sylvi macCormac

sylvi works with voices, instruments and environmental recordings from her own library as well as the archives of the World Soundscape Project at Simon Fraser University, where she studied with Barry Truax et al. In 1999 sylvi received the Marcia Award for Electroacoustic Arts at SFU and Honourable Mention for Waves of Kokoro at the 26th Concours International de Musique Electroacoustique in Bourges, France. During Bachelor of Fine Arts, in 1997 sylvi started the WHEELS: with the voices of people with disabilites at the Vancouver Adapted Music Society.

New Adventures in Sound Art and CBC's OutFront commissioned sylvi to compose De Constructing Abuse for the Deep Wireless Radio Art Festival 2004. Canadian Music Centre's 2003 CD, Electricities / Électricités, includes Penny: a Process. Award winning documentary, Child of the Wind: the story of John Clarke1996 includes sylvi's Horizon from Coastal Chants (1992). Compositions include Co-op Radio: ChangingTimes 2001, Festival Quartet for Solitude: Vancouver Folk Music Festival Soundscapes 1999-2002 and does this SOUND like me ? with the voices of 21 artists with (dis) abilities commissioned by Society for Disability Arts & Culture (www.s4dac.org) and printed by NAISA 2004. sylvi has produced several independent albums – raven shadows (2004), voices & wheels (2000), th rose & th railway (cd rom) 2000, phoenix(1996), too young too old (94 demo), coastal chants (1992), and sun & rain (1987) demo. sylvi was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in 1982 and drives DIS blue hover-craft with E-wheels awol @ 5mph. www.sylvi.ca

kickstART2 Appearances
Sound Installation: September 16-19, 2004
Exhibit Hall
FREE