In late August, we collaborated with EMMEDIA to throw a rare summertime Hibernation Project event. A combination of spacey music, performance art aquasize, pizza, and all-ages fun, our celebration of sound and summer took over Stanley Park Pool for an evening of excellent watery weirdness.
Tag: performance
IDLE WORSHIP 2025: a mobile exhibition
IDLE WORSHIP 2025 was a tongue-in-cheek subversion of Calgary’s car-obsessed culture, responding to the prevalence of personal vehicles by reclaiming these paved places for people, art, and ideas. A convoy of subversive creativity, IDLE WORSHIP traversed our civic landscape as so many commuters do daily ~ but more subversive intentions. Pithy and playful, IDLE WORSHIP is equal parts community project, commentary, and intervention in plain sight.
HEAT SEEKING
Week 6 of 7: a hide & seek slow dance
PARTICIPANTS:
Clare Duckett
Desiree Nault
Eric Heitmann
Rebecca Reid
Ryan Bourne
Wayne Garrett
Caitlind Brown
& many dancers!
UNLIKELY SPREADFELLOWS & WRECK AGE
Week 4 of 7: dinner and a show!
Wreck Age Performer:
Max Maxwell
Founder of the Feast:
Alex Mitchell
PARTICIPANTS:
Alex Mitchell
Audrey Lane Cockett
Geneviève Paré
Kari Brawn & Gary McMillan
Kora-Lee Morris & Collaborator
Caitlind Brown & Wayne Garrett
& many more attendees!
GATHER BY FIRE at EMPIRE OF DIRT
Week 2 of 7: a residency & ritual sculpture burn on Arrow Mountain
Participants:
Elaine Weryshko
Jim Wallis
Larry McDowell
Lisa Benschop
Marnie Temple
Nikki Emerson
Palmer Olson
Veronica Verkley
Wayne Garrett
Caitlind r.c. Brown
EARS HAVE EYES Live!
Week 3 of 7 of the Hibernation Project 2024!
Episode 25 & 26 of EARS HAVE EYES
EARS HAVE EYES: a listening party for sound art on the radio – LIVE!
Sound Artists:
Audrey Lane Cockett
Chris Dadge
Christina Milinusic
Hermitess (Jennifer Crighton)
Keith Rodger
NUM (Milad Bagheri & Maryam Sirvan)
Hosted by Caitlind Brown and Wayne Garrett
Hibernation 2024 Themes!
We’re delighted to share the themes of our 6th Annual Hibernation Project! We’re beginning with a feast and ending with a LIVE public access TV broadcast, and covering pretty much everything in between. This year features a Hibernation-in-Residence at cSPACE Eau Claire, and an offsite Fire Residency at Empire of Dirt in Creston, BC! We hope you’ll join us for another year of experiments, snowy day projects, and the dreams of we who wake to sleep.
SOUND DEATH (Part 1)
Episode 17 of EARS HAVE EYES
SOUND DEATH: endangered, delicate, and increasingly rare
Sound Artists:
Aloïs Yang
DAWN PHASE
DUMA
Eduardo García
Heloise Tunstall-Behrens + Auclair
Jol Thoms
Hosted by Caitlind Brown and Wayne Garrett
HOMEBODIES
Week 4 of 6: digital performances from the comfort of your own home(body)
Participants:
Ana Phylactic (Kiki Barua)
Audrey Lane Cockett
Becca McDonald
Clare M. Duckett & Eeeeeernie!
Ian Ward
Jonathan Dowdall
Monica Ila & her Yeti!
Phantom Orchid
Ryan Bourne & Rebecca Reid
Salome Says (Toni Hiatt)
Caitlind Brown & Wayne Garrett
Theme by Audrey Lane Cockett
TOBOGGAPALOOZA
Week 1 of 6: return of build-your-own-toboggans!
