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On today’s show we feature multi-disciplinary artist Christine Charette and her performance Roots that Braid Themselves. Christine Charette lives in the Almaguin Highlands region of Ontario. Her performance took place outdoors on July 18 at Warbler’s Roost in South River during World Listening Day. In her performance she had masks, paper sculptures and lines of text displayed on tree branches and stumps. On an elevated platform there was a weathering upright piano that she played along with various effects pedals. In the conversation she reflected on the branching and roots themes in her performance as well as about other points of inspiration for her work.

Christine Charette wrote the following about Roots that Braid Themselves:

"From the world of Electroacoustic Music and Musique Concrète, I explore the profound influence of forest biomes and the symbiotic enchanted world it hides underground. I use recorded sounds from life, distilled through a sampler, and weave them with the sounds of piano, synth. Drawing my sounds intuitively, I allow the forest and its underground networks to inhale and exhale through me, resonating in their vibration, and translating their Affect. I create a space that transports the listener to where worlds of microbial seed banks exist, stardust and roots that braid themselves into stories, where the belly of the Earth speaks."

Click Here to See a Video of the performance featured on today's show.

Making Waves is a monthly one hour program about radio art and sound art, and is produced by New Adventures in Sound Art's Artistic Director Darren Copeland in South River, Ontario, Canada. The show features Canadian, US, and international artists creating sound-based media art. It focuses on the techniques, processes, and motivations of the artists it features as well as individuals supporting the field through dissemination and curatorial activities. The show is a snapshot of what is happening in sound-based media art in the here and now from a northern perspective.