On Sound Programming

In the spring, buffalo would give birth to their calves. Throughout the summer, herds grazed on blue grama and fescue grass, criss-crossing the prairie fields, their pathways determined by last year’s prairie fires—in turn set intentionally or by lightning—which subsequently encouraged the growth of vibrant new grass. The autumn was the most auspicious time to hunt; cows and their calves were healthy and fat after months of nourishment, and knowledge of their pathways was used in planning and preparation for the hunt. After the hunt, everything was used: meat, eaten fresh or dried and combined with berries and fat to last the winter; hide and fur for dwellings, clothing, and blankets; bones for tools and marrow; and organs, which were prized.

This land has been without the buffalo since the 1880s. To acknowledge this absence is to acknowledge the history of this territory. The Siksika, Piikani and Kanai Nations lived for many thousands of years alongside the buffalo, each contributing to the prosperity of the other. Today, despite the devastating loss of the buffalo, these Nations, in collaboration with the Stoney Nakoda and Tsuut’ina Nations remain the traditional stewards and keepers of this land.

This acknowledgement is part of Living Text, a perpetual project that seeks to edit, add to, rethink and renovate land acknowledgments in the Treaty 7 region. Living Text is comprised of many contributors and is supported by Untitled Art Society.

Thursday June 6

6:00 – 8:00 pm Dinner | Auditorium Hotel + Cafe
7:00 – 9:00 pm Hotel Room | Auditorium Hotel + Cafe
7:30 – 11:00 pm The Pailbunters | Auditorium Hotel + Cafe

Friday June 7

9:00 – 9:30 am Bus leaves for Coutts Centre | Ranchland Inn
10:15 – 2:30 pm Niitsitapa’pii Ohtako (Sound as Culture) | Various sites within the Coutts Centre
11:00 – 11:30 am Artist Talk – Richelle Bear Hat– Artist in Residence at the Coutts Centre
12:30 – 1:00 pm Glimmering James | Barn Classroom, Coutts Centre
1:00 – 2:00 pm Lunch | Amphitheatre, Coutts Centre
2:30 – 3:45 pm Amplify! | Chicken House, Coutts Centre
3:45 – 4:30 pm Self-Scheduled Meetings (Break for reflection, time out, networking)
4:30 – 5:30 pm Amplitude! What it takes to be an Artist in Residence | Chicken House, Coutts Centre

5:30 – 6:30 pm Dinner
7:00 – 7:30 pm Bus leaves for Nanton
7:30 – 9:00 pm Hotel Room | Auditorium Hotel + Cafe
7:30 – 9:00 pm Granular: A Sonic Analog of the Grain | Canadian Grain Elevator Discovery Centre
9:30 – 11:00 pm Iitaakoowaa (it made a sound) | Rumors Stage & Bar
nightfall Screening courtesy of the NFB, location tbd

Saturday June 8

9:00 – 9:30 am Bus leaves for Coutts Centre | Ranchland Inn
10:15 – 11:00 am Contemporary Canadian Video Art & Identity | Chicken House, Coutts Centre
11:15 – 12:15 pm Binaural | Chicken House, Coutts Centre
12:15 – 1:00 pm Breather (Opportunity for self-directed IMAA regional meetings or media art organizations caucus meetings)
1:00 – 2:30 pm Lunch + AMAAS AGM
2:30 pm Spirit of Helen Auction Closes
2:45 – 4:00 pm   Animation Screening Program | Barn Classroom, Coutts Centre
2:45 – 3:45 pm   Hertz So Good | Barn Classroom & Chicken House, Coutts Centre
4:00 – 5:00 pm   Timbre Times Three | Amphitheatre, Coutts Centre
5:00 – 6:15 pm Dinner + Spirit of Helen Awards
6:45 pm Bus leaves for Nanton
7:30 – 8:30 pm   Ghostkeeper with Joe Kelly, doors open at 7 pm
9 pm  onward Granular: A Sonic Analog of the Grain | Canadian Grain Elevator Discovery Centre

Sunday June 9

10:00 – 11:00 am Breakfast + Bomber Museum guided tour
11:30 – 12:15 pm Last Notes | Bomber Command Museum of Canada
12:15 – 1:00 pm AMAAS Brainstorming Session
1:30 pm Farewell and Goodbye

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