MONAHAN
ABOUT MONAHAN
A sound piece for curious ears.
Experience the site anew with each visit through dozens of sounds and stories gathered for the Monahan wetlands.
Delve into sounds that explore movement, migration, story as medicine, plants as healers, voice, translation, and place.
HOW IT WORKS
Each time you click BEGIN, you’ll hear a unique sound piece, collaged by our algorithm from 173 sound chapters. All these chapters are created by a group of contributors. You’ll hear everything from songs and poems to nature sounds, interviews and stories.
By bringing together sounds by human and non-human beings MONAHAN creates an ever-evolving experience. You may hear a chapter you’ve heard before, but this time it’s next to something new. Like the landscape around you, MONAHAN is always changing.
HOW TO LISTEN
Scan the QR code
Arrive at the MONAHAN website
Put on your HEADPHONES
Click BEGIN
LISTEN to a personalized sound piece
You can listen to MONAHAN wherever you are. We suggest spending time outside while listening.
WHERE TO FIND US
Visit the Monahan Wetlands (or Monahan Drain) in Ottawa, Canada.
ACCESSIBILITY
The paths around the site are paved and accessible, and include benches.
With a smartphone and data access you can scan a QR code to experience the sound piece.
QR codes are on the main sign located near the bridge and on a selection of benches along the main path.
The QR codes on the benches are installed on the backrests.
There are no washrooms on site.
CONTRIBUTORS
SARAH ABBOTT
DIANA BERESFORD-KROEGER
PIERRE-LUC CLÉMENT
ALBERT DUMONT
LANG ELLIOTT
SAM ESSER
CHARLOTTE FRANK
KIM KILPATRICK
FIDES KRUCKER
AMY MACPHERSON
KIKO PACE
DEMETRIOS PETSALAKIS
NAMITHA RATHINAPPILLAI
PATRICIA REYNOLDS
JESSE STEWART
LOUELLA TOBIAS
ELLEN WATERMAN
WRAY WELSH
JAYNE YACK
SUTURES PARALLÈLES
featuring
MARC A. REINHARDT
FRÉDÉRIQUE ROY
EUGÉNIE JOBIN
THE THUNDERBIRD SISTERS COLLECTIVE
featuring
PATSEA GRIFFIN
THÉO PARADIS
CARMEL WHITTLE
TURKWAZ
featuring
JAYNE BROWN
SOPHIA GRIGORIADIS
BRENNA MACCRIMMON
MARYEM HASSAN TOLLAR
+ all the non-human beings who contributed to our on-site recordings. To view all the species identified at the Monahan Wetlands by community members please visit iNaturalist.
PRODUCTION TEAM
SARAH ABBOTT ecology & non-human advocacy
FLORA INGRID BAZIE Digital Accessibility Expert
JORDAN BELL audio engineer
BRANDON EDWARDS research assistant
RACHEL GRAY content collaborator
SIMON GUIBORD graphic designer
MARIE LEBLANC FLANAGAN creative technologist / developer
ALLISON O'CONNOR City of Ottawa public art liaison
LAURA TALER concept & realization
JOCELYN TODD production manager
Thank you to Dymech and Beacon Lite for fabricating the signage, and to Affinity Production Group for production support.
Thank you to Komiku for "The place that never get old", retrieved from Citizen DJ, Free Music Archive at the Library of Congress, Web Archives Division.
Huge thank you’s go out to:
STEPHANIE NADEAU
STEPHEN LEGARI
JASON SONIER
CHRIS NEWTON
RON GALLANT
PATRICK LACASSE
SHERRY MCPHAIL
SARAH CHÊNEVERT-BEAUDOIN
MITCHELL FRANK
SAUL FRANK TALER