. Soundings: An Exhibition in Five Parts
, curated by Candice Hopkins and Dylan Robinson, was
 on view at Kamloops Art Gallery from April 29 to July 3, 2021 in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada.

Performance of Raven Chacon's American Ledger (No.1), 2018

19 minutes, 13 seconds

Performed at Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, BC, the unceded lands of Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc within Secwepemcúl’ecw, on May 6, 2021.

A Kamloops Art Gallery and Kamloops Symphony Orchestra collaborative project

Generously sponsored by Thompson Rivers University

Digital Video: Joy Factory, editing by Vutev Video

Audio Recording: Doug Perry, Perry’s Recording Studio

Courtesy of the Kamloops Art Gallery

Csetkwe Fortier (Syilx and Secwepmec Nations) Performing NDN Love Songs by Peter Morin, 2021

27 minutes, 38 seconds

Digital video: Jonathon Fulton

Courtesy of the Kamloops Art Gallery

Artists
Raven Chacon

Raven Chacon is a composer, performer and installation artist from Fort Defiance, Navajo Nation.

Peter Morin

Peter Morin is a Tahltan Nation artist and curator.