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Saturday, April 23 – Sunday, May 1

free

innerEars | a series of sound installations

innerEars: Cut Throat | Cyclofoozelphone | Sparks on Paper
Creak Speak | The Giver of Names | soundmap | Response Time

Various locations

Scattered throughout downtown Kitchener, these sculptures for the ears and eyes will be open throughout the festival. Artists include David Rokeby, John Greyson and David Wall, Ron Kuivila, Anthony Round, Ian Newton and Jascha Narveson, and the world premiere of the Cyclofoozelaphone, a bicycle driven wind organ for children by Waterloo area artists Mary-Catherine Newcomb, Leslie Wyber and Peter Hatch.

For specific locations, browse through the installation links above, pick up an Open Ears programme at The Registry Theatre (122 Frederick Street, Kitchener) or at any Open Ears concert.

Join us for a guided tour of the installations. You can also walk through the various exhibits at your leisure at these times throughout the festival:

Saturday, April 23 1:30-5
Sunday, April 24 11:30-5
Monday, April 25 to Friday, April 29 11:30-1:30, 3-5
Saturday, April 30 11:30-5
Sunday, May 1 11:30-3

(Only passholders will receive free admission to see Cyclofoozelaphone - others will have to pay normal museum admission unless part of a guided tour.)