John Oswald is presenting a solo art show at the Ed Day Gallery (Toronto), to be shown until May 14, 2006. In addition to the exhibition, a 2-projector version of his “chronophotic” work instandstillnessence will be presented outdoors on Sunday April 23, part of the closing ceremonies for the Images Film and Video Festival.

Katharine Norman’s book Sounding Art (242 pages + 1 CD) is now available on electrocd.com. The book describes various aspects of sound art, and presents the work of many artists such as Magali Babin, Luc Ferrari, Barry Truax, Francisco López, Hildegard Westerkamp, Francis Dhomont, Merzbow, John Oswald, and Martin Tétreault.

Simon Fraser University’s electroacoustic music studio is celebrating its 40th anniversary with the release of SFU 40, a compilation of works from the studio and previously unreleased on CD. Featuring composers Barry Truax, Hildegard Westerkamp, John Oswald, Jean Piché, Anne Holmes, Arne Eigenfeldt, and Martin Gotfrit.

The Orford Arts Centre (Québec) announces its new Sound Creation Workshop as part of the international Music Academy. Held from June 26 to July 8, 2006 the workshop, directed by Yves Daoust, is open to sound creators of all styles. This summer Yves Daoust has invited guest “teachers” John Oswald, Åke Parmerud, Alexandre Burton, Louis Dufort, and flutist Robert Aitken. There will be a public evening concert on July 6 (Piché, Oswald, Parmerud, Dufort), and a half-concert on July 7.

John Oswald will present a set of compositions for Disklavier (a robotized acoustic piano) at the Western Front in Vancouver (BC) on September 15, 2005. This Disklavier concert is part of the New Forms Festival. Other performing artists at the festival include Tomas Jirku, The Mole, and Deadbeat.

Many Canadian artists have received distinctions and special mentions in the “digital musics” category at the recent Prix Ars Electronica 2005 competition. John Oswald was awarded a distinction for his plunderphonics. Gilles Gobeil’s composition Ombres, espaces, silences… received a mention. Duo Skoltz_Kolgen also obtained a mention for their performance work Flüux :/ Terminal. Finally, the Artificiel trio were awarded a mention for the project condemned_bulbes.