Andra McCartney

"I make multimedia soundscapes, working with my own location recordings, moving microphones, digital filters and multitrack placement to create works that are evocative of particular places, and the sonic and sociopolitical resonances that wash through them."

Andra McCartney is a multimedia soundscape artist, composer, performer and poet. Currently she is working on 'Soundwalking Home', a series of soundwalks through neighborhoods in which she has lived, and a soundscape documenting the Lachine Canal region, near Montreal.

McCartney's installations have been shown at Maid in Cyberspace Encore (Montreal), KAAI Modern Fuel Gallery (Kingston, Ontario), miXing Women In Sound Art Festival (Chicago), and The Kitchen. Her writings have been published in Leonardo Music Journal and MusicWorks. She has collaborated with visual artist P.S. Moore, championed the work of soundscape composer Hildegard Westerkamp, and is actively involved with the World Forum for Acoustic Ecology.

Andra McCartney lives in Montreal and is teaches at Concordia University, Montreal.