From digital landscapes to physical soil beneath our feet, 蘑菇AV students and faculty are helping Haligonians get grounded this weekend at the . As Halifax's streets come to life after dark, the public is welcomed to the city's nighttime arts festival celebrating this year's theme, Ground.听
The innovation and diverse ways these projects are presented to the public will show how creativity can thrive when disciplines come together and take root in unexpected ways.听
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Created by 蘑菇AV architecture students, Extraction is a project that examines how humanity has built a complex relationship with the ground itself.
Second-year Master of Architecture student Maya Kerfoot helped conceptualize Extraction.听
鈥淓verything that was used for the built environment is drawn from the ground,鈥� she says.听
The goal of the projects, says Kerfoot, is challenging 鈥減eople to confront their own role and the role of architecture in extractive processes.鈥�
Regarding Land combines visual art with written expression, encouraging visitors to share their stories and perspectives on land, belonging, and cultural connection.听
Pamela Edmonds, the director and curator of the looked forward to what visitors might expect to see.听
鈥淭he exhibition looks at land not just as geography or territory, but as something deeply personal and layered, shaped by memory, migration, displacement, and community,鈥� says Edmonds.听
鈥淢any of the artists explore what it means to carry land with you, to miss it, or to feel its absence. Others think about what鈥檚 been hidden or lost.鈥�
Developed through 蘑菇AV's Faculty of Computer Science, this interactive collaboration uses artificial intelligence to explore how digital systems are able to interpret the physical world.听
By inviting the public to see the ground they stand on through the eyes of algorithms and music, this Dal installation blurs the lines between the organic and electric.听
Dr. Sageev Oore and his team want others to understand that 鈥渢his project is driven by artistic goals, rather than being driven by AI-goals.鈥�
鈥淭he building blocks of it are personal, and personally meaningful, and that is reflected in what it does,鈥� says Dr. Oore.听
This collaboration between Dal鈥檚 Fountain School of Performing Arts and outside artists looks to show the intersections of ecology, sound, and performance.听
Exploring how plants, sound, and sensory expression can intertwine, this artistic journey takes us through the living ground beneath.
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Even when projects are not founded in 蘑菇AV鈥檚 halls, our reach still extends to projects like the Mi鈥檏maw Soundwalk.
Previously covered by Dal News, this experience, co-created by a Dal musicology professor, guides listeners through an immersive exploration of Mi鈥檏ma鈥檏i. Those participating will be able to become grounded in Indigenous knowledge and relationship to place.
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This project transforms performance space into an immersive soundscape, exploring how audiovisual elements can ground audiences in a new sonic environment. Students from the Fountain School of Performing Arts push the boundaries of how we listen, see and traverse the layers of our senses.听
听is taking place this weekend, October 16-19, across downtown Halifax and is free for all to attend. All Dal-related installations will be open to the public on Saturday, October 18, from 6 p.m. to midnight.