Drop
September 5 – October 11, 2025
Opening: Friday, September 5, 6-8 p.m.
A solo exhibition by Marla Hlady.
“The performing body, the sculptural body, the body as subject. Just as machines break down, bodies break down, fail. Drop operates at the intersection of these ideas of ‘body.’ It is an active proposition. Drop, topple, plonk, drag, droop, lie, sprawl, rest, pause, float, stop, drip. Drop is a dance, and water is the body. Drop is a dance that embodies contrary impulses of control and abandon. A machine has control, a drop only has direction. Combine them. Site recordings and performed sounds mean listening happens twice, on capture, and again while looking. The site recordings are from the lakes and the rivers and the creeks. The dance is for lakes and the rivers and the creeks.” – Claire Christie
Christie Contemporary
64 Miller Street, Toronto, M6N 2Z9
Visiting hours: Wednesday-Saturday (11-5 p.m.) or by appointment
June 30, 2025
THIRTYMINUTES x Marla Hlady debut their new video piece Piper (Recordings from Home). In collaboration with THIRTYMINUTES (Aliayta Foon-Dancoes, Paul Deighton Macintyre, Liam Ross Gibson), the video features Marla Hlady’s sound sculptures.
Thursday, April 17, 2025
Music Gallery, Toronto (Canada)
A live performance featuring twelve vintage electronic metronomes, performed with Christof Migone. Curated by Sara Constant and Karie Liao. Presented by the Blackwood Gallery and the Music Gallery.
December 12, 2024
Water (Deshkan Ziibi) is a 12-hour event, part of an annual series, that takes place on December 12, from 12 noon to 12 midnight. The curatorial team for this year’s edition is Christof Migone, Sheri Osden Nault, and Ruth Skinner. Hour four was co-curated with Ann MacDonald of the Doris McCarthy Gallery.
More info: https://dorismccarthygallery.utoronto.ca/programming/events-programs/water-deshkan-ziibi
On and On and Off
December 12, 2024 at 11:03pm CET
Live broadcast of audio work by Marla Hlady & Christof Migone.
Commissioned by Kunstradio, ORF, Vienna, Austria.
Listen: https://sound.orf.at/radio/oe1/sendung/207875/mit-oe1-zur-arbeit
Read: https://oe1.orf.at/programm/20241212/779024/Mit-Oe1-zur-Arbeit
UAAC Conference 2024
October 24-26, 2024
Universities Art Association of Canada (UAAC) presents Somewhere: Place-based Artmaking conference presentation for the panel Artist in Residence: re-imaging dwelling and movement chaired by Paola Poletto (Art Gallery of Ontario).
More info: https://uaac-aauc.com/conference/
September 5-6, 2024 at the Ottawa Dance Collective (Ottawa, Canada)
October 17, 2024 at Tik Tac Arts Centre (Brussels, Belgium)
Sound design for choreographic dance performance by Shannon Cooney
Onsen 2017
March 20, 2024
Commissioned 9-second audio work, Onsen 2017, from Marla Hlady and Christof Migone to celebrate 30 years of Neural and 20 years of Cronica. Onsen 2017 is available on a compilation 7” flexi disc that accompanies the latest issue of Neural, issue #74. Available only for subscribers to Neural.
Artists that appear on the flexi are (in order of appearance): Yiorgis Sakellariou, Lílian Campesato, Fabio Perletta, Philippe Petit, Roel Meelkop, Jacob Kirkegaard, Francisco López, Marc Behrens, Marcin Pietruszewski, David Lee Myers, CLOCK DVA, Kat Austen, Alva Noto, Jana Winderen, Gintas K, Scanner, David Haines & Joyce Hinterding, Ivan Iusco, Jos Smolders, Atom™, Matilde Meireles, Staalplaat Soundsystem, Simon Whetham, Marla Hlady & Christof Migone, Sonoscopia, Robertina Šebjanič, Budhaditya Chattopadhyay, Miguel A. García, @c, Janek Schaefer. Each artist contributed a 9 seconds long work. This project is the result of a joint effort with Neural to celebrate its thirty years and the twenty years of Crónica.
Squint Sonic
June 11, 2024
Squint Sonic, an event at La Sotterenea is part of Suoni per il Popolo festival in Montréal, QC.
An evening featuring delectable visuals of matter, both organic and abstract, questionable performative gestures that instill and unsettle, and inventive kinetic sound devices that energize and mesmerize. Arranged in solo, duo, trio, and quartet configurations combining live and recorded material, the event will ebb and flow between organized and improvised.
Featuring Ellen Moffat & Eeva Siivonen (London, ON), Marla Hlady (Toronto); former Montreals Christof Migone & Alexandre St-Onge, and local legend Anne-F Jacques. Celebrating the concurrent exhibition of Swan Song by Marla Hlady and Christof Migone at Produit Rien (June 3-17) and the launch of a slew of publications: Swan Song (Crónica ), undoundone by Alexandre St-Onge & Christof Migone (Ambiances Magnétiques), Seti Sati (Ma mère, musicienne, est morte) by Christof Migone (Merles), a rested development by Ellen Moffat & Eeva Siivonen (Squint Press), and My Body Doing Its Best Without Me, And Then You See The Mouth Open As If It Wanted To Say Something by Alexandre St-Onge & Christof Migone (Squint Press).
June 3-18, 2023
Opening: Saturday, June 3, 2 p.m.
Visiting hours: Wednesday-Sunday, noon – 6 p.m.
Produit Rien
6909 Marconi, Montréal, H2S 3K2
Exhibition of Swan Song by Marla Hlady and Christof Migone, part of the Suoni per il Popolo festival, Montréal, June 3-17, 2023.
Squint Press and le Suoni present a performance by: Squint Sonic (Marla Hlady, Anne-F Jacques, Ellen Moffat & Eeva Siivonen, Christof Migone & Alexandre St-Onge) June 11, 2023 8 p.m. at La Sotteranea.
