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Helllllllooooooooooooooo
It is fall now. I am going out of my way to step on crunchy looking leaves. I am getting up early and breathing in deep. The air is good here, now. I am on the lookout for a new pair of mittens, having lost those from last season (where, oh where, do the mittens go, anyway?).
And I am very busy, and not with just the things you might think, like writing songs and taking them on the road in a rented car with a bag of rice chips... no, I am branching out, I am learning and doing new things. Here is a list of some of those new things, in case you are interested:
On October 17th (if you are in Halifax) come downtown behind the provincial Courthouse building on Spring Garden road to check out my first ever installation/performance peice that I'll be doing in collaboration with Leslie Menagh for Halifax's 2nd Annual Nocturne: Art at Night Festival
I've written a bunch of short stories; we've given them to three amazing local illustrators - Sydney Smith, Andrea Dorfman, and Colleen MacIssac - and we will project their illustrations simultaneously with live narration and performance. There will be a mini noise choir and some costumes and set decorations.. all to appeal to the story-listening-to nature in all of us. Leslie and I are so excited about it! Please, come and watch, come and listen, come and participate in the event.
I am also participating in a mentorship program at The Centre for Art Tapes in Halifax. I am a mentee and my mentor is guiding me along a huge learning curve as I work on my first ever sound piece. Although I've made two records to date, I've never actually recorded or mixed anything myself, just conducted the process. So, I am working technically with sound for the first time and it is really challenging and really good. This project will culminate in a presentation of the work in January, at which point I will also post it online for listening.
In November, I will be heading to Ross Creek Centre for the Arts in the hills of Nova Scotia for a brief but intense artist residency. My first one! Here, I will be working on (here comes another first...) a solo, feature-length performance piece based in performance poetry. Like, a one-person show made up of poems. Woah. I have a lot of writing to do. Luckily, Canada Council has some faith in me and are supporting the project. Wow.. that is really very nice of them. I am ever grateful for arts funding.
And that is basically my news. I'm excited about it all. I'm also working out some new material for some upcoming shows and eventual recording - I'd like to head into the studio in early winter). The Mittentime Review is on again this year, with shows in PEI and Halifax.
Lou is sitting on my lap right now. Lou is my cuter-than-all-get-out black cat. Last night he was in my dream and he was roaming around in the mall and I said, "Lou, we should probably get out of this mall" and he agreed. That's just one reason why he's awesome.
Thanks for reading... and make sure to step on a crunchy leaf sometime soon!
Tanya
12:55 PM
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