Land Acknowledgement
Hello.
We acknowledge the lands on which this project was created. Tkaronto/Toronto is the traditional territory of the Huron-Wendat, the Seneca, and most recently the Mississaugas of the Credit River. And Tiotia:ke/Montréal is unceded Indigenous land, for which the Kanien’kehá:ka Nation are recognized as the custodians. These lands are home to many Indigenous peoples and have been for thousands of years. We are grateful to have the opportunity to live and learn here.
As non-Indigenous settlers, we are not neutral, we are part of the ongoing processes of colonialism which continue to have devastating impacts. We hold this moment to understand our relationships with this land and its people.
Right now there is an urgent call to raise funds for The Land Defenders of 1492 Land Back Lane. We encourage you to learn more with us and donate to this cause.
Click here to find out more about the land you are on.
– Germaine and Christopher
Indoor Jogging
August 30 - December 18, 2020
Indoor Jogging is an online booklet of sound-making and listening exercises. Each exercise takes the form of an audio score that invites a friendly exchange with an object and your surroundings. A guided listening for your indoor environment.
What’s a score?
Like a recipe, a score facilitates a process in time. A score asks the reader to interpret, experience, attend, take action. A score is a way of asking. While traditional scores are often written on paper, Indoor Jogging proposes the voice recording (audio score) as an experimental form of audible notation that holds a particular duration and tempo––like a guided meditation.
Created by Germaine Liu and Christopher Willes, they will be adding more scores to the booklet throughout Autumn 2020.
Commissioned by the Museum of Contemporary Art Toronto, as part of TD Community Sunday.
Computer (a warm up)
Materials
– the computer you are viewing this on
Duration
5 minutes
Voice
Anni Spadafora
Preparation
Please turn sound on and volume up.
To listen to and/or read the score, press the play button to the right.
Cardboard Box
Materials
– 1 cardboard box
Duration
until you feel tired
Voice
Germaine Liu
Preparation
This score can be experienced in three different ways:
To listen to and/or read the score, press the play button to the right. Afterwards a sound recording of the Germaine interpreting the score will be accessible on this page.
Play a recording of Germaine Liu interpreting this score.
Computer (different sound)
Materials
– the computer you are viewing this on
Duration
5 minutes
Voice
Winnie Ho
Preparation
This score produces a psychocoacoustic phenomenon know as "subjective tones". These tones are artificially perceived when two real tones are sounded at the same time.
To listen to and/or read the score, press the play button to the right. Please listen to this score with speakers (not headphones).
Window
Materials
– 1 window that you can open
Duration
variable
Voice
Christopher Willes
Preparation
To listen to and/or read the score, press the play button to the right.
Computer (Travelling)
Materials
– the computer you are viewing this on
Duration
4.5 minutes
Voice
Anni Spadafora
Preparation
This score can be performed alone, but also works well in a group. It involves moving from one location to another, each time your hear a sound that the computer generates at random intervals. The timing and sequence of the sounds is different every time you play this score.
To listen to and/or read the score, press the play button to the right. Please listen to this score with speakers (not headphones).
20 Rocks
Materials
– 20 small rocks
Duration
variable
Voice
Winnie Ho
Preparation
This score can be experienced in three different ways:
To listen to and/or read the score, press the play button to the right.
Play a 3D audio recording of Christopher Willes interpreting this score. Please listen with earbuds, and at 50% volume to hear the binaural effect.
Cloth, Water, & Bowl
Materials
– 1 face cloth
– 1 bowl filled with warm water
– many metal bowls, ceramic cups, parchment paper, and/or other resonant objects
Duration
Until towel is wrung out
Voice
Germaine Liu
Preparation
This score can be experienced in three different ways:
To listen to and/or read the score, press the play button to the right. You can also read the timed-text as it appears on the screen in sync with the audio. Afterwards a sound recording of Germaine interpreting the score will be accessible on this page.
Play a recording of Germaine Liu interpreting this score indoors.
A sound is a movement in the atmosphere; a wave that pushes and pulls air molecules as it moves through space. As sounds travel, they permeate, are absorbed, leak around and reflect off of objects and materials of all kinds. Sounds trace the spaces between things.
Indoor Jogging explores this material inbetweeness of sound, and draws on experimental music and performance practices that incorporate verbal notation, such as ‘prose scores’ and the ‘event score’. The project offers these propositions as a ways of working on ourselves—our attention, presence, listening, and capacity to care for our surroundings and each other.
Indoor Jogging frolics in the feltness of sound.
Credits
Created by Germaine Liu and Christopher Willes.
Commissioned by the Museum of Contemporary Art Toronto as part of TD Community Sunday.
Recorded voices: Winnie Ho, Germaine Liu, Anni Spadafora, Christopher Willes. Recording and edits: Winnie Ho, Anni Spadafora, Christopher Willes, and Mark Zurawinski.
Design and coding: Christopher Willes.
"Cloth, Water, & Bowl" refers to a previous piece by Germaine Liu entitled "Wring". "20 Rocks" and "Instruments" is adapted from a workshop by Christopher Willes called "Imageless". "Cardboard box" is from a collection of scenarios from a sounding installation by Germaine Liu called "Still Life".
Special thank you to: Alexandra Brickman, Ellen Furey, Sabrina Maltese, Pauline Oliveros, IONE, Mark Zurawinski, the Toronto Creative Music Community, and everyone at MOCA.
More information: moca.ca/learning