From September 28th to October 28th in Stephen Juba Park, send + receive presents Shimmering, an audio work by artist Skye Callow. The work plays beneath the pedestrian bridge commemorating the former Ross Creek, just past the junction of Waterfront Drive and Bannatyne Avenue, launching the twenty-sixth edition of send + receive on this year’s Nuit Blanche.
Shimmering is an aural painting that interprets the cycles of our lives, the phases of the moon, and the flow of waterways that have been redirected by human intervention. It attempts to find patterns between these seemingly separate entities, and to identify the monuments that signify beginnings and endings.
Shimmering is composed of original field recordings from bodies of water that are connected to the Red and Assiniboine river systems, audio samples combed from the expanse of the internet, manipulated voice recordings and performances, text to speech generated verses, and the sounds of chains, skid steers, and wind chimes. Responding specifically to the site of the installation, Shimmering acts as a sounding board for the ghostly echo of Ross Creek.
Skye Callow is an artist based on Treaty 1 Territory in Winnipeg, Manitoba, originally from Sandy Hook, Manitoba. Through image making, sound, and installation practices, her work explores the magic of our ecological and metaphysical worlds and engages in the somatic experience of being in relation to the biosphere; a motif of ecology, self, and the land continuously presents itself. Skye is currently investigating the subjects of ecological empathy and hyperobjects, and the limits and possibilities of perception.
Skye holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts Honours Degree from the University of Manitoba’s School of Art. Her work has been exhibited at notable venues in Winnipeg, including aceartinc., PLATFORM Centre for Photographic and Digital Arts, and the Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art. She was featured in the 2022 Flash Photography Festival as an emerging artist and is the recipient of the 2024 PLATFORM Photography Award, with an upcoming solo exhibition in March 2025. Skye has also been active in film programming initiatives, working with the Winnipeg Film Group, independently, and as a member of the Open City Cinema Collective for the Winnipeg Underground Film Festival.