Plural Contemporary Art Fair
April 20-23, 2023
A selection of Marla Hlady drawings presented at Plural Contemporary Art Fair (Montreal, QC), curated by Christie Contemporary. The fair is organized by the Contemporary Art Galleries Association and welcomes 44 galleries from 7 Canadian cities.
Record Label Launch: Swan Song
Official launch: February 14, 2023
Double CD publication with the label Cronica
Read: official press release
Read: album review
Purchase: digital album
Art Toronto: Toronto’s International Art Fair
October 27-30, 2022
Featuring: Erika DeFreitas, Marla Hlady, David Merritt, Nick Ostoff, Jade Rude, Adam Swica, Jessica Thalmann, Larissa Tiggelers, Erin Vincent, Douglas Walker
Curated by Christie Contemporary
Swan Song at Christie Contemporary
October 21 – November 19, 2022
Exhibition in collaboration with Christof Migone
Christie Contemporary (Toronto)
In March 2020, Marla Hlady + Christof Migone installed Swan Song and the Sampler editions at the gallery, ready to celebrate the yield of their Glenfiddich Residency. The day of the scheduled opening, lockdown went into effect. The gallery is thrilled to raise a glass to this work again, in a significantly better moment, to now possible fanfare.
Read: exhibition text
Papier Art Fair 2021 (Montreal)
August 26-28, 2021
Featuring: Therese Bolliger, Naomi Cook, Erika DeFreitas, Sarah Elise Hall, Marla Hlady, Yam Lau, David Merritt, Nick Ostoff, Jade Rude, Adam Swica, Jessica Thalmann, Erin Vincent, Douglas Walker
Curated by Christie Contemporary
AHA! – Annual Hallwalls Auction
June 3-6, 2021
Preview Party on June 3 at 6 p.m.
One-of-a-kind artworks generously donated by artistic partners from Hallwalls’ nearly 50-year history. Each work will be available through a virtual silent auction which runs for the course of four days.
The auction opens on Thursday, June 3, 2021 at 6 p.m. and ends on Sunday June 6 at 9 p.m.
For more details, visit: hallwalls.org/aha
New Commission: BMO Corporate Art Collection
Grateful to the BMO Corporate Art Collection for commissioning Coppertone (2021), two-channel stereo sound sculpture, using composed field recordings from the Glenfiddich Artist-in-Residence (Scotland).
Documentation process by Peppercorn Imagine Studio.
You-
December 12, 2021
A 12-hour online event organized by Christof Migone and presented online by Resonance Extra (London, UK) and Wave Farm Radio (Hudson, NY).
HOUR 2: SCARBOROUGH HOUR with Christopher Dela Cruz, Eric Slyfield, Erika DeFreitas and Tiffany Schofield.
HOUR 12: SWAN SONG features my collaborative work with Christof Migone.
Fluid Resilience
October 16-18, 2020
Sound design for choreographic dance performance by Shannon Cooney.
Sound engineering by Miche Moreno.
Artforum Critic’s Pick: Toronto
Swan Song at Christie Contemporary
May 21 – July 11, 2020
“The sound that emanates from Marla Hlady and Christof Migone’s exhibition Swan Song is a sustained jangling tone that gradually, sometimes imperceptibly, adjusts itself.“
Read more from Daniella Sanader on Artforum, here.
Visit the exhibition: Christie Contemporary (64 Miller St. Toronto, Canada)
squint press online launch
hosted by Art Metropole
July 3, 2020
squint press is proud to present an online event in support of their recent publications. The event will feature live and recorded presentations, interventions, performances by Simon Brown, Marla Hlady, Private Robots (Juliana Pivato & Seb Roberts), Alexandre St-Onge, and Xuan Ye.
All proceeds from sales at this event will be donated to Black Lives Matter – Toronto and Hoodstock Montréal-Nord
squint press was founded in 1999 by Christof Migone & Alexandre St-Onge.
For more information, visit: Art Metropole and squint press
Swan Song at Christie Contemporary
Marla Hlady & Christof Migone
March 21 – July 11, 2020
The gallery is delighted to share Marla Hlady and Christof Migone’s exhibition, Swan Song, with a video interview that discusses the work and recounts their installment as the 2019 Glenfiddich Canadian Artists-in-Residence at the Glenfiddich Distillery in Dufftown, Scotland. With thanks to Marla Hlady and Christof Migone, Glenfiddich Distillery, and Peppercorn Imagine Studio — the gallery could not have anticipated how critical this record of work would be in this moment.
Christie Contemporary is temporarily closed due to cautions around COVID-19. Once we are safely able to open our doors to regular hours, this exhibition will be on view. We look forward to welcoming you back to the gallery. Stay well!
Vinyl Release: Playing Piano (2020)
Playing Piano features a partially deconstructed upright player piano prepared in the spirit of John Cage. This fully mechanized 1920’s player piano is animated by a motor and pneumatics (as opposed to being played by a person). A perforated paper roll, the physical translation of the musical score, controls the mechanized elements. The preparations to Playing Pianoinclude various machines which strum and press a pie plate against the strings, whistle using the air of the pneumatics and amplify various parts of the piano’s mechanics. An array of sensors placed on the strings in conjunction with a computer and a series of microprocessors, enables the player piano to control these preparations.
Recorded at: YYZ Artists’ Outlet in Toronto (January 2008) and mixed in Calgary (May 2018), both by John Abram. Mastered by: Harris Newman, Grey Market Mastering, Montreal (June 2018).
Available at SQUINT _ _ _ _ _ _ PRESS [squint 00P] and
marlahlady.bandcamp.com
More info about the sculpture Playing Piano (2008)
Feeling Sound, Performing Access
February 21, 2020
Sound performance with Ellen Moffat and Gordon Monahan
Feeling Sound, Performing Access is co-presented by Guelph Museums and VibraFusionLab with support from the Musagetes Fund through the Guelph Community Foundation. The building is physically accessible and the performance will have ASL Interpretation.
