Jenni Schine and Jay White: Field Guides For Listeners

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Jay White and Jenni Schine, "Field Guides For Listeners," 2019

Open Space artist run-centre presents Field Guides For Listeners, a collaboration between sound artist Jenni Schine and visual artist Jay White, which examines the relationship between art and science through studying the effects of salmon farming on the Pacific Coast of B.C.

Seeds of Sounds: Listening as performance in communityPerformance-workshops with Jane Rigler, flutes & electronics

Workshop: Saturday, May 11, 1-4pm

Performance: Sunday, May 12, 7:30pm

As a flutist, performer-composer, improviser, and Deep Listening® (DL) Certificate teacher Jane Rigler’s concerts and workshops promote multiple listening modalities through a series of invitational, communal activities that were created and/or inspired by US composer/performer Pauline Oliveros (1932-2016). Jane has been trained by the founders of the DL Institute now housed at the Center for Deep Listening at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in Troy, NY, directed by Tomie Hahn. Being part of this growing global community of musicians, artists and scientists inspires Jane to design events that offer inclusive opportunities for “a heightened consciousness of the world of sound and the sound of the world.”

Her workshop at Open Space will engage participants in activities exploring sound walk/mapping and graphic notations, informed by the context of Schine & White's exhibition Field Guides for Listeners.

Participants are invited to explore sounds through playful and contemplative activities that include word games, poetry, movement, walking and drawing a “sound map” of their experiences. Bodies, breath, and any other means of making sound are all welcomed...Rigler's Sunday evening performance will include recent works for soloist with and without electronics, as well as new work realized during her residency in Victoria. Possible guest artists TBD.

This ongoing project draws attention to salmon spawning and farming through Schine’s audio work and a graphic novel written and illustrated by White. The project is informed by a series of residencies at the remote Salmon Coast Field Station (SCFS) in Musgamagw Dzawada’enuxw territory (Broughton Archipelago), B.C.

Using materials salvaged from the shoreline, White will construct seating and convert part of the gallery into a comfortable gathering place for readings, discussions, and other events to engage dialogue and inspire listening. The exhibition will also feature an 8-channel composition composed by Schine using unique cedar audio-panels designed by composer Giorgio Magnanensi; he will present a workshop at Open Space on May 31 from 5:00-7:00 p.m., followed by a performance from 7:30-8:30 p.m.

Jay White’s installations have exhibited expansively and his animated shorts have won awards internationally. Through collaborative works, films, comics, performative walks, animation, and sculptural installation, Jay aims to share lessons he learns from other animals, other people and from the land itself. Jay teaches creative development, storytelling and filmmaking courses at Emily Carr University. He currently lives in Nexwlélexm / Bowen Island.

Jenni Schine is a community-engaged researcher and sound artist. She teaches courses in both rural and urban environments and has been affiliated with the Salmon Coast Field Station since 2009. A big fan of public engagement, Jenni has extended her work into film, radio, electroacoustic composition, and installations. She also likes to connect artists with scientists. Jenni is grateful to learn from the many knowledge holders in the traditional territories where she works and plays. She currently lives on Lekwungen territory in Victoria, BC.