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Drone Garden will be exhibited online at the Phi Centre website for only one more week, but the great news is that a new virtual reality version will be physically exhibited starting November 10! If you're not in Montreal, check out the link to experience the piece before it's gone! https://www.phi.ca/Justin-Wright-Expo-en

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Presenting DRONE GARDEN

I am very excited to finally present Drone Garden, the project I've been toiling over for the past 3 months for the PHI Centre's Parallel Lines residency and exhibit. Drone Garden is a downloadable virtual performance that can be explored online with strangers, or offline on your own. It was created as a new way to collectively experience music while in isolation, and also explores the idea of putting dynamic and temporal changes in the hands of the listener rather than solely with the performers. I might eventually release audio recordings of the piece, but for now it exists only as an app.

Looking back, it was a naively ambitious project, and presented a lot of firsts for me - I began with only about a week's experience with video game engines and zero knowledge of C++, and somehow ended up making a networked multi-user, multi-platform "game" with a dedicated server. It was my first time writing for a larger ensemble, and I ended up writing a quarter-tone piece in 3 movements, and each of the 25 instruments has a unique part. A silver lining to our pandemic has been the ability to sit at home and just focus on one thing at a time, and I don't think I would have pulled any of this off without being forced into isolation to some degree.

Give the app a download from the link below if your computer can handle it, and try out the online mode. Anyone you see wandering around is listening to the same piece in real time, somewhere else in the world. If you can't download it, the piece will likely be physically exhibited in the fall. In the meantime, check out the documentation on the Phi website along with the other great works that came out of this residency! Check it out here: https://www.phi.ca/Justin-Wright-Expo

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So thrilled to announce that I'll be participating the @phicentre virtual residency! Parallel Lines commissions 10 artists to create new works responding to our current state of shared solitude. In my project, I will create a virtual immersive performance space, using video game engines and 3D audio spatialization plugins, that can be explored online, and compose a new work for the simulated room. Our creative processes will be documented weekly at the PHI centre website. Here's a still from my preliminary framework for the piece! (at PHI Centre) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_Aq8T4go_8/?igshid=83bjkt77bpiy

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In response to current requirements for social distancing, I’ve started a database of Canadian musicians who are able record themselves on their own. If you’re a musician who can do so, feel free to add your name to the sheet. If you’re a musician recording an album and need a particular instrument, I encourage you to reach out to people on this list after checking out their portfolios.

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You can now pre-order my upcoming collaboration with Peter Broderick, titled Peter Broderick Plays Justin Wright! Out April 3 on First Terrace Records.

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My full video companion for Music For Staying Warm is now online!

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We have a very special show on March 10 at Cinema Moderne! Performing in front of a set of films I made in collaboration with filmmaker Jonathan Durand with a live string quartet, in celebration of my upcoming release with Peter Broderick.

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Some behind the scenes shots from my collaboration with @jondurand that we are screening tomorrow at @cinemamoderne with a live string quartet! Link to the event is in my profile. (at Cinéma Moderne) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9hUU96gWq6/?igshid=1p8t3j461cgg2

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My latest music video, for Drone IV

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One-week exposure at Beaver Lake, capturing all the sunrises and their reflections

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Ending my @banffcentre residency by taking down the last of my #solargraphy cameras, this time a two week exposure from the peak of tunnel mountain! (at Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3f4sbighyi/?igshid=13rg1kmtybge4

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It feels so great to be back in the studio with new music! This @banffcentre residency has been a dream, and while it sadly comes to an end soon, I'm excited to share the many projects, ideas, and tracks that have been set in motion during my time here. A big thanks to Luke for this photo, and for all their help in my marathon studio session yesterday! (at Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3c3abzgJ9s/?igshid=1t2c26xnya9zn

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My first successful attempt at #solargraphy! A 2 week exposure beginning at the equinox, taken from the green room at the Banff Centre

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The music video for my track “In Sunlight” is out now! Filmed by Jonathan Durand at the Tam Tams on Parc Mont-Royal in Montreal, and directed and edited by myself.

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A handful of photos on Tri-X 400 film I took while filming music videos at the Tam Tams

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Had such a great time opening for @jdutchermusic in @westben's beautiful barn-turned-music centre. Nearly 400 people came from the surrounding area and were the most warm and open-minded audience! It was my first time playing almost entirely solo, with a big thanks to @ben_fin and @eveparkerfinley for droning with me in my last tune. (at Westben) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0v2ZdPgX4j/?igshid=1el310t5hb3ad

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I've been hiding away in this barn for the past week preparing a new little composition to be performed tomorrow at the @westben centre in Campbellford! (at Westben) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bz1EOKQgXwS/?igshid=1jgzvxgbxocuk