For more information: guelphmuseums.ca
Exhibition: Glenfiddich Artist-in-Residence
July 27 – August 25, 2019
Glenfiddich Distillery (Dufftown, Scotland)
Private viewing: July 26, 2019 at 6:30 p.m.
Artists: Raju Baraiya, Penelope Cain, Samantha Cheevers, Linh Do, Marla Hlady & Christof Migone, Liao Chien Chung, Ryu Biho
“For the past 18 years the Glenfiddich Distillery has been honoured to play host to an array of visual artists from around the world. Each artist spends three months living and working at the distillery, harvesting ideas and inspirations before distilling them down into a fresh range of visual interpretations that document their experience in The Valley of the Deer.
Since arriving in early May, Marla Hlady and Christof Migone have spent many hours collecting sounds from all areas of the distillery. The sound of water rushing from the Robbie Dhu spring in the Conval hills, the daily actions of our coopers and warehouse teams, the clinking of bottles as they go down the filling lines have all been merged with a special arrangement of vocal recordings made by many of the workers in an audio piece entitled the Doric Dozen.”
– excerpted from exhibition media release
2019 Canadian Artists-in-Residence Prize at Glenfiddich
World-class scotch whisky leader Glenfiddich has awarded Canadian artists Marla Hlady and Christof Migone the 2019 Artist-in-Residence prize. Valued at $20,000, the prize includes airfare, accommodation, living expenses and a substantial production budget. Hlady and Migone will spend the summer working on a new project together, at the Glenfiddich Distillery in Dufftown, in the beautiful Scottish Highlands.
The three-month program hosts eight artists from around the globe to produce new works inspired by the distillery, history, heritage, people, and craftsmanship of the surrounding area. While in Dufftown, the artists live in crofts, and are encouraged to share in a dialogue with one another and to foster cross-disciplinary ideas. Hlady and Migone’s proposal to explore the congenial gesture of ‘raising a glass’ perfectly encapsulates this spirit.
For more information: www.glenfiddich.com
February 8, 2019, 5 – 8 p.m.
Listening at 5 p.m. | Launch at 6 p.m.
Avatar, Quebec City, QC
Marla Hlady and Eric Chenaux [Toronto/Paris]
In conjunction with Mois Multi, festival international d’arts multi-disciplinaires et électroniques.
Artists Marla Hlady and Eric Chenaux are pursuing their collaboration through their vinyl album “fluff”, an unprecedented duet creation resulting from what they called “field-performance-recording” experimentations. Stemming from a hybrid practice at the crossroad of music and sound art, their tracks were produced at Avatar in June 2017, as part of a residency during which they explored the acoustic and poetic properties of specific locations – a gymnasium and a shelter in the woods.
Join us for the listening of fluff and an artist talk with Marla Hlady!
In association with community partners at Underbelly and Musicworks Magazine.
Making Sounds With Stuff: Static Gestures
January 5, 2019
7:30 p.m – 1:00 a.m.
Electric Perfume (Toronto, Canada)
Featuring: Marla Hlady & Christof Migone, Wesley Peñalosa, Sara Tracy & Jason Gillingham (Montreal), Rob Cruickshank, Raul Altosaar
Static Gestures presents an evening of sound performances using physical objects in unconventional ways to produce sound. This show is part of an ongoing original series at Electric Perfume called Making Sounds With Stuff.
In association with community partners at Underbelly and Musicworks Magazine.
Read review: “An Exercise in Actively Listening” by Rashana Youtzy, The Strand
Fielding: Solo with Cases 2018
December 14, 2018
A performance series by FEMALE TROUBLE collective:
Shannon Cooney, choreography and dance
Marla Hlady in collaboration with Eric Chenaux, sound
VULVA CLUB #21
Vierte Welt, Kotbusser Tor
Berlin-Kreuzberg
EI December 2018 Performance Series
December 7, 2018
“The Forty-fifth Anniversary of EI performances at 224 Centre Street, The Fiftieth Anniversary of the Founding of Experimental Intermedia, the Fiftieth Anniversary of the 224 Centre Street loft, and not least, The Twenty-eighth annual Festival with no fancy name, Part One (or A).” – Phil Niblock, Curator
Marla Hlady and Christof Migone collaborate on somatic performance and mechanized kinetics with sound at the centre. Their strategies include: Shifting singulars into plural; adding ad infinitum, but then distilling until densities emerge; some humour tinged with pathos; taking the word ‘concern’ seriously, yet steeped in explorations that retain a notion of play; rerouting, reinjecting, responding; finding edges; mining particularities; rippled resonances; subtle alterations of tension and attention; moored, anchored even, yet nimble, and at times furtive.
EXPERIMENTAL INTERMEDIA
224 Centre Street at Grand, Third Floor
New York, NY 10013
The 5th Sound Effects Seoul: Women Hack SFX Seoul 2018
Exhibition: November 9 – December 9, 2018
Opening: November 9, 2018 at 6 p.m.
Discussion: November 10, 2018 from 2-5 p.m.
Performance Night: November 15, 2018 at 7:30 a.m. on Channel 1969
Artists: Marla Hlady, Insook Bae, Wonjung Shin, Elico Suzuki, Ioana Vreme Moser
Workshops & Artist Talks:
November 11 at 3 p.m. – Elico Suzuki
November 13 at 5 p.m. – Marla Hlady
November 17 at 3 p.m. – Ioana Vreme Moser
Alternative Space LOOP
20, Wausan-ro 29na-gil
Mapo-gu, Seoul, Korea (335-11, Seogyo-dong)
+82-2-3141-1377
PoL # 44 Stereo Play
Thursday 12 July from 6:30-8:30 p.m.
London College of Communication
Marla Hlady will facilitate a listening session, Stereo Play, where workshop participants will listen to their own field recording* ‘live’ mixed using Mic Spin microphone machines.
