Réverbérations d'une crise speak-out on the housing crisis in Montréal

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Reverberations d’une crise / Sounding the housing crisis Métro Laurier, public speak out Suoni per il Popolo festival 10 June 2023 Broadcast @n10-as Thursday May 5, 1pm, on @cjlo1690am May 2, 9am, on CKUT 90.3 FM @radiockut Friday, June 28, 5pm on Radio Renoviction and on the May 8 edition of S.A.N.E, 8-9pm on CKUW 95.9 FM Winnipeg. Photo by Ivan de Jacquelin. Sound system support at event by Danji @anabasine https://suoniperilpopolo.org/fr/horaire/reverberations-dune-crise-une-enquete-sonore-sur-le-logement-a-montreal A mix of a creative speak out organized by contributors to the project Réverbérations d'une crise: une enquête sonore sur le logement à Montréal (https://www.reverberationscriselogement.org). This event took place during Suoni per il Popolo festival. This soundscape draws from audio recorded at the action registered by sound artist Joseph Sannicandro @thenewobjective, edits by Joseph, with music editing by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and synth by Jordan Christoff. Joseph writes: "This audio work documents a community speak out against the housing crisis in Montreal, held at the public plaza in front of Metro Laurier on 10 June 2023 under the auspices of the Suoni per il Popolo arts and music festival. Selections from each of the many contributions are edited into a melange of speeches and screams and music and urban noise. Reflections on gentrification, sovereignty, and the complexities of living on indigenous land. The recording taken directly from the mixing board is augmented with binaural recordings made while walking around the event. Thus headphone listening might present a unique perspective. I sometimes layered contributions, in order to share more from some contributors. For instance, allowing Jason Blackbird to accompany his voice with his own trumpet playing, or layering multiple vignettes of Stella’s powerful words. As editor and co-producer of the Reverberations d’une crise podcast, an eight episode series weaving together contributions from a collective of Montreal tenant sound artists, I reworked contributions from all the participants into a collective collage. The episode ends with a composition by collective member Jordan Torres Bussière, performed on site at the end of the event, as well as the final section of my collage, played back on portable speakers in various configurations at Metro Laurier later that night. - Joseph Sannicandro" In this piece you hear these voices: A sound work by Stefan Christoff featuring community activist François Saillant Hubert Gendron-Blais (sound artist) https://www.hubert-gendron-blais.org/ Deanna Radford (poet) https://poetryinvoice.ca/read/poets/deanna-radford Paula Dykstra (poet) + Philippe Battikha @philippebattikha (musician) https://www.philippebattikha.com Alejandro Saravia (poet) Jason Blackbird Selman (poet / musician) https://poetryinvoice.ca/read/poets/jason-selman Members of Syndicat des locataires autonomes de Montréal (SLAM) https://linktr.ee/slam.matu Moh Abdo, Comm-Un https://comm-un.org Sandra Wesley, Director of STELLA Montreal https://chezstella.org Theo Lyons + Jordan Arsenault https://thedutymyth.blogspot.com Gaurav Sharma Organizer at the Immigrant Workers Centre https://iwc-cti.ca Bengı Akbulut Academic and activist https://explore.concordia.ca/index.php/bengi-akbulut Stella Adjokê (artist) https://stellaadjoke.com Juhi Sohani Community advocate zLadyBug (poet) Liz and Jay Members of Wolf Pack Street Patrol https://www.aptnnews.ca/national-news/wolf-pack-hits-montreal-streets-protect-vulnerable-indigenous-women Pierre Parent Indigenous street outreach worker and formerly incarcerated person Jordan Torres Bussière @jordantorresbussiere (sound artist) https://soundcloud.com/jordantorresbussiere Joseph Sannicandro / Reverberations d’une Crise collective - sound collage guerrilla installation (reworking sounds from Réverbérations d'une crise: une enquête sonore sur le logement à Montréal collective)