Crow Stone Tone Poem
2015-25, interspecies score and sound art performance
Crow Stone Tone Poem is a performance for solo or duet using land-based and electronic instruments. The project is based on my experience with a free-living crow who lives in the territory that includes my home. The summer of 2015 was exceptionally hot and dry, and the smoke from wildfires in the interior of the province was present in the city. In response to these conditions, I created an oasis for the birds in the form of a water source with rocks and pebbles for perching, and left it on my roof deck (the first instance of the Bird Park Survival Station). In response to the water, a neighbourhood crow gifted me a pebble. That instance started a dialogue with the crow, using stones. The ten stone arrangements made by the crow and myself were adapted into a graphic score for experimental sound art performance—the Crow Stone Tone Poem. The score includes drawings of the stone arrangements, instrument list, and performance notes, and is printed using risograph. The score prompts performers and audiences to consider climate change, the frequent and increasing severity of wildfires, and the need to consider multispecies justice. The score can be exhibited as an artwork to accompany the performance.
performances + exhibitions:
– 2025 “Near Dwellers as Indwellers”, Both Kinds Project Space, curated by Daphne Plessner, Vancouver, BC, Canada
– 2024 “Near Dwellers as Creative Collaborators”, Street Road Artist Space, curated by Daphne Plessner, Cochranville, PA, USA
– 2022 Vancouver New Music with Adrian Avendaño, Giorgio Magnanensi, Martin Reisle, Anju Singh, and Stefan Smulovitz.
– 2020 performed by Giorgio Magnanensi for “Polydimensional score” Vancouver New Music
graphic score excerpt:

performances + exhibitions:
– 2025 “Near Dwellers as Indwellers”, Both Kinds Project Space, curated by Daphne Plessner, Vancouver, BC, Canada
– 2024 “Near Dwellers as Creative Collaborators”, Street Road Artist Space, curated by Daphne Plessner, Cochranville, PA, USA
– 2022 Vancouver New Music with Adrian Avendaño, Giorgio Magnanensi, Martin Reisle, Anju Singh, and Stefan Smulovitz.
– 2020 performed by Giorgio Magnanensi for “Polydimensional score” Vancouver New Music
Associated Publications:
– Andreyev, Julie. “Bird Park Survival Station”. Gillieson, Katherine and Jon Hannan, editors. Occasional Papers: Creative Research at Emily Carr. Vancouver: Occasional Press, 2022.
– Andreyev, Julie. “Crows and Stones” (chapter). Lessons from a Multispecies Art Studio: Uncovering Ecological Understanding & Biophilia Through Creative Reciprocity. Intellect Books, 2021
– Smith, Janet. “Beyond notation: Emily Carr Univeristy students’ creations inspire a world of sound.” Stir: Arts + Culture. December 7, 2020
– Andreyev, Julie. “Bird Park Survival Station”. Gillieson, Katherine and Jon Hannan, editors. Occasional Papers: Creative Research at Emily Carr. Vancouver: Occasional Press, 2022.
– Andreyev, Julie. “Crows and Stones” (chapter). Lessons from a Multispecies Art Studio: Uncovering Ecological Understanding & Biophilia Through Creative Reciprocity. Intellect Books, 2021
– Smith, Janet. “Beyond notation: Emily Carr Univeristy students’ creations inspire a world of sound.” Stir: Arts + Culture. December 7, 2020