For this listening workshop, two Mic Spin machines will be used to actively play with the stereophonic field. What happens when the familiarity of the stereo sound image is disrupted?
*Bring a field recording no longer than 5 minutes on external hard drive. Format can be MP3, WAV, AIFF, etc. 16bit, 44.1 kHz.
June 30 – August 11, 2018
Opening: Saturday, June 30 from 2-5 p.m.
MKG127 is pleased to present Record Shop, a group exhibition including work by Sonny Assu (Vancouver), Deanna Bowen, Bill Burns, Dave Dyment, Roula Partheniou, Geoffrey Pugen, Marla Hlady, Christof Migone (Toronto), Michael Dumontier, Suzie Smith (Winnipeg), Instant Coffee (Vancouver/Winnipeg), Laura Kikauka (Meaford, ON) and Eleanor King (New York).
1445 Dundas St. West, Toronto
647-435-7682
Fielding: Solo with Cases 2018
Wednesday June 13, 2018 at 8:30 p.m.
Doors open at 8:15 p.m.
Shannon Cooney, choreography and dance
Marla Hlady in collaboration with Eric Chenaux, sound
Fielding is shaped by performing the practice of Moveable Cinema; a heightened visually sensed movement practice with multiple relationships that are interactive with light, sound, space and people. Layers of light, direction and texture are both highlighting the performance of the practice, as well as subtly informing the vibrancy of the movement.
Scores drawn by Marla Hlady are performed and shape the choreography; highlighting her series “Graphic Scores (2010)” and “Sound Events (2010)” (Ink and graphite on paper). These multilayered drawings are integrated spatially, viscerally and temporally.
Somatische Akademie Berlin
Paul-Lincke-Ufer 30
Berlin-Kreuzberg
Saturday, February 17, 2018 at 8 p.m.
Array Space ($15/PWYC)
Artists Marla Hlady and Christof Migone collaborate in a night of somatic performance and mechanized kinetics with sound at the centre.
155 Walnut Ave., Toronto
416.532.3019
Sunday, December 17, 2018
Doors open at 7 p.m. and concert starts at 7:30 p.m.
Performances by:
Takahiro Kawaguchi (self-made instrument) solo
Christof Migone solo
Marla Hlady solo
Christof Migone and Marla Hlady duo
Admission: 2,000 yen (same price for reserved tickets and tickets purchased at the door; however, those who reserve tickets will receive 5 times the usual number of points on their Ftarri point cards)
*Store hours on this day will be 5:00-7:00 p.m.
Sound Effects (SFX) Seoul 2017
“Revolution Will Not be Televised”
ArKO Museum, Seoul
December 8, 2017 – January 31, 2018
Organized by Sound Art Korea
Sponsored by Art Council Korea
Directors: Baruch Gottlieb, Ji Yoon Yang
Participants: Christof Migone + Marla Hlady, Chulki Hong, Kichul Kim, Youngsup Kim, Ha Cha Youn, Heba Y. Amin, Youngmean Kang, Halil Altindere, Young-hae Chang Heavy Industries, Fahrettin Orenli
Fielding is shaped by performing the practice of Moveable Cinema; a heightened visually sensed movement practice with multiple relationships that are interactive with light, sound, space and people.
General Rehearsal (first come first serve): November 3, 2017 at 6 p.m. Performances: November 4-5, 2017 at 7 p.m.
Please see: Tanzfabrik Berlin Open Spaces
Performed by and with Shannon Cooney, Alicia Grant, Josefine Mühle and Claudia Tomasi
Dramaturgy: Igor Dobricic, Sound: Marla Hlady, Music: Marla Hlady and Eric Chenaux, Light: Emese Csornai, Costume: Nina Gundlach
Funded by The Canada Council for the Arts with support from the Tanzfabrik Berlin
Research supported by the Toronto Dance Community Love-In, the Oxygen Art Centre, Nelson BC, Weld Company, Stockholm, Çiplak Ayaklar Kumpanyasi, Istanbul.
Still: A solo exhibition at Christie Contemporary
November 24, 2017 – January 6, 2018
Opening: Friday, November 24 at 6 p.m.
For this series, Hlady uses individual frames from the seminal 1974 sound-focused film, The Conversation, as a way to explore drawn sound. Still asks questions: How can mark-making be used to describe a sonic event when sound is only knowable as a discrete event, when it is no longer audible? Drawing holds time differently than a snapshot. What happens when two different representations of time are combined?
Christie Contemporary
64 Miller St
Toronto, Canada
T +1 416 551.2005
info@christiecontemporary.com
A collaboration between Marla Hlady & Christof Migone and Chloë Lum & Yannick Desranleau
September 6 – October 28, 2017
Opening: Wednesday, September 6 at 6 p.m.
Katzman Contemporary is hosting Marla, Christof, Chloë, Yannick and their stuff in the gallery for our second unofficial summer residency. As of August 8, the artists have moved their materials into all of the gallery spaces, and are making new work collaboratively in situ.
Katzman Contemporary
86 Miller St
Toronto M6N 2Z9
Canada
T +1 416 654.9515
info@katzmancontemporary.com
Avatar
Residency + Collaboration
Eric Chenaux and Marla Hlady
June 2017
The duet of artists is in residence at Avatar to make field recording and sound performances. Eric Chenaux and Marla Hlady sound out places by performing in sites and recording that place in a kind field-performance recording. Once back in the sound studio, Hlady’s spinning microphones are then used to perform the sound again.
Avatar
541, De Saint-Vallier Est, bureau 5-62
Québec (Québec) G1K 3P9
Canada
T +1 418 522.8918
avatar@avatarquebec.org
VibraFusion Lab
Bridging Practices in Accessibility, Art and Communication
May 5 – July 2, 2017
Opening reception: Friday, May 19 at 7 p.m.
(Audio and visual interpreters will be present at the opening.)
