Night Swim the waves 2006
NIGHT SWIM September 2006: a free event that crossed sound and light installation, a music festival and a swimming pool party, was held from sunset till sunrise at the Trinity Bellwoods Community Centre swimming pool. the waves transformed a much loved downtown public swimming pool into a shimmering, reflective dream-space with kinetic sculpture by Rob Cruickshank. Wire contributor, Marcus Boon invited sound artists, musicians and DJs to produce site specific works and sets in a sound environment designed by sound designer Darren Copeland, which included underwater microphones and speakers. Visitors swam, watched, joined in. Sound is important to all these projects. Night Swim included colossal drone-scapes by Montreal’s Tim Hecker; loops by Beijing-based creators of the Buddha Machine FM3; guitar and bass trance music from Michigan’s Windy and Carl; turntable compositions by Marina Rosenfeld and experimental tribal rhythms by Raz Mesinai from New York. From Toronto, electronic composer and improvisor Sarah Peebles joined Sandro Perri/Polmo Polpo’s indie funk, sexy nocturnal grooves with Luis Jacob, baile funk, grime and dancehall from Geoff Snack aka DJ Showcase Showdown, lo-fi electro-acoustics by Andrew Wedman, and ecstatic sustained tones by Orixasound. These performance/installations hybridise public space, sensually extending it to many cultures and communities. D
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