Participants:
Aiden & Mike Tan
Andrew Davidson
Audrey Lane Cockett
Blake O’Brien
Caitlind Brown & Wayne Garrett
Daniel & Maggie Schaefer
Maggy & Ellen Close
Logan
Sarah VS & Family
Vanessa Porteous & Friends
FUTURE CASTING
Episode 12 of EARS HAVE EYES, a sound art radio program on CJSW 90.9 FM
FUTURE CASTING: science fiction sounds & speculative stories
Sound Artists:
Alfredo Cerrito
Chelidon Frame
Gregory Kramer
Marie Kollek & Teddy Larue
Moody Alien
Thomas Ellison
Wayne DeFehr
Hosted by Caitlind Brown and Wayne Garrett
IDLE WORSHIP: mobile exhibition
In late September, 8 artist-driven cars became moving micro-galleries, welcoming visitors to experience a series of strange, immersive, whimsical, playful, absurd, and satirical artworks – each tucked inside its own automobile. Traveling in a law-abiding motorcade, IDLE WORSHIP responded to Alberta’s car-centric culture in a slow rally from familiar place to place – traversing the Calgary landscape as so many commuters do daily, but with an utterly different intention. Pithy and playful, IDLE WORSHIP was equal parts community project, commentary, and intervention in plain sight.
IN THE CALM
Episode 7 of EARS HAVE EYES, a sound art radio program on CJSW 90.9 FM
IN THE CALM: open, spatial, gentle, and fleeting
Sound Artists:
Audrey Lane Cockett
Chuck Johnson
Daria Baiocchi
D. C. Gale
Lauren Wong
Manja Ristic
Dr. Tibor Donath
Who Cares?
Hosted by Wayne Garrett & Caitlind Brown
BLAZING
Episode 6 of EARS HAVE EYES, a sound art radio program on CJSW 90.9 FM
BLAZING: red hot words, essential feelings
Sound Artists:
Anna Friz
January Rogers
Jared Tailfeathers
Kevin Logan
Natalia Mamcarczyk
Stephanie Quilliams
Dr. Tibor Donath
The Worst Mankind
Hosted by Caitlind Brown and Wayne Garrett.
RISING WATER
Episode 5 of EARS HAVE EYES, a sound art radio program on CJSW 90.9 FM
RISING WATER: over, around, and through.
Sound Artists:
Audrey Lane Cockett
Christina Milinusic
Daria Baiocchi
Deep Dive Sound
Lauren Wong
Manja Ristic
Dr. Tibor Donath
Hosted by Caitlind Brown and Wayne Garrett.
GATHER BY FIRE
Week 11 of 11: a backyard ritual sculpture burn
Artworks by Elaine Weryshko, Jamie Tognazzini, Kamila Eltassi, Kat Dornian, Sarah Smalik, Wayne Garrett, and Caitlind Brown, featuring the unveiling of Maggie Schaefer’s SNOWDOWN Time-Capsule and an impromptu drag performance by Audrey Lane Cockett.
FIRST TOUCH
Week 10 of 11: a slow dance
Music by Clare M. Duckett, Eric Heitmann, Ryan Bourne, Travis Miller, and Wayne Garrett. Sound by Ryan McNally. Social distancing dance prosthetics by Desiree Nault and Caitlind Brown. Thanks to everyone who came and danced!
Theme by Desiree Nault.
CLEAR FOR TAKE-OFF
Week 7 of 11: a carnival of paper planes, tricks, stunts, and flying high
All participants were artists in this bizarre and delightful happening, so instead of naming artists, we’re airing on the side of anonymity. Thanks to all the folks who traveled Jett’s Way Airlines!
BEACONS
Week 5 of 11: light sculptures and illuminated experiments for winter darkness
Artworks by Audrey Lane Cockett, Joanne MacDonald, Maggie Schaefer, Noel Begin & Jennifer Ireland, Rebecca Reid, Sarah Houle, Susan Clarahan, Wayne Garrett & Caitlind Brown.
The Hibernation Station 3!
Week 1 of 11: public access TV from our house(s) to yours!
Featuring artists Eric Hill & Jeff Meldrum, Ingrid Vargas, Jennifer Crighton, Jett Thunders, Kino Sum, Lollipop! (Jessica Wittman), Migueltzinta Solís, Natasha Jensen, Patrick Hamilton & Fiona McTaggart, Sarah Smalik & Jamie Tea, SCN Swampy Communications Network (Amber PB, Sean Dunham, and Teale Phelps Bondaroff), Who Cares? (Jiajia Li & Laura Reid), Yes Nice & Old Saw, and Caitlind r.c. Brown & Wayne Garrett
THE HIBERNATION PROJECT 