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Research-Creation

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Confluence

Confluence 'Confluence' is a compositional response to wəɬ m̓i ct q̓pəθət tə ɬniməɬ, one of the pieces in the ‘Soundings’ exhibit. I was able to meet with the artist, Diamond Point, to discuss the composition, as well as the protocols that should be observed in its writing and…

DECOMPOSITIONS #1

DECOMPOSITIONS #1 Event score cards, shaggy mane mushroom ink on manuscript paper Invitation: Please take one You are invited to perform the piece in your own time in your own way in your own space When you are complete, Please compost DECOMPOSITIONS …

How Bear Lost His Tail

How Bear Lost his Tail is a retelling of the traditional Indigenous Legend using stop motion imagery, narration, trumpet, and piano. This project was completed as part of The Score course in Fall 2020 by Candice Newberry.

Interviews with Athena Loredo and Walker Williams

As a part of The Score course, Matheus Moraes conducted interviews with Athena Loredo and Walker Williams, who composed responses to works by Olivia Whetung and Diamond Point, respectively. You can listen to these interviews below.   BelkinArtGallery · Matheus Moraes…

Land Acknowledgement

The video is a land acknowledgment, a response to the land I grew up on known as Selangor, Malaysia. It ties in the national anthem of Malaysia along with voice clips from a protest by members from Kuala Langat North Forest Reserve, and an interview with Temuan artist and activist Shaq Koyok. …

Land Acknowledgement (For Mount Pleasant)

In the chronicle of human endeavour there is no story more inspiring, no tale more romantic, than that of the resourceful, courageous people whose initiative and energy, peacefully, and in the briefest period of time, created out of the silent emptiness of dark primeval forests, a monumental city…

Moonsong

This composition is my response to the question posed Dylan Robinson in the Soundings exhibit: “How can a score be a call and tool for decolonization?”, as well as providing one alternative to what Robinson describes as “hungry listening.” Moonsong engages with topics of…

Score Class: Student Response Projects

In tandem with Soundings, the School of Music generated a course that supports student exploration of "how indigenous compositions and sound art disrupt conventional boundaries of sound, territory and knowledge." The following are projects undertaken by students in response to this…

Soundings: An Exhibition in Five Parts

Curated by Candice Hopkins and Dylan Robinson, Soundings is cumulative, limning an ever-changing community of artworks, shared experience and engagement. Shifting and evolving, it gains new artists and players in each location. For this iteration on Musqueam territory, the Belkin has collaborated with UBC's Musqueam Language Program in partnership with the Musqueam Indian Band Language and Culture Department;  School of Music; Chan Centre for Performing Arts; First Nations House of Learning and Museum of Anthropology to support the production of new artworks and performances by local artists.

UBC Contemporary Players Respond

This fall, the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery was delighted to welcome the UBC Contemporary Players as they responded to Soundings: An Exhibition in Five Parts. Directed by UBC School of Music faculty Dr. Paolo Bortolussi, the UBC Contemporary Players…


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