Guest Curator David Bobier
Artists: Lindsay Fisher, Marla Hlady, Ellen Moffat, Gordon Monahan, Alison O’Daniel, Lynx Sainte-Marie
Curator Talk: Thursday, June 8 at 7:30 p.m.
Thames Art Gallery
75 William Street North
Chatham, ON N7M 4L4
Canada
T +1 519 360.1998
Sounds Assembling: Communication and the Art of Noise
May 13 – September 10, 2017
Museum London
421 Ridout Street North
London, ON N6A 5H4
Canada
T +1 519 661.0333
Gallery Open:
Tuesday to Sunday: 12:00 noon to 5:00 pm
Thursday: 12:00 noon to 9:00 pm
Summer Hours:
Open at 11:00 am from May 23 to September 3
February 19 – 26, 2017
Opening reception: February 18 at 8 p.m.
Presented by Avatar as part of Le Mois Multi 2017, a month long festival of multidisciplinary and electronic arts.
Curated by Ariane Plante
Avatar Studio
541, De Saint-Vallier Est, bureau 5-62
Québec (Québec) G1K 3P9
Canada
T +1 418 522.8918
See more here.
November 26, 2016 – January 14, 2017
The collaborative work with Christof Migone can be seen in the window of Zalucky Contemporary as part of Migone’s exhibition Press Play.
Curated by Juliana Zalucky
Zalucky Contemporary
3044 Dundas Street West
Toronto, Ontario M6P 1Z3
Canada
Representation at Christie Contemporary
Marla Hlady is now represented by Christie Contemporary.
Group exhibition featuring: Therese Bolliger, Marla Hlady, Samuel de Lange, David Merritt
October 21 – November 26, 2016
Curated by Claire Christie
Christie Contemporary
64 Miller Street
Toronto, Ontario
M6N 2Z9
More Caught in the Act: an anthology of performance art by Canadian women
Edited by Johanna Householder and Tanya Mars
Marla Hlady featured in Christof Migone’s essay “Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhe: Silence and Sound in Performance”
Available at yyzbooks.com
send + receive: a festival of sound [version 18]
October 13 – 16, 2016
Exhibitions open: September 15, 29 and October 7
send + receive is an international festival that investigates the disciplines of experimental music and sound art, and is one of the longest standing media arts festivals in North America focusing exclusively on sound-based work. It presents an invaluable opportunity for showcasing the innovative work of Manitoban, Canadian and international artists. send + receive addresses the need for a critical and intimate platform for audio based art locally, nationally & internationally.
Unstuck | Marla Hlady
October 7 – 28, 2016
aceartinc., 290 McDermot Ave., 2nd floor
Tuesday–Saturday, noon–5:00pm
Artist talk and opening reception October 7 at 7:00 pm.
January 21 – February 20, 2016
Opening reception: Thursday, January 28 from 6 – 8 p.m.
Georgina Bringas, Marla Hlady, Karen Kraven, Kristiina Lahde, Francine Savard
Curated by Claire Christie
Diaz Contemporary
100 Niagara Street
Toronto, Ontario
À la recherche (in search of practice-based research)
January 8 – February 6, 2016
Opening reception: January 8, 2016 from 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
Curated by Barbara Balfour
Open Studio
401 Richmond Street West, Suite #104
Toronto, Ontario
October 22 – November 14, 2015
Howard Bashaw, Courtney Brown, Marla Hlady, Gary James Joynes, Eleanor King, Stephan Moore, Scott Smallwood
Co-curated by David Candler & Scott Smallwood
dc3 Art Projects
10567 – 111 Street
Edmonton, Alberta
WANTED: An Exhibition of Objects of Dread and Desire
September 19 – December 12, 2015
Jack Anderson, Brett Graham, Marla Hlady, Darren Lago, Kevin McKenzie, John Noestheden, Manuela Ribadeneira
Curated by Elizabeth Matheson
Opening reception: September 19, 2015 at 8:00 p.m.
Remarks and Curatorial Walkthrough at 9:30 p.m.
Sound Travels Festival of Sound Art
Warbler’s Roost
July 1-September 26, 2015
Sound Travels is a festival produced by NAISA (New Adventures in Sound Art)
In a world that often focuses too much on the visual, Sound Travels brings about a refreshing change as it presents works by sound artists that extract compelling musicality and wordless dramas from everyday sounds often taken for granted. From this lush auditory experience, audiences author their own imaginary world in their mind’s eye. – Darren Copeland, Artistic Director, New Adventures in Sound Art
The annual Sound Travels Festival of Sound Art includes interactive installations, performances, Youth Sound Art Workshops, the Sound Travels Intensive and the Toronto Electroacoustic Symposium.
Warbler’s Roost
3785D Eagle Lake Rd on Deer Lake
Canada
naisa.ca
warblersroost.ca
Rhubarb, rhubarb, peas and carrots
Erin Gee, Marla Hlady, Erika Lincoln, Stephanie Loveless, and Ellen Moffat
Curated by Blair Fornwald
July 17-September 5, 2015
Marla Hlady Artist Talk: Friday, July 17, 6:00 pm
Rhubarb, rhubarb, peas and carrots takes its title from the murmurings of background actors in theatre and film. When repeated by a group of people, phrases like “rhubarb, rhubarb,” “peas and carrots,” “watermelon, cantaloupe,” or the nonsensical “walla, walla,” “natter, natter,” or “grommish, grommish” mimic the natural cadence and tone of indistinct chatter. It is an instance where language does not signify, where our eyes and ears are simultaneously fooled into thinking that the nonsensical, meaningless, and surreal is normal and intelligible conversation. Here, the phrase serves to unite the works of five artists whose practices explore sound, music, and language, highlighting discrepancies between what is said, meant, heard, and understood.
Dunlop Art Gallery
Central Gallery
2311 12th Avenue
Regina, Canada
www.dunlopartgallery.org
Regina Public Library
RPL Film Theatre
2311 12th Avenue, Regina
www.reginalibrary.ca
Marla Hlady in collaboration with Christof Migone
June 27-July 5, 2015
From June 27th to July 5th, Hlady and Migone will inhabit the Errant Bodies Sound Art Spacewith a project that is somewhere between an installation, a performance and a residency.
