For this collaborative series, Music on Main is teaming up with The Only Animal to present several events called Slow Socials: Around Sound. The Only Animal (TOA) is an interdisciplinary arts company whose mission is to bring art and artists to the heart of the climate crisis. Their current projects explore how slow practice can sensitize relationships between people and place and set the stage for joyful climate futures. TOA’s Slow Socials are an ongoing series of gatherings that invite our communities to connect through relaxed textile creation, environmental sound/music, and conversation. Around Sound is a long running MoM series that features composer dialogues in an open, casual atmosphere. For these collaborative events, Music on Main will invite artists from our season and from TOA’s sound installation project “AWSS” (Autumn-Winter, Spring-Summer) for artistic exchange and informal discussion of their practices. As you listen, TOA will teach you how to create simple rope, aka ‘cordage’, from fibres you can find close to home, including fabric scraps, garden waste and leftovers from your hibernating craft projects. TOA will provide materials and a beginner’s lesson at the start of the event. All events are free and open to the public, with advanced registration required.
About Toni-Leah C. Yake
Toni-Leah C. Yake (European; Kanien’kehá:ka, Six Nations of the Grand River Territory, Turtle Clan) is a composer-performer and media artist residing on xwməθkwəy̓ əm, Sḵwx̱ wú7mesh, and səlilwətaɬ territories. Her artistic practices are influenced by the research of kanyen’keha (Mohawk language), the interplay between conscious and unconscious realms, symbolism, and experiences of sound that generate mnemonic experiences, relationships with unseen dimensions, and connections to archaic human memories.
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