AquaNightFlight (2006)
a multi-channel audio performance involving processed audio of insects via laptop,
regular and under-water loud speaker(s) and mixing bowls vibrated via speaker drivers.

Night Swim at Trinity Bellwoods pool / Nuit Blanche, Toronto 2006 (photo by Ron Miyanishi)

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Fly By (2006)
audiopedicab sonic intervention for outdoor and indoor spaces,
via laptop, bicycle rickshaw and loudspeakers

Sarah Peebles on bicycle rickshaw (photo:Rob Cruickshank)

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Pollinator Series: Resonating Bodies (2007 - 2008)
a new media installation-in-progress which focuses on biodiversity of pollinators
in the natural and urban ecosystems of the Greater Toronto Area (GTA).

(photo:Rob Cruickshank)

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Bee Space
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Bee Space (working title) sample: Smash and Teeny with visuals by Additv (January 2007).
Live electro-acousticaudio/visual improv derived from bees and other insects.

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108—Walking Through Tokyo
Christie Pearson and Sarah Peebles with Yoshimura Hiroshi

For gallery exhibit / theatre screening (January 2006, 50 minutes)
A journey where image and sound immerse the viewer in an alternative cityscape: this is a soundscape of Tokyoset to a parallel work in photographs exploring Tokyo's unique urbanity, cinematically synchronized to the audio.

108—Walking Through Toyko (photo: Christie Pearson)

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CLEAR DAWN: Meditations from Paparoa and Kapiti Island
By Sarah Peebles, June 2004 - June 2005. Duration: 41:00 in 3 sections

Bees at Lindsay Apieries, Johnsonville (photo: Peebles)

Concert Music (Tape) or Sound Installation
Stereo or Multi-channel

 "Clear Dawn" was inspired by my experiences recording birds in Aotearoa/New Zealand 2004-2005, and in coming together with a wide variety of people whom I met along the way.

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Sarah Peebles and Robert Cruickshank
sarahpeebles.net   robcruickshank.net

MUSIC FOR INCANDESCENT EVENTS; SUNSET

at McLuhan Festival of the Future - DeLeon White Gallery Rooftop Deck October, 2004
photo: Rob Cruickshank

Two or more loudspeakers are arranged in an outdoor location selected for its view of the sky at sunset. The sky’s changing light at dusk is measured by sensors which trigger stored fragments of sound derived from the tones of the shô (Japanese mouth-organ).

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Selfish Gene
Structured improvisation for small ensemble (2007)

I was initially interested in coming up with an effective strategy for creating intriguing improvisational experiences on a musical level, both for the performers and the audience. The workings of this piece have some things in common with current evolutionary theory.

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WHOSE FOREST? (Hornblower Recordings, 1998) Protest/Benefit CD Defending our Public Lands A musical journey from the joyous, to the cool, to the sublime. Benefiting The Partnership for Public Lands, Hornblower Recordings presents Canada's finest contemporary and traditional musicians, composers, and improvisers, with international guests.

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"Music from Nature", special Terra Nova Journal issue with compilation CD (Summer, 1997) - Includes "Nocturnal Premonitions" (Peebles, 1994; see Reviews) "Music from Nature - A Terra Nova Concert Festival" also took place at The Kitchen, January 23-24, 1998 with performances by Peebles, David Toop, Doug Quin, Jaron Lanier and David Rothenberg; and sound installation by Andra McCartney and Patrick Moore.