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Andrea Wong is the current Kasahara Gabriola Trust Artist-in-Residence with the Gabriola Arts Council.
Wong is a sound artist and musician previously based in Vancouver, although most recently moved to Calgary last year. Last spring, she had her first short visit to Gabriola performing on the Chinese guzheng with musicians Meredith Bates on violin and Parmela Attariwala on viola.
Wong said, “our time was much too short and I knew I had to come back for longer! I feel extremely blessed to be able to spend this time with you all, not just amidst the beautiful landscape, but with the most friendly faces and vibrant artistic communities I’ve only yet had a snippet of time to experience.”
Wong will be on Gabriola for the next two months researching and developing a new project of hers looking at spatialized interactive audio.
She says, “I’m hoping to dive into some softwares in hopes to create a headphone soundwalk experience that is locationally-triggered by spots across Gabriola Island. It would be accessed publicly and for free through a mobile app called Echoes.
“Currently I’m thinking I’ll walk around with a field recorder, play with some rocks and listen to the rustling leaves, waves, and birds.”
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