Dr Rebecca Caines

I believe in interdisciplinary collaboration, innovative creation, critical thought, and community connection. In these things I find hope.

Sonic Blankets

Lead artists: Rebecca Caines and Michelle Stewart, with a team of youth artists and collaborators in Regina and Guelph, Canada.

Sonic Blankets (2018-2020) is a process driven exploration of sound and creative expression with people with sensory differences due to Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder and other disabilities, and their families and support organizations. It includes workshops in audio art, recording, multichannel sound, and wearable technologies. Two youth artists, Keisha Mohr and Tanson Pitawanakwat are co-creating with a team led by Rebecca Caines and Michelle Stewart, and outputs have included a new wearable hoodie with body speakers and LEDS, new audio recordings from the environment, improvised music made with fidget devices, and the creative workshopping of advocacy strategies. It is a sub-project of the national initiative: MultiPLAY: Digital community-engagement with Canadian improvisers.

See more here: https://multiplay.ca/work/sonic-blankets/