Skye Callow

Artist based in Winnipeg, Manitoba

Shimmering, Skye Callow

Audio installation

Send and recieve: a festival of sound

Winnipeg, MB

September 28 - October 28, 2024

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Image by Robert Szkolnicki, October 2024

Shimmering was presented by send + receive from September 28 - October 28, 2024 in Stephen Juba Park.

The audio work played beneath the pedestrian bridge commemorating the former Ross Creek, just past the junction of Waterfront Drive and Bannatyne Avenue.

Shimmering is an aural painting that interprets the cycles of our lives, the phases of the moon, and the flow of waterways that have been redirected by human intervention. It attempts to find patterns between these seemingly separate entities, and to identify the monuments that signify beginnings and endings.

Shimmering is composed of original field recordings from bodies of water that are connected to the Red and Assiniboine river systems, audio samples combed from the expanse of the internet, manipulated voice recordings and performances, text to speech generated verses, and the sounds of chains, skid steers, and wind chimes. Responding specifically to the site of the installation, Shimmering acts as a sounding board for the ghostly rcho of Ross Creek.

Documentation by Robert Szkolnicki, October 2024