WESTERN FRONT – Alexi Baris in Residence

Description:

While in residence at Western Front, Alexi Baris produced a new twenty-minute octophonic composition titled Firedamp. Baris’s eight-channel spatialized sound installation was presented as an immersive deep listening experience in the Grand Luxe Hall, with audience members seated in complete darkness at the centre of the speaker arrangement. Six performances of Firedamp were presented for up to twenty-five audience members.

The work was presented as a parallel event to Rachelle Sawatsky’s solo exhibition Vitals.

Presented with the support of the Government of Canada and SOCAN Foundation.

Alexi Baris works on a synth patch set up on a grey folding table, alongside other electronic music equipment. He sits with his back to the camera, and a green jacket is draped on his chair. Four speakers are set-up in the room: two on the floor, and two hanging from the ceiling.

Alexi Baris sits in front of an intellijel synth patch and computer monitor positioned on a grey folding table. He wears a green baseball cap.

Alexi Baris turns a dial on a synth patch. His back is to the camera, and he wears a baseball cap and a long-sleeve button up shirt.

Alexi Baris sits at a grey folding table in front of various electronic music equipment. He wears a baseball cap and long-sleeve button up shirt. Behind him, a speaker is suspended from the ceiling. The windows of the Grand Luxe Hall are open, and bright light floods into the space.

With his back to the camera, Alexi Bari sits in a rolling office chair at a grey folding table in front of a synthesizer patch, computer monitor, and other equipment for composing electronic music. He wears a baseball hat and a long-sleeve button up shirt. A speaker with dangling cables is suspended from the ceiling.

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Alexi Baris in the Grand Luxe Hall (2023). Photo by Rachel Topham Photography.
Alexi Baris in the Grand Luxe Hall (2023). Photo by Rachel Topham Photography.
Alexi Baris in the Grand Luxe Hall (2023). Photo by Rachel Topham Photography.
Alexi Baris in the Grand Luxe Hall (2023). Photo by Rachel Topham Photography.
Alexi Baris in the Grand Luxe Hall (2023). Photo by Rachel Topham Photography.
Alexi Baris in the Grand Luxe Hall (2023). Photo by Rachel Topham Photography.
Alexi Baris in the Grand Luxe Hall (2023). Photo by Rachel Topham Photography.

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