Starting June 28 and ending July 4, a guest will participate in a conversation. Each conversation is recorded using untreated and treated microphones (i.e. the spinning microphone). This sound is processed and used in the space the following day as a sound element, again using the spinning microphones as a way to further process the sound.
Conversation schedule: Saturday/Sunday 16hr, weekdays 18hr
Sunday, June 28 – Gwen MacGregor + Lewis Nicolson
Monday, June 29 – Caleb Kelly + Kusum Normoyle
Tuesday, June 30 – Linnea Semmerling
Thursday, July 2 – Kristan Horton
Friday, July 3 – Emma Waltraud Howes
Saturday, July 4 – Heidi Sill + Michael Schultze
This residency project is based on an on-going premise for sound collaborations developed by Hlady in which she takes some element of a collaborator’s practice and mechanizes it. Hlady’s own mechanical instruments are also part of the mix. Migone’s Hit Parade was the starting premise for this collaboration.
Errant Bodies Sound Art Space
Kollwitzstrasse 97
10435 Berlin
www.errantbodies.org
Pleasure Room Exhibition
Digifest 2015
May 7-9, 2015
http://torontodigifest.ca/2015/
Corus Quay Building
25 Dockside Drive
Main Atrium
Digifest’s 2015 festival will explore the interconnected themes of Privacy, Money and Pleasure titled Pleasure Room, a dynamic, experienced-based conversation about how technology impacts our daily lives.
Presented by George Brown College School of Design in partnership with Corus Entertainment
Ticket information here.
Orchestra of the Tactile
April 23, 2015
Presented by
InterAccess | VibraFusion Lab | The Music Gallery
Orchestra of the Tactile is a one-night audio/tactile experimental concert presenting new compositions and works exploring tactile or vibratory modalities of sound and music. The event is open-ended: audience members can arrive anytime and stay for any length of time between 8pm and 10pm.
Thursday, April 23
Doors: 7pm | Concert: 8-10pm
The Music Gallery
197 John St.
AGO First Thursdays
April 2, 2015
40 Years – 40 Yeahs!
Art Metropole Anniversary
November 5 – 20, 2014
A Benefit Auction for Art Metropole
www.artmetropole.com
On October 26th, 1974, General Idea opened shop in a former art supply store in an attempt to make art available to a broad constituency. 40 Years, and a few moves later, Art Metropole is one of Canada’s leading non-profits, with a continued focus on artist-initiated publication across various media and contexts. The proceeds of this once-in-a-lifetime benefit will be shared with artists from Art Metropole’s past, present and future generations.
TROIS RIVIERE
perdePIED/Losing one’s footing
June 19 – August 31, 2014
Biennale Nationale Sculpture Contemporaine
www.bnsc.ca
Pierre Bruneau, Cooke-Sasseville, Paul de Guzman, Jannick Deslauriers, Marla Hlady, Krijn de Koning, Guillaume Labrie, François Mathieu, Carolane Saint-Pierre, Barthélémy Toguo
See the artists and their work here.
5 over 4
Marla Hlady, Eleanor King, Duncan McDonald, Christof Migone, Ursula Nistrup
May 2 – June 29, 2014
Idea Exchange
Queen’s Square
1 North Square
Cambridge, ON
ideaexchange.org
5 over 4 is a group exhibition featuring five contemporary artists working with sound as part of expanded practices in video, installation, sculpture, drawing and performance. These artists probe concerns surrounding listening modes, silence and noise in art and daily life, music and ordinary sounds. The exhibition title refers to a polyrhythmic pattern where several lines of rhythms syncopate to introduce complexity and irregularity to a beat. Here, lines in various sensorial and conceptual registers will run in parallel and also at times intersect. This may sound geometrically incorrect, but this proposition will bend the lines with a combination of playfulness and rigor.
CIRCLING THE INVERSE SQUARE
September 13, 2013 – January 5, 2014
Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery
101 Queen Street North
Kitchener, Ontario N2H 6P7
Curator’s Tour: Friday, September 13, 7-8pm
Opening Reception: Friday, September 13, 8-10pm
Adam David Brown, Jessica Eaton, Karilee Fuglem, Marla Hlady, Richard Sewell, Charles Stankievech
Curated by Shannon Anderson | Organized by KW|AG
Oakville Galleries and Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center have published a catalogue documenting related exhibitions at the two galleries. Included is a forward by Oakville Galleries’ Director, Matthew Hyland and essays by Marnie Fleming, Martin Arnold and John Massier.
Oakville Galleries (01/2013) 80 pp 40 col. ill. 8 x 5 in softcover 978-1-894707-35-0
$18.00 Can. $20.00 U.S. Available here.
“Seeing Sound: Marla Hlady And The Art Of Noise”
Canadian Art Feature by Shannon Anderson
Posted: May 24, 2013
Read article here.
Ed Ruscha Books & Co.
March 5 – April 27, 2013
Gagosian Gallery
980 Madison Ave
New York, NY 10075
Opening reception: Tuesday, March 5, 8pm
Gagosian Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition of Ed Ruscha’s legendary artist books together with books and works of art by more than 100 contemporary artists that respond directly and diversely to Ruscha’s original project. Organized by Bob Monk, “Ed Ruscha Books & Co.” has been drawn from private collections, including Ruscha’s own. Most of the books are installed so that viewers can interact with them and browse their pages.
