The Tidal Exchange

River Clyde Arts

Exploring the intersections of art, community, and ecology, The Tidal Exchange is a podcast from River Clyde Arts in New Glasgow, Prince Edward Island. River Clyde Arts produces a season of outdoor theatre and art events that celebrate a vital Island community and the river that defines and sustains it. Inspired by the conversations that enliven the creation of our central project, The River Clyde Pageant, The Tidal Exchange hosts expansive discussions with artists, scholars, scientists, and community organizers on topics that influence our work. We examine curiosities connected to food, performance, gardening, puppetry, farmers markets and interspecies collaboration, researching what it means to create art and community rooted in place. read less
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Ecoscenography and Interspecies Collaboration
May 25 2023
Ecoscenography and Interspecies Collaboration
Can you make art with squirrels? What happens when theatre exits the building? This episode discusses Ecoscenography and interspecies collaboration, ideas pushing on the boundaries of conventional theatre production and visual art. Artist and scientist Kristian Brevik challenges us to consider our relationships with the non-human creatures who share our world, and to see how art-making can contribute to a transformation in the dynamic between humans and our environment. Australian theatre designer and community artist Tanja Beer introduces us to her concept of Ecoscenography, which offers theatre designers a way to think critically about, and make practical changes to, the ecological and social impact of their work. Ian McFarlane, theatre designer and head of production for the River Clyde Pageant talks with host Jane Wells about how these material, social and ecological concepts are being realized in the annual production of the Pageant.Featured Speakers:Kristian Brevik - Artist, scientist, lecturer in Environmental Studies, University of VermontTanja Beer - community artist, ecological designer, educator and researcher at Griffith University,  AustraliaIan McFarlane - Scenographer, puppeteer, Resident Designer in Drama Studies, Mount Allison UniversityFeatured Music:Aaron CollierCorbin MurdochEvan Furness Further Information Our guests:Kristian Brevik http://www.kristianbrevik.com/Tanja Beertanjabeer.com Ecoscenography.comIan McFarlanehttps://ianfmcfar.weebly.com/https://northbarntheatre.ca/People discussed on the episode:Kim Tallbear https://kimtallbear.com/Robin Wall Kimmerer https://www.robinwallkimmerer.com/Max Liboiron https://maxliboiron.com/Merlin Sheldrake https://www.merlinsheldrake.com/Art Discussed on the Episode snæbjörnsdóttir / wilson “Vanishing Point where species meet.” https://snaebjornsdottirwilson.com/category/projects/vanishing-point-where-species-meet/)Marcus Coates “Dawn Chorus” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zF1uihdcZmYIdeas Discussed on the Episodehttps://www.opera-lyon.com/l-opera-de-lyon/un-opera-engage/engagement-environnementalhttps://ecoscenography.com/2020/11/24/opera-production-the-circular-economy-interview-with-thierry-leonardi-lyon-opera/https://read.dukeupress.edu/environmental-humanities/article/15/1/44/343373/Sense-and-Consent-in-Cocreating-with-Earth-Others

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Ecoscenography and Interspecies Collaboration
May 25 2023
Ecoscenography and Interspecies Collaboration
Can you make art with squirrels? What happens when theatre exits the building? This episode discusses Ecoscenography and interspecies collaboration, ideas pushing on the boundaries of conventional theatre production and visual art. Artist and scientist Kristian Brevik challenges us to consider our relationships with the non-human creatures who share our world, and to see how art-making can contribute to a transformation in the dynamic between humans and our environment. Australian theatre designer and community artist Tanja Beer introduces us to her concept of Ecoscenography, which offers theatre designers a way to think critically about, and make practical changes to, the ecological and social impact of their work. Ian McFarlane, theatre designer and head of production for the River Clyde Pageant talks with host Jane Wells about how these material, social and ecological concepts are being realized in the annual production of the Pageant.Featured Speakers:Kristian Brevik - Artist, scientist, lecturer in Environmental Studies, University of VermontTanja Beer - community artist, ecological designer, educator and researcher at Griffith University,  AustraliaIan McFarlane - Scenographer, puppeteer, Resident Designer in Drama Studies, Mount Allison UniversityFeatured Music:Aaron CollierCorbin MurdochEvan Furness Further Information Our guests:Kristian Brevik http://www.kristianbrevik.com/Tanja Beertanjabeer.com Ecoscenography.comIan McFarlanehttps://ianfmcfar.weebly.com/https://northbarntheatre.ca/People discussed on the episode:Kim Tallbear https://kimtallbear.com/Robin Wall Kimmerer https://www.robinwallkimmerer.com/Max Liboiron https://maxliboiron.com/Merlin Sheldrake https://www.merlinsheldrake.com/Art Discussed on the Episode snæbjörnsdóttir / wilson “Vanishing Point where species meet.” https://snaebjornsdottirwilson.com/category/projects/vanishing-point-where-species-meet/)Marcus Coates “Dawn Chorus” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zF1uihdcZmYIdeas Discussed on the Episodehttps://www.opera-lyon.com/l-opera-de-lyon/un-opera-engage/engagement-environnementalhttps://ecoscenography.com/2020/11/24/opera-production-the-circular-economy-interview-with-thierry-leonardi-lyon-opera/https://read.dukeupress.edu/environmental-humanities/article/15/1/44/343373/Sense-and-Consent-in-Cocreating-with-Earth-Others
Food and Performance
Jan 30 2023
Food and Performance
Why do food and performance so often go hand and hand? Examining two unique projects, MABELLEpantry in Toronto and Embrace in Whitehorse/Winnipeg, this podcast interviews artists and community advocates about the essential role of food in their communities and practices. Members of MABELLEarts speak to a food pantry program that began as a response to COVID-19 related food insecurity. Designed as an artful, inviting and playful farmer’s market, MABELLEpantry provides community connection and affordable food to vulnerable community members. Winnipeg artist Hazel Venzon of UNIT Productions is also featured describing her project Embrace which weaves together cooking lessons, karaoke and stories of immigration. Exploring her own roots as a Filipino Canadian, Venzon engaged the Filipino communities in Whitehorse to understand what brought them to the Yukon and was surprised to discover that preparing food was a means by which to learn and share those stories.Featured Speakers:Leah Houston - Executive Director of MABELLEartsElizabeth Rucker - Director of Co-creation at MABELLEartsAyal Dinner - Former Pantry Co-ordinator at MABELLEartsHazel Venzon - Co-founder of UNITogether ProductionsFeatured Music:Aaron CollierCallum Gaudet