The 17th Sound Travels Festival of Sound Art in Toronto includes interactive installations, performances, several workshops on sound piracy and the Toronto International Electroacoustic Symposium (TIES).
The festival has invited artist Peter Bosch of the Bosch & Simons duo, both of whom have resided in Spain since 1997, to present his installation Mirlitones at the Artscape Wychwood Barns. As well as presenting the installation, during the festival Peter Bosch will lead one of the workshops on sound piracy and give a talk at the Toronto International Electroacoustic Symposium (TIES). AC/E is supporting Bosch’s participation through its internationalisation programme.
Mirlitones was curated by DordtYart (Dordrecht, the Netherlands) for the Kunst Werkt exhibition (April–September 2012). Its title refers to a primitive instrument that is found in a host of different forms in several parts of the world. All its variants include a hollow form with a membrane stretched across it which vibrates when the player blows or sings. The best-known member of the family is the kazoo, which is still used today in popular music. The point of departure for the project is the spectacular sound produced by children playing tiny plastic mirlitones in the Burial of the Sardine procession in Murcia.
