Sonic Garden Party at the Phytotron, Queen's University

My Score, Suspended Animation, was played for the plants at The Phytotron Sonic Dance Party, Queen’s University’s Phytotron Garden, Kingston, ON.

Phytotron photograph by Andrei Pora

Sunny Kerr, Curator of Contemporary Art at the Agnes Etherington Art Centre invited SCCS 830 Situating the Curatorial for a screening of Brandon Hocura’s work followed by a deep listening exercise.

”To hear is the physical means that enables perception.” 

“To listen is to give attention to what is perceived both acoustically and psychologically.”

Oliveros Pauline, “Introduction” in Deep Listening: A Composer’s Sound Practice. New York, Lincoln, Shanghai, Deep Listening Publications, 2005