Sonic Confluence Collective: Sounds Like Words Like Sounds

Join the Edmonton Poetry Festival and New Music Edmonton for Sonic Confluence Collective: Sounds Like Words Like Sounds on Sunday, December 19, 2021 @ 3:00PM online or in person @ Co*Lab (9641 102A Ave NW).

Tickets are $20 for in-person or $15 plus fees for live stream access. Tickets available via EventBrite.

Sonic Confluence Collective: Sounds Like Words Like Sounds brings together 3 artists each from the spoken word and sound worlds who have combined their talents to create a joint performance.

The artists include:

• Maigan Van der Geissen
• Ryan James Summers aka Some Sum Cay De Dios
• Afarin Nazarijou
• Louis Bouchier
• Biboye Onanuga

This is the first-ever collaborative project between the Edmonton Poetry Festival and New Music Edmonton. Three spoken word and three sound artists are coming together to create a collective performance. The collaboration highlights the magic of mixing or mashing genres to create a unique sonic experience.

The Edmonton Poetry Festival thanks Canadian Heritage Grant for funding support towards this project. New Music Edmonton thanks our funders: The Edmonton Arts Council, The Canada Council for the Arts, The Alberta Foundation for the Arts, SOCAN Foundation, The City of Edmonton, and AGLC.