upcoming

may 24-june 1: ds/wilding AI in residency at fiber festival, amsterdam / / open day may 28 // tix, sign up and info here //

june 11: ds invited to be part of the big ideas experiment // gathering of artists and arts leaders to discuss the current state of the live performing arts // convened by the siminovitch foundation // toronto

july 4: ds panelist at “composers and sound designers for the stage” // part of the meighen forum deep dive series @ Stratford Festival // link

aug 20-25 ds / wilding AI @ MUTEK montreal // world premieres from the year long wilding AI project // more information forthcoming


news

ds working with media artist faisal anwar for a projection mapping work commissioned by art on the mart // also composing sound for a new generative real-time data work by anwar @ the south asia institute // september 2025 // chicago, usa

small gestures: generating radical sonic futures in an algorithmic world // new article in organised sound (cambridge university press) // open access // read/download at https://doi.org/10.1017/S135577182500010X // journal website here

algorithmic mythologies: failure as a cultural tool // audio paper in press // to be published soon in seismograf peer //

book chapter in progress: “zehn tage im april: a conversation on listening through/to/with the environment” – with berlin musician robert lippok // to be published in an upcoming volume on mcgill-queen’s university press //


current view/read/listen

now: ds has been named as one of the four finalists for the siminovitch prize 2024, which recognizes theatre excellence in canada // read ds’ remarks here // watch the documentary on ds’ work by videocompany here

now: also part of the siminovitch prize, ds in conversation with playwright roland schimmelpfennig // watch

onstage till oct 25: ds sound designed a new adaptation of anne of green gables for the stratford festival //

now: new double release on establishment records // brahmaputra here and adeva_v000_04 here //

now: ds featured on “the creative process: celebrating canadian live performance design” video series, alongside a canada-wide roster of designers // permalink to ds

now: MUTUALISMX feature in mixmag // buy the record (vinyl/digital) on other people records here

ds part of “anthology of exploratory music from india” on the unexplained sounds label //

now: ds launches the archive of silences // home for various research projects incl. sshrc-funded podcast ontologies of silence, a series of 1-on-1 conversations with a wide variety of researchers in the arts and sciences about the how silence – auditory, visual, political, social – manifests in their research

adeva (version000_01) // livestream machine learning-driven AV performance co-presented by new adventures in sound art, charles street video and toronto media arts centre // excerpts here // full concert documentation and post show discussion on NAISAtube here //

ds contributes to acoustic cameras // “cathedral” and the related webcam feed here //


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