Gallery Hours:
Tuesday – Saturday 10-6
VOLUME: HEAR HERE
January 16 – March 10, 2013
Curated by Christof Migone
co-presented by Blackwood Gallery and Justina M. Barnicke Gallery
At BLACKWOOD GALLERY:
Dave Dyment, Alexis O’Hara, Darsha Hewitt, John Oswald, Ian Skedd, Charles Stankievech
At JUSTINA M. BARNICKE GALLERY:
Mitchell Akiyama, crys cole, Marla Hlady, Neil Klassen, David Lieberman, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, Sylvia Matas, David Merritt, Ryan Park, Juliana Pivato, Alexandre St-Onge, Chiyoko Szlavnics, John Wynne
http://www.blackwoodgallery.ca
http://www.jmbgallery.ca
Related Events:
SOUND BY ARTISTS: Book Launch and Panel Talks
Sunday February 3, 12 – 6pm
Hart House, University of Toronto
Join us for a series of talks and come celebrate the launch of a facsimile edition of Sound by Artists (edited by Dan Lander & Micah Lexier), originally published in 1990 and now re-published by Blackwood Gallery & Charivari Press. Invited speakers and moderators include Seth Kim-Cohen, Martin Arnold, Dan Lander, Jim Drobnick, Marla Hlady, David Merritt, Juliana Pivato, Adi Louria-Hayon, Barbara Fischer, Nicole Gingras and Christof Migone. For more information and the talk schedule, please visit the Justina M. Barnicke website.
CONFERENCE
RUNNING WITH CONCEPTS: THE SONIC EDITION
February 23 & 24, 10 – 6pm
Blackwood Gallery, UTM
A two day hybrid event with 13 selected presentations led by three distinguished mentors: Marc Couroux (composer, Associate Professor, Time-Based Art, York University), Marla Hlady (artist, lecturer at UTSC) and Brandon LaBelle (Berlin-based artist, writer, professor at Bergen National Academy of the Arts, Norway). Moderated by Steph Berntson (PhD candidate, Centre for Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies, UofT). Hosted by Christof Migone (artist, lecturer, Director/Curator Blackwood Gallery).
For more information on the conference, including how to register (spaces are limited!). For a full list of presenters click here.
Thank you to McWood Studios for the donation of the floor.
Five thousand generations of birds
August 11-12, 2012
Five Thousand Generations of birds was an exhibition located in the archipelago of Fitjar, on the West coast of Norway, – a landscape consisting of 381 islands, isles and reefs. The exhibition was located at Smedholmen, together with a number of surrounding isles.
Each participating artist was given an island to produce a temporary and site specific work.
Smedaholmen Tourist (with Amplifiers) was a new work produced by Marla Hlady for this exhibition. The sound was created in collaboration with Eric Chenaux.
Five thousand generations of birds was initiated by the artists Silje Linge Haaland and Andrea Bakketun.
The Québec City Biennial
Manif d’art 6 : machines on the march
May 3 – June 3, 2012
Main Site / Official Selection
Marla Hlady, Leveler
Espace 400e Bell
100, rue du Quai Saint-André, Québec
Opening reception: Tuesday, May 3, 8pm
Gallery Hours:
Tuesday – Wednesday 12pm – 5pm
Thursday – Friday 12pm – 8pm
Saturday and Sunday 10am – 5pm
Collaborators / Official Selection
Drawings and Prints; Marla Hlady and Jean Tinguely
Engramme
510, Côte d’Abram, Québec
Opening reception: Saturday, May 5, 7pm
Gallery Hours:
Wednesday – Friday 12pm – 5pm
Saturday and Sunday 1pm – 5pm
Exhibition: Local Call, Junction Neighbours Group Exhibition
March 7 – 31, 2012
Opening reception on Friday, March 9, 6-9pm
Artists in attendance
Telephone Booth Gallery
3148 Dundas Street West, Toronto
(The Junction, Dundas at St. Johns Rd.)
Gallery Hours:
Tuesday by appt.
Wednesday – Friday 11am – 6pm
Saturday 10am – 6pm
Solo exhibition: Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Centre
January 13 – February 24, 2012
Opening reception on January 13, 8 – 11 p.m.
Artists’ Talk January 13, 8 p.m.
Exhibition: Centre for Art Tapes
Broadcasting for Reels: Sounds (Extra)Ordinary
January 1 – February 2, 2012
Opening reception on February 1, 7–9 p.m.
Alderney Landing, 2 Ochterloney Street, Dartmouth NS, B2Y 3Z3
The Centre for Art Tapes is pleased to present Broadcasting for Reels: Sounds (Extra)Ordinary, an audio art presentation on CKDU 88.1 FM, CJSF (Burnaby), CFBX (Kamloops), CIVL (Abbotsford), CKXU (Lethbridge) and CFUV (Victoria) – broadcasting date February 1, 2012.
Broadcasting For Reels is an audio art exhibition presented annually by the Centre for Art Tapes since 1993. Exhibition curator and host Chris Myhr chose this year’s theme of Sounds (Extra)Ordinary. The international roster of selected artists includes John Abram, Marla Hlady, Francisco Lopez, Rachel Woolmore-Goodwin and John Wynne; as well as collaborative works from Matt Rogalsky and Laura Cameron, and the Audio Lodge collective.
The Centre for Art has partnered with Alderney Landing to install the work in an elevator as a transitory architectural space. The installation will act as a public intervention and be an open place for audience attendees. The opening reception for both the audio installation and radio broadcast will be on February 1, 2012. The opening reception will take place at Alderney Landing from 7-9 p.m. on February 1st. All are welcome to attend!
Solo exhibition: Oakville Galleries
September 24 to November 6, 2011
Opening reception on September 25
New Adventures in Sound Art: Sound Travels Intensive
Aug 16 – 20, 2011
Guest artist presentation by Marla Hlady on Friday, August 19 at 1 p.m.
The Sound Travels Intensive is an opportunity for artists, composers and musicians from across Canada and around the world to create and present new work in Toronto, exchange ideas with others, and hone their skills in diverse aspects of sound and electroacoustic practice. Five intense days of workshop sessions, private instruction and creative activity culminate in a public concert presentation at Toronto’s Artscape Wychwood Barns. This year’s Intensive features masterclasses by renowned acousmatic composer Jonty Harrison, alongside core workshops in audio production (Darren Copeland), DIY electronics (Rob Cruickshank) and interactive audio & MaxMSP (David Ogborn) with guest lectures by Marla Hlady and Jessica Thompson.
