A warm and technicolour THANK YOU to all the artists, participants, and contributors who shared performances, videos, toboggans, mail art, installations, music, and more at The Hibernation Project 2021! Check out this blog for a full list of credits.
The 12th and final Hibernation Project has been postponed until May 29, 2021.
Week 11 of 12: so close, and yet, so far
Artworks by Barb Drake, Jennifer Ireland, Michelle Murphy, Nicole Wolf, Nurgul Rodriguez, and Caitlind Brown & Wayne Garrett.
Week 10 of 12: zoom flops, digital stench, and things that make your phone pulse with trepidation
Performative contributions from Claire Coutts, David Ferris, Evangelos Lambrinoudis, Galina Shevchenko, Michelle Murphy, Matthew Waddell & Laura Anzola, Caitlind Brown & Wayne Garrett. Theme by Matthew Waddell & Laura Anzola.
Week 9 of 12: alien signals, songs, and sounds, borne by radio to distant ears (PART 2 of 2)
Sound art by Audrey Lane Cockett, Castle Souns (Patrick Whitten, Rebecca Reid, Rhys Masrani, Ryan Bourne), DJ Kel & The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, Jasmine Vickaryous & Jess Arcand, Jenna Swift, Kaunsel (Parker Thiessen), Noel Begin, and OAS (Owen Strasky). Hosted by Caitlind Brown & Wayne Garrett, with thanks to CJSW 90.9 fm.
Week 9 of 12: alien signals, songs, and sounds, borne by radio to distant ears (PART 1 of 2)
Sound art by Laura Reid & Clinton St. John, Messages from the Stars (Rebecca Reid & Marie Sulkowski), Michelle Murphy, Sarah Houle & Shane Ghostkeeper, WKO (Whitney Ota), and Zahra Shahab. Hosted by Caitlind Brown, with thanks to Wayne Garrett and CJSW 90.9 fm.
Week 8 of 12: a touchless carnival of the unconscious
Art by Martha Zweifel, Marie Sulkowski, Rebecca Reid, Ryan Bourne, Susan Clarahan, Wayne Garrett, with an ISOLATED BABEL crossover. Theme by Rebecca Reid.
Week 7 of 12: homemade kites, crafted apart and flown together
Kites by Barb Drake, Caitlind Brown, Chad Saunders & Family, David Kenney & Veronique Arseneau, Logan Lape, Maggie Schaefer, Noel Begin, and Stewart Elton
Week 6 of 12: grand reopening of the Hiber National Gallery
Artists include Brandon A. Dalmer, Caitlind r.c. Brown, Chris Foster, Damian Espinosa, Luba Diduch, Michelle Murphy, and Vicki Van Chau.
Gallery Director: Eric Heitmann
Head Curator: Caitlind Brown
Gallery Architect: Wayne Garrett
Week 5 of 12: art in trunks, back seats, and truck beds
Art cars by Gary McMillan, Keith Rodger, Maggie & Daniel Schaefer, and Caitlind Brown & Wayne Garrett.
Week 4 of 12: how to follow the rules, and how to break them
Performances and activities by Alex Felicitas, Caitlind Brown, Suzen Statz, Who Cares? (Laura Reid & Jiajia Li), and Wayne Garrett. Theme by Jennifer Crighton.
Week 3 of 12: escape winter daze on radio waves.
Sound pieces by Chris Locke, Crystal Eyes, Jay Heule, Julia Gunst, Luba Diduch, Rachel Ziriada, The Research Council (Rebecca Reid & Ryan Bourne), Wayne Garrett, and Caitlind Brown. Originally aired on CJSW 90.9 FM in Treaty 7.
Week 2 of 12: build your own toboggans and tobogganing race!
Sleds by Aiden Tan, Andre Rodrigues, Brigid Catjoa, Caitlind Brown, Clare Duckett, Daniel Schaefer, Drea Hunt & Ashlyah, Genevieve Pare, Kamila Eltassi (piloted by Jeremy Kuijer), Khalid Omokanye, Lane Shordee (with wheelbarrow assistance c/o Nikki Tambourine), Logan Lape (with “Chairstream” kudos to Svea Ferguson), Maggie Schaefer, Matthew Mark and Mark Erickson, Mike Tan, and Wayne Garrett.
Theme by Mike Tan.
Week 1 of 12: public access television from our house(s) to yours!
Featuring artists Eliza Fernand, Greg Doble, Ian Keteku, Jack Bride, Jett Thunders, Khalid Omokanye, Kino Sum (thanks to Guillaume Carlier & Gillian McKercher), Mike Hooves
Palm Reader (Kay Gallivan), Sabrina Cannataro, SCN Swampy Communications Network (Neil Adams, Sean Dunham, Eric Hill, Krystal Lewis, Jeff Meldrum, Amber PB, and Teale Phelps Bondaroff)
This blog tracks the ongoing growth of ISOLATED BABEL, a socially distanced collaboration spanning the entire 12-week duration of The Hibernation Project. We will update this post weekly with progress photos.
Theme by Khalid Omokanye.
This year, in light of the global pandemic, we’ve radically reimagined the 2021 Hibernation Project through themes that span virtual, auditory, public, interstitial, and time-based spaces. Learn more about the concept behind each theme here.
Week 12 of 12: light the internet on fire!
Artists: Jayda Karsten, Jenna Swift, Keith Rodger, Lauren Hassell, Luba Deduch, Matthew Kennedy & Phil Wilson, Matthew Waddell & Laura Anzola, Rebecca Reid & Ryan Bourne, Svea Ferguson, and Caitlind r.c. Brown & Wayne Garrett. Special thanks to Audrey Lane Cockett for a last minute contribution.
Week 11 of 12: endings, transitions, cycles, transformation, and newal
Artists: Alia Shahab (with Anna Corbin, Geneviève Paré, & Jamie Tea. Poetry by Jordan Baylon. Music by Rachael Chaisson & Eric Heitmann), Caitlind Brown, Eric Heitmann, Heather Close, Jamey Lougheed, Jennie Vallis, Logan Lape, Svea Ferguson, and Wayne Garrett
Theme by: Eric Heitmann
Week 10 of 12: public access television
Artists: Audrey Lane Cockett & Genevieve Pare, Desiree Nault (with an M:ST PSA), Jennifer Crighton, Jett Thunders & Mini-Jett, Keith Rodger, Lollipop (Jessica Wittman), Matthew Waddell & Laura Anzola, Ramin Eshraghi-Yazdi, Rebecca Reid, Ryan Bourne, Sarah van Sloten, and Svea Ferguson. Hosted by Caitlind r.c. Brown & Wayne Garrett
Week 9 of 12: togetherness in a time of social distancing
Artists: Eric Heitmann, Svea Ferguson, Lollipop (Jessica Wittman), Lane Shordee, Matthew Waddell, Caitlind Brown & Wayne Garrett
Theme by: Nikki Martens, with Caitlind Brown, Lane Shordee, and Wayne Garrett
Week 8 of 12: the inbetween, from one to another
Artists: Svea Ferguson, Jayda Karsten, Matthew Kennedy, Phil Wilson, Caitlind Brown & Wayne Garrett
Theme by: Matthew Kennedy
