Branching Songs

Branching Songs is a collection of sound art and land-based projects in collaboration with trees and forests around Vancouver and coastal regions that draw attention to vital ecosystems supporting the well-being of human and nonhuman life.

Listening to the trees, for the forest

About

live events

The Branching Songs team is preparing performancess and exhibitions for spring and summer 2023.

Clear Cut Chorus

Ɂiy Shenchu Forest (Halfmoon Bay)

The Forest that Holds Water (Reed Rd.)

ways of knowing

Indigenous ways of knowing with land-based materials are integrated into the research.

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Ribbon Tree

Tree Feelers

A collection of soundscapes about forests around Vancouver, including the lands being cleared for the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion project.

Listen here

soundscapes

workshops

We created workshops to connect with trees and forests.

Tree Awareness

Hear(t)

Performing with Trees

These experiments taught us how to listen to trees.

Recording Tree Electromagnetism

Tiny Planets

Improvising with Trees Using Contact Mics

Listening for electromagnetic fields

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experiments

“...Many of us feel the destruction of the natural world acutely. ‘Branching Songs’ captures that, aiming to restore beauty and galvanize.”

Review of Branching Songs by Dorothy Woodend in The Tyee