Marian van der Zon
Fidget Sound & Word

Selected Sound Art and Documentary Pieces

• Imperial Reflections
Images: Marshall Soules
Audio: Marian van de Zon
Imperial Reflections is a slide show of juxtaposed Cuban and Canadian storefront reflections and audio, as an exploration of commerce, colonialism, the street scene, and remnants of nature.
-dataStream 2, Nanaimo Art Gallery, February 16-March 10, 2007.
-Screening @ Canadian Communications Association, Annual Conference, Saskatoon, May 31, 2007.

• Tuning in to Power
An interactive sound art piece stands alone in the form of an old radio, bringing the listener the opportunity to eavesdrop in on power, in many of its manifestations. Through tuning the radio onto a number of locations, listeners can attend to the sounds of power under numerous themes. These themes emerge under the guise of electrical power, hegemonic power, oppressive power, spiritual power, people power, and the power of music.
-dataStream 2, Nanaimo Art Gallery, February 16-March 10, 2007.

• The Cultural Voice
An abstract sound art piece explores the power of voice using only voice and slide banjo as source material. 4:06 minutes.
- Selected for Open Space’s ‘AudioSpace.’ Victoria BC. 2005.
- Also broadcast for: Paved Arts and CFCR: This City is a Radio (audio art exploring the intersection of radiophonic and urban space), March 25-April 14, 2006 @ CFCR FM Saskatoon. Interview and Audio Art Piece.
- Also at: Voices on the Edge: 5th Annual Women in New Music, March 9-12, 2006 @ California State University, Fullerton California, USA.
Inclusion of piece in the: Women’s Electro Acoustic Listening Room



• Talking About Abortion: A Resurgence in Sound
An experiential history told primarily through women’s voices, spanning six decades. 59:20 minutes. Broadcast via WINGS (Women’s International News Gathering Service) and nationally on campus and community radio (CKUT Montreal, CFUV Victoria, CKUW Winnipeg, CiTR Vancouver, CJSF Vancouver, CHRY Toronto) in 2004.
Information on audio documentary production, the making of Talking About Abortion: A Resurgence in Sound, and sample audio clips can be found on the 'In and Out of the Studio' website, a project that looks at gender in relation to sound production.
Elements of this sound documentary are presently being reworked into a sound installation project.

• Woody’s Initiation
A children’s story about a new carriage horse out on the street. 18:16 minutes. Produced for inclusion in a children's book. 2004.

• Speaking the Truth of the Moment
A look at honesty in relationships. Is the truth of the moment sufficient? 13:34 minutes.
Artist in Residency, Deep Wireless: A Celebration in Radio Art. Sponsored by CBC’s Outfront, Charles Street Video and New Adventures in Sound Art. Broadcast on Outfront, CBC Radio 1, 2004. New Adventures in Sound Art spatialized concert presentation: Latvian House, Toronto ON, May 29th 2004. Listen

• The Culture of My Voice
A humourous and personalized sound piece of my historical and continuing interest in my own voice. 9:13minutes.
Deep Wireless I: A Radio Art Compilation, 2-CD set, CD2, Track 3, 2004. Listen (see #16)

• Making Visible the Invisible: Representation of Race in Radio
A narrationless sound documentary exploring the racial make-up of radio broadcasters in both mainstream and community radio. 26 minutes. Broadcast with interview on CKUT Montreal, 2003. Broadcast with interview on CFUV Victoria, 2003.

• Identity thru Voice
A narrationless sound documentary exploring identity through voice, touching on themes of profession, accent, class, race, gender, sexuality, age, and illness. 21 minutes. Used in cultural sensitivity training for Gayline, Montreal. Broadcast on CKUT Montreal, 2003.

• Juhannus: A Midsummer Night Festival in Finland
4:20 minutes. Broadcast on CBC Victoria Morning News, June 2003.

• Birdsong in Victoria: A Four Part Series
1-Birdsong is coming to an end – 1:16, 2-Home Sweet Home-1:04, 3-Hawks and Eagles-1:12, 4-Herons and Starlings-1:32. 2003.