Ghost Taco (Devon Michigan) + The Grove Audiovisual Research Unit + Les Fleurs Du Mal
Devon Michigan is a Canadian multidisciplinary artist & naturalist**.** She’s best known for the live sound art project ghost taco. They were a founding member of Vancouver underground music venues the ALF Haus (2002- ), the Secret Location (2005-2020), & the short-lived Death Church (2009-2014) in Montréal. Michigan works for hyper-local arts groups with queer, anti-racist, anarchist values. She’s also a prep and line cook, specializing in vegan & “whole” food.
Michigan’s fine arts training is in theatre, video, film, creative writing, and animation in that order. She has vocal training from various private tutors, and studied community organizing, harm reduction, and peer support with NGOs. Their more recent academic history is in interdisciplinary geography, urbanism, & landscape ecology. Michigan’s current practice is a mix of culinary arts, writing, drawing, music, and ecological field studies. They live on the unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, and Sel̓íl̓witulh Nations, in so-called “Vancouver, Canada”.
The Grove Audiovisual Research Unit is an experimental music and art project led by artist-filmmaker Simon Nunn & noise musician Ryan Jordan (noise=noise). This evocative endeavor delves into the eerie and the unknown, centering on sonic manipulations of field recordings captured in a haunted woodland in Suffolk. At the heart of the project is the exploration of the supernatural phenomenon known as The Rougham Mirage.
Blending ambient textures, drone, hard noise, and interviews, the Unit weaves a rich sonic tapestry, incorporating techniques drawn from paranormal investigation and experimental sound research. Using tools such as a germanium trans-dimensional communicator, the project channels ethereal frequencies and otherworldly vibrations, creating a visceral auditory experience that straddles the boundary between the natural and the supernatural.
Les Fleurs Du Mal drone, ambient project by local artist Theo VeAKins exploring dark psychedelia, limality and improvisation through tapes loops and guitar.