NAISA Space
Artscape Wychwood Barns
601 Christie #252, Toronto
STOP. LOOK. LISTEN.
April 16 – June 12
Harbourfront Centre
Curated by Patrick Macaulay
Four artists present works which ask the viewer to actively witness the exhibition by intently stopping, watching and listening.
Gallery hours: Tue to Sun – noon to 6pm
Solo exhibition: Jessica Bradley Art + Projects
“Set to Set”
February 26 – March 26, 2011
Opening: February 26, 2011 from 3 – 6 p.m.
Gallery hours: Wednesday to Saturday, noon – 5 p.m. or by appointment
Soundball #4 is featured on the album cover of the newly released Warm Weather With Ryan Driver, Eric Chenaux’s newest album with Constellation Records.
“Warm Weather With Ryan Driver is Eric’s third album for Constellation Records, which has been the conduit for his primary song-oriented solo work since 2006. Building on his fruitful collaboration with piano/synth/melodica player Ryan Driver – whose key role on the new album is signaled by his inclusion in its very title – the new record is without doubt Chenaux’s most accomplished and focused work of forward-looking, contemporary balladry.” — Constellation Records
Check it out at http://cstrecords.com
DVD Launch: A Case for Sound: Nite Ride (2009)
Artengine recently launched a DVD publication for the Nite Ride project. This includes 5.1 surround and stereo versions of the works; printed maps of the driving routes; texts by project co-curator Emily Falvey and Artengine’s Artistic Director Ryan Stec.
Please contact Artengine if you wish to purchase the publication.
Hum (2003) at Electric Eclectic Festival
July 30 – August 1, 2010
Hum (2003) was recently installed in a grain silo for the Electric Eclectic Festival in Meaford, Ontario. This time there were eight fans with a corresponding eight sound sources. See Hum in the sculpture section to hear an audio clip.
Part of Electric Eclectic 5: http://www.electric-eclectics.com
Unlevel 2 (2009) at Art Metropole
December 1, 2008 – January 10, 2009
Part of Art Metropole’s “GIFTS BY ARTISTS 2009”
An edition of eight levels made out of 2” painted wood balls with various numbers of bullseye levels. One of eight has one level, two of eight has two levels, etc. A bullseye level checks for level in all horizontal axes at once.
Commission: A Case for Sound (2009) commission
October 23 – 31, 2009
The recording of “A Case for Sound” just recently took place in my studio. A big thanks goes to composer and recording genius John Abram for managing the process. And then there are the performers: Christof, Allison, Martin, Steven, Amber, Malcolm, Leslie, Monica.
Panel Discussion: “Artist as Engineer” symposium
Symposium: Saturday, November 21, 2009 at 1 p.m.
The Robert McLaughlin Gallery presents the exhibition: Samuel Roy-Bois: Polarizer from November 21, 2009 – January 10 2010.
To launch this exhibition the Robert McLaughlin Gallery (Oshawa) hosted a symposium titled “Artist as Engineer.” The symposium explored the role of the artist as an experiential engineer. The part which he or she plays in shaping the nature of contemporary art and exhibition experience is investigated by how the audience both engages and relates to the engineered environment.
The event was moderated by Susan G. Cole, Senior Entertainment Editor for NOW Magazine. Guest speakers: Erin L. Webster, University of Toronto Scarborough. Artists Marla Hlady and Samuel Roy-Bois.
Playing Piano (2007-08) at CAFKA.09
The Contemporary Art Forum Kitchener & Area
As part of Veracity, CAFKA’s 7th exhibition of contemporary visual art in public spaces, Playing Piano will be installed at the Robert Langen Gallery, Wilfred Laurier University (Waterloo, Ontario).
Sound Objects (2003-07) at the Meaford Museum
The Only One My Arms Will Ever Hold (Blue Moon) (2003) at Electric Eclectic Festival
In collaboration with John Abram
July 3 – August 15, 2009
Part of ELECTRIC ECLECTICS 4TH EDITION
Electric Eclectics is a festival of experimental music and sound art, operating in Meaford, Ontario, Canada since 2006.
Sound Objects was on display at the Meaford Museum and Blue Moon was installed at the Funny Farm (site of Electric Eclectic) in a tractor trailor.
Playing Piano (2007-08) at Dalhousie Art Gallery
May 29 – July 5, 2009
“RESOUNDING” presented works by five artists that explore unexpected ways of generating sound, either through the manipulation of musical instruments – both real and toy versions – or through the construction of musical objects. Through these works the artists examine ideas about intended and unintended ‘music’, harmony and disharmony and what happens when human control is partially relinquished in the pursuit of specific musical outcomes.
“RESOUNDING” was curated by Dalhousie Art Gallery’s Sym Corrigan and Peter Dykhuis as part of Sound Bytes 2009: Halifax Art and Audio, a citywide festival taking place at local galleries and performance venues throughout May and June.
Curtain Machine (2007-08) in Berlin
July 26 – 27, 2009
Site work in Görlitzerstrasse 49, Berlin (Germany)
Curtain Machine consisted of three mechanical curtains controlled by a machine operator, Canadian dancer/choreographer Shannon Cooney. Located out of sight, in front of Shannon, were three speed/direction dials, one for each curtain. Using a set of performance instructions, audio and visual cues were used to determine when, how fast and how much to move each curtain layer. At night with the scrim-like fabric lit from inside, the space was visible through the fabric but visual access to the outside was severely limited; the aural cues were therefore critical. As machines were activated however, external environmental sounds were drowned out by machine sounds. As well, because of the surrounding architecture, many of the sounds bounced wildly creating confusion as to their origin. What resulted was a kind of conundrum: a score that seemed simple enough to perform–stand still, listen and respond with a turn of a dial–became an arduous performance.