Garden City Electronic Music Society and the Active / Passive Performance Society present...

ALANNA HO

Alanna Ho is an educator and performer based in Vancouver combining deep play, new media, and community engagement. Her current research is protest through play; toy hacking; generative memory; performances regarding liquids; and combining new media with alternative early education.

She has performed/exhibited at Gaffa (Sydney, AU), The Western Front, The New Media Gallery, Big Joy Experimental Music Festival, Tidal~Signal festival, The Anvil Theatre, Digital Carnival at the Richmond World Festival, VIVO Media Arts Centre, The Greater Art Gallery of Victoria, Centre A, Richmond Art Gallery and the SFU Audain Gallery.

MUSTAFA RAFIQ

Mustafa Rafiq is a multidisciplinary artist based in Treaty 6 land in Edmonton, Alberta. Their primary focus recently has been in exploring feelings connected with diaspora, gender expression and alienation through sound art. They also promote shows under Sweaty Palms which is, at it's root, an organization based on amplifying comfort in community. Space to create and show work amongst your peers.

Mustafa also performs as a solo artist under the moniker of Family Injera, a project which has taken many forms. It moves from being a experimental ambient - traditional (Arabic/East Indian) guitar - collaborative free-form project. Preforming at festivals such as Big Fun (Respectfulchild) , Sled Island (with Oren Ambarchi/Will Guthrie Duo, Aus/FR), Pretty Good Not Bad (with Jessica Moss) and Black Arts Matter Festival, Edmonton Poetry festival (collab with Nisha Patel) + numerous presentations at Mile Zero Dance for Dirt Buffet Cabarets, RV There Yet? and SubArctic Improvisations.

They have also been a part of installations at Nuit Blanche Edmonton, Mcluhan Arts House (for Lauren Crazybull's Artist Residency Showing) and various presentations at Mile Zero Dance and Good Women Dance Society.

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A special screening of THE KILN PROJECT

This event is supported by the Government of Canada and the BC Arts Council. Curated by the Active / Passive Performance Society.

For more information: www.wonderment.ca

Active / Passive is a concert series on Galiano Island, showcasing live ambient performances by artists living and working in the pacific northwest.

The Garden City Electronic Music Society is a BC Society and CRA-registered charity supporting the advancement of electronic music in British Columbia. GCEMS presents two annual festivals, Wonderment and NeuzTec, both entering their 7th year in 2022.

Live Visuals by Chimerik 似不像 (Sammy Chien & Caroline MacCaull)