Of Sound Minds encourages new perspectives on sound and the art of listening by presenting experimental music and sound art on Salt Spring Island and around the Capital Regional District of British Columbia.
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As we celebrate our exciting second anniversary, we want to thank our growing and dedicated community of curious listeners, artists, and supporters. However, recent shifts in public funding priorities have made it harder for arts organizations like ours to stay afloat, and recently we have had to make tough choices and scale back some of our programming. If you believe in the value of experimental music and sound art on Salt Spring, please consider making a donation. See our fundraising letter for more information.
COMING EVENTS
4:33 Club presents​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Terri Hron: Listening with our breath
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During this event, somewhere between presentation, meditation and listening session, we will stroke and gently push at the boundaries of what listening means, how breath can support or be a listening state, and how listening to breath can promote ease, comfort and peace.​​
Thank you to all who attended our two sold-out shows of Unlike the Snail, We Carry Our Homes Within Us in August, and apologies to those who were not able to get a ticket. Here are a few of the comments from our audience:
“An otherworldly and beautiful afternoon. It was a magical experience.”
"I was absolutely engaged and absorbed.... Intriguing complexity of juxtaposed sounds and visuals.“
“The show was really beautiful. It ended up being so captivating and perfectly suited to a peaceful and independent immersion. Matthew’s pieces, the audio tour and live performances were wonderfully crafted. I loved the freedom to move. I could choose to stand next to a performer, investigate a visual story, or listen from a distance. Very cool."
"An incredible performance which I feel privileged to have experienced.... The sound prompted my body to move and as I moved, different combinations of views came into focus. Just a slight body movement created a different ‘scene’.... Over time it felt like I was inside the process of meaning making. As if the process of making meaning was filleted and laid out before me to comprehend as well as to experience. My sincere appreciation to the collaborative nature of this project (including us audience members as the final link)."
"UTSWCOHWU unfolded a beautiful metaverse - a psychic/sonic lost and found.”