Sonic Faultlines Festival - Big Nature - Big Sound

Sonic Faultlines Festival - Big Nature,  Big Sound premiered at Placerville's Green Room Social Club on November 24 - 26, 2023, with a line-up of international and local experimental music, sound art, film projects and art installation together with a panel discussion with sound artists. Produced by Myrtle Tree Arts, co-sponsored by Sacred Roots Collective, partnered with American River Conservancy, and with tour support by a Czech Recovery Grant, the event featured Icelandic/Czech artists, fyield, and a premiere of the film, Invisible Landscapes, by Ivo Bystřičan. 

As the first festival of its kind in El Dorado County, CA, the event hosted local artist, Hypha, Power Fantasy, The Haelp, Hyperion, Laika’s Last Wish, Catrina Lessley’s Sound Bath and DOGON. In an experiment in transcontinental Internet performance, DOGON’s co-founder, Venezuelan composer, Miguel Noya played live from Caracas with local partner, Paul Godwin. The duo performed new music from the RIPE AREA  project, funded in part by the CA Arts Council and Sacramento Office of Arts and Culture, in partnership with American River Conservancy. This performance also featured Laika’s Last Wish, duo of analog synthesizer composers, Dustin Koupal (of Ent) and Zack Dowell (of Folsom Lake College Innovation Lab). Visual artist Ameera Godwin exhibited a selection of prints that merge nature and historical architecture.