MEDIA RELEASE

March 24, 2016

Vancouver New Music in association with Vancouver Soundwalk Collective present

Spring 2016 Soundwalks

Sunday, April 17 + 24, 2016, 2PM | FREE
Vancouver, B.C.Vancouver New Music presents its popular Sunday Spring Soundwalks on
April 17 and 24, 2016, in association with Vancouver Soundwalk Collective, featuring two
distinct aural excursions that will explore opposite edges of downtown Vancouver.
Capturing the incursion of urban development and the reprieve of nature-in-the-city the two
soundwalks Listening in, Between the Lines and Lost Lagoon and Vancouvers Urban Refuge will
be led by Jamie Dolinko, Jorma Kujala, and Igor Santizoall Vancouver-based multidisciplinary artists.
SOUNDWALK DETAILS:
Listening in, Between the Lines
Sunday, April 17, 2016; 2PM | FREE
Led by Jorma Kujala and Igor Santizo
Meeting Location: To begin and end at the Beatty Street entrance of the StadiumChinatown Skytrain Station.
In Fall 2015, Vancouver City Council approved the replacement of the Georgia and
Dunsmuir Viaducts with a new at-grade street network, paving the way (all pun intended)
for yet another redevelopment of this area on the periphery of our citys hub. This
soundwalk inaugurates a long-term investigation into the viaducts surrounding area,
opening our ears to murmurs of past erasure in the area as well as echoes of futures yet
to unfold. Join Jorma Kujala and Igor Santizo to walk, and listen, in between the lines of
history while we explore other lines above and below the viaducts two arms.
Lost Lagoon, Vancouvers Urban Refuge
Sunday, April 24, 2016; 2PM | FREE
Led by Jamie Dolinko
Meeting Location: The Viewing Plaza overlooking the Lost Lagoon, above the Nature
House at Stanley Park. From Denman Street go north on Alberni Street two blocks.
The Lost Lagoon soundwalk is a meditation on the intersection of people, flora, and
fauna, and will explore the collision and surprising co-existence of urban and natural
worlds. Meet Jamie Dolinko at the Viewing Deck, directly above the Nature House, at the
foot of Robson and Alberni. Soundwalkers will be led part way around Lost Lagoon and
through a trail towards Second Beach Pool where the walk finishes at the Second Beach
Field House for tea.
Walks will take place rain or shine; please wear appropriate clothing and footwear.
MEDIA CONTACT
Zoe Quinn zoe@newmusic.org | 778.772.6846

ABOUT VANCOUVER NEW MUSIC

Vancouver New Music is dedicated to exploring and contextualizing new music and sonic art.
VNM presents a themed annual fall festival along with a four-concert series plus diverse
community events such as Soundwalks, and workshops. VNM brings high-calibre national and
international new music artists to Vancouver, regularly commissions works by Canadian
composers, and provides a platform for emerging electroacoustic, electronic music artists,
performers and sound artists.
ABOUT VANCOUVER SOUNDWALK COLLECTIVE
The Vancouver Soundwalk Collective is a community of listeners that explores acoustic locales
in and around Vancouver. Through organized and improvised soundwalks, workshops, and
other activities, the collective inquires into what our ears tell us about place and what place tells
us about ourselves.
www.newmusic.org
Vancouver New Music gratefully acknowledges the support of The Canada Council for the Arts,
Canadian Heritage through Arts Presentation Canada, The Province of British Columbia through
the British Columbia Arts Council and Gaming Policy and Enforcement Branch, The City of
Vancouver, Tom Lee Music, Holiday Inn Downtown and The Georgia Straight.