UNIT/PITT Society for Art + Critical Awareness is excited to present the third and final iteration of our seasonal, solar, sonic project Sound of the Sun, guest curated by Jefferson Alade. Sound of the Sun Volume Three meditates on the cyclical nature of solar movements, and our relationship with the sun; again in flux as the days lengthen. 

The project invited 10 artists to observe, respond, record, and retell their experiences through music, poetry, field recordings, synthesis, storytelling, or any other audio-based method. Together, the playlist reverberates around and through a densely populous world—culminating in a noisy and ambient introspection on the oddity of the sun’s singular presence.

Released as both a limited-edition cassette and SoundCloud playlist, Sound of the Sun Volume Three features tracks from Immix (Robyn Jacobs), Matt Nish-Lapidus, Thomas Evdokimoff, Anju Singh, Marianne Thodas, Hân Phạm, Edith Skeard, Jen Yakamovich & Inkydew the Companion, Sam Meadahl, and Joel DeStefano.

Cassettes are available for purchase at our Khatsalano gallery or via UNIT/PITT’s online shop.

This project is supported by the Canada Council for the Arts, and the Shumka Centre’s Artist Apprenticeship Network 2024 Program.

Sound of the Sun, Volume III

Joel DeStefano - Sun Song

Sam Meadahl - Regenerative Bloom

Jen Yakamovich & Inkydew the Companion - a rainbow arches over flamingos wading in a lagoon

Edith Skeard - Prairie Shifting

Hân Phạm - At the very diffracting point, crisscrossed and boiled

Marianne Thodas - Cimarron Way

Anju Singh - Heat

Thomas Evdokimoff - Aeolian Harps

Matt Nish-Lapidus - prepare to stop

Immix - Forever In The Eye Of a Dreamer

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