Amber Goodwyn

Amber Goodwyn (she/her) is an interdisciplinary artist based in oskana ka-asastēki (Regina, Saskatchewan), Treaty 4 territory. She is currently working on an expanded music project called The Love Project (working title) under the name Natural Sympathies as well as her first manuscript of poetry.

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RECENTLY…

Poem – “Toboggan Hill“, Briarpatch Magazine, winner of Best Hometown Entry, 12th annual Writing in the Margins contest (March 2023)

Also:

The Listening Station: Seasons

I’m pleased to have been invited to participate in the inaugural project of Holophon and Art Gallery of Regina’s Listening Station. My composition will debut summer 2024: “Seasons, the inaugural project of Holophon and AGR’s Listening Station, is a year long soundscape project featuring four members of the Holophon collective and four guests from the Regina sound art community. Each pairing individually presents their unique response to that season, potentially incorporating field recordings, sonic experimentation and journalistic composition.”

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AWARDS & FUNDING (selected)

2021 – Golden Sheaf Award for Performing Arts & Entertainment, The Yorkton Film Festival
2020 – Best Web Series, Saskatchewan Independent Film Awards
2020 – Saskatchewan Music Awards nominee – Best Electronic Artist of the Year, Alternative Album of the Year, Album of the Year
2020 – Arts and Culture Nominee, YWCA Women of Distinction Awards
2019 – Independent Artist Grant, Media Arts, Saskatchewan Arts Board
2018 – Electronic Music Artist of the Year, Saskatchewan Music Awards
2018 – Arts and Culture Nominee, YWCA Women of Distinction Awards
2017 – Independent Artist Grant, Music, Saskatchewan Arts Board

DISCOGRAPHY

Natural Sympathies – Nowhere / Twin Spruce EP (Lava Cheetah) – September 2022
Cobra & Vulture – Vesuvius at Home (Lava Cheetah) – March 2022
Natural Sympathies – At the Limits of Earth (Lava Cheetah) – February 2022
Natural Sympathies – Four Accordions (2020) (independent) – April 2020
Natural Sympathies – Porous (Grey Records) – November 2019
Dialtone – Dialtone EP (independent) – September 2019
respectfulchild – respectfulchildren remix compilation – August 2019
Natural Sympathies – Strange Heavens EP (Prairie Shag Records) – June 2017
Natural Sympathies – Moon Landing Remixes (Pop Quiz Records) – June 2017
Natural Sympathies – All Wrong Single – June 2016
Cobra & Vulture – Grasslands LP (independent) – January 2013
Cobra & Vulture- Vocare EP (independent) – April 2012
Cobra & Vulture – Seer EP (Independent) – July 2011
Nightwood – Carta Marina LP (independent) – October 2009

TOUR (SELECTED, NATURAL SYMPATHIES)

2019

YWCA Women’s March (January, Regina, SK)
Winterruption Music Festival (January, Regina, SK)
The Exchange (May, Regina, SK)
Amigo’s Cantina (July, Saskatoon, SK)
Grind Central Festival at The Exchange (July, Regina, SK) 
Regina Folk Festival, Deejay set (August, Regina, SK) 
Sled Island Music Festival (June, Calgary, AB) 
The Aviary (June, Edmonton, AB) 
Festival Hall (June, Calgary, AB)
Rah Rah Farewell show at The Exchange (December, Regina, SK)
POROUS Album / Film launch at Silt Studio (November, Regina, SK)

2018

Black Cat Tavern (December, Saskatoon, SK)
Saskatchewan Music Awards (November, Regina, SK)
SoundsLike Festival (October 5, Saskatoon, SK)
The Regina Folk Festival (August, Regina, SK)
The Gateway Music Festival (July, Bengough, SK)
Grind Central Records Festival (July, Regina, SK)
The German Club (February, Regina, SK)
Winterruption Festival (January, Regina, SK)

2017

The Exchange (December, Regina, SK)
Femme Wave Festival (November, Calgary, AB)
T+A Vinyl and Fashion (October, Regina, SK)
Swamp Fest Music and Arts Festival (September, Regina, SK)
German Club (July, Regina, SK)
Sled Island music Festival (June, Calgary, AB)
Neutral Ground Artist Run Centre (June, Regina, SK)
O’Hanlon’s (May, Regina, SK)
Amigo’s Cantina (April, Saskatoon, SK)
The Mercury (March, Regina, SK)
Neutral Ground Artist Run Centre (January, Regina, SK)
PAVEDarts (January, Saskatoon, SK)
Drone Factory (January, Regina, SK)
Creative City Centre – Pop Up Downtown (September, Regina, SK)
Drone Factory (September, Regina, SK)

INTERDISCIPLINARY & CURATORIAL

Weather (White Noise Palace) – performance installation created with the support of the Holophon’s Mentorship Program. Presented at the Cathedral Village Arts Festival (2015)
Mare Internum – A live audio art durational performance inviting passerby to listen to the sound of the ‘internal ocean’ through a large sea shell, amplifying the sound of Goodwyn’s own body, and that of her baby’s heartbeat. Created in collaboration with Ian Campbell and supported by Holophon. Costuming by Lisa Wicklund from Seed and Amber Goodwyn. Presented at the Cathedral Village Arts Festival, CVAF Holophon Audio Arts concert + CVAF street fair, Regina, SK. (2014)
Queen City Walking Distance Distro – A free, collaborative neighbourhood art distro in Regina, SK. The QCWDD operates out of and delivers to downtown areas and is a free, contributor-based neighbourhood art distro created in the spirit of underground art exchange and dialogue. (2014)
Slowdance Night – A special event featuring slow dances all night long. Co-hosted with Sherwin Tjia. Various locations in Montreal, Toronto and Ottawa and Regina, in collaboration with the Montreal Fringe Festival, Worn Fashion Journal, New Dance Horizons. (2008-2009, 2014)
IF IT IS SO / TO BE SO IN / GO IN TO IT / AS IT IS SO / IT IS IN US / IS IT AS IF / IT IS OF ME – 16mm Loop Projection Installation, CTRL Lab, for Film Pop/Pop Montreal Music Festival, Montréal, QC. (2008)
Curator of the Daughters of Joy video program featuring work by Jackie Gallant & Dayna Macleod, Elin Gustafson, Nicole Koschmann, La Mathilde, Terryll Loffler, Shana Macdonald, Peter Miller, Kathleen K-R, Anita Schoepp and Scott Stark. Presented at the Montreal Fringe Festival + The Warehouse Gallery in Syracuse, NY (2007)
THREADS Joint art show with Anita Schoepp at Galerie L‘Espace, featuring original works by the two artists (2007)
BECAUSE WE DIDN’T FIND WHAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR, WHAT WE FOUND DIDN’T EXIST WITHOUT US 16mm Loop Projection Installation, CTRL Lab, Double Negative, Montréal, QC. (2007)

FILMOGRAPHY

Porous (Producer, HD, 27:36, 2019)
Wives’ Tale (Director, Super 8, 3:00, 2013)
Polyp (Director, Super 8, 2:50, 2010)
River Eyelid (Director, Super 8 to DV, 4:00, 2010)
Paper Nautilus (Director, 4:00, 16mm, 2005)
Lyric for our Home Song: video sketch (Director, DV, 3:00, 2005)
Lyric for our Home Song (Director, Super 8, 4:00, 2005)
distance is relative (Director, 16mm, 5:00, 2004)
sunday afternoon (Director, Super 8, 3:00, 2003)
Salt (Director, National Film Board of Canada, DV, 79 minutes, 2000)

SCREENINGS

2019

Silt Studio, Porous Film Launch and Immersive Installation Event, Regina, SK

2015

The 8 Fest. Toronto, ON

2014

Antimatter [Media Art].Victoria, BC
Unscene: film and video from Saskatchewan. Presented by the Regional Support Network and curated by Amber Christensen – Videofag, Toronto, ON
Tiny Magic: film and video from ten Saskatchewan artists. Curated by Amber Christensen. Saskatchewan Filmpool Cooperative, Regina, SK

2013

One-Take Super 8 Event. RPL Film Theatre. Regina, SK
Projection Super 8: En Plein Air, La Place de la Paix du Quartier des Spectacles, Montréal, QC

2010

Le PhOsphène // ciné-club. Montreal, QC
Potertr. Curated by Yen-Chao Lin, Montreal, QC

2009

The Canadian Film Institute / Café Ex (in partnership with Saw Video), Group screening – The Films of the Double Negative Collective, Ottawa, ON
Pacific Cinematheque (Dim Cinema: Programmed by Amy Lynn Kazymerchyk), Group Screening –The Films of the Double Negative Collective, Vancouver, BC
International Biennale of the Poster in Mexico, The Films of the Double Negative Collective, Xalapa, Mexico

2008

The Lighthouse Series, The Films of the Double Negative Collective, Curator: The Loop Collective, The School of Image Arts, Toronto, ON
Antimatter [Media Art], Images in the Back of the Head: The Films of the Double Negative Collective, Victoria, Canada, 2008
Images Festival, Toronto, ON
Super Reel Dames Film and Video Festival, La Sala Rossa, Montreal, QC

2007

Cinema Project, “Carte Blanche” program, curated by Brett Kashmere, Portland Oregon
Cog Collective, London, England

2006

Xalapa Animation & Experimental Film Festival, Xalapa, Mexