Espace Sono « Sarah McNeill’s Weblog

Espace Sono

Finally an effective jaunt across town to Espace Sono, after two attempts which only resulted in my expressions of self frustration, standing in front of the locked door. But there was no regret after such a prolonged build up, as I lost myself in strange worlds of sound, amidst vacillating voices and mechanical sounds.

Sitting in the well designed space, white square cushioned seats, ears covered and sounds vibrating. The slow motion of sounds evolving through Anna Friz’s wander through Toronto streets, the common sounds forming a background to spoken word, about weather and passing sights. Or the recoded sounds of a street, which pervade our everyday wanders through a city, gently outlined in this conscious auditory space, juxtaposed to the comfortable home environment.

Katarina Zdjelar spoken piece, undulating in waves of distant and approaching speech, first person experience, spoken in present continuous, an expression of struggle, the tension of home, obstructed by borders, visas, potential threats and desires to be at rest.

The wide breadth of sound spaces to be entered, the solitary nature of the experience, the comfort of sitting while outside the sounds of city business continue, the different physical spaces created an interesting space to exit from my day, and in re-entering, heightened my auditory experience. I will be returning for further moments of cushioned sounds.