What it is

From December 7, 2008 till December 31, 2008 mixed blood (Metis/Cree/German) artist and musician Cheryl L'Hirondelle will sing through the streets of Vancouver, B.C. as part of her project Nikamon Ohci Askiy (songs because of the land).

During the month of December, the artist will make daily journeys throughout Vancouver and "sing" the landscape she encounters. These encounters will be captured by mobile phone by the artist and whatever other technologies are made available by participating viewers/audience (video, photo, audio).

During the live performances, Cheryl will sing, record and upload audio clips to an online database. Each audio clip will be tagged to one or more of the 16 cree values. The clips will automatically be available to online audiences interactively through a rich online media experience available at VancouverSonglines.ca.

This interactive experience intends to illuminate the relationship between the spirit or inspiration for the singing (the song, the audio) and the value it corresponds to within the cree worldview while engaging online audiences to interact with the content via a mashup/audio remix style interface.

Daily unscheduled live performances in Vancouver will begin November 24 and run until December 31, with the interactive website premiering December 7, 2008.

Four scheduled performances will also take place during the month of December and will be open to the public. Dates will be announced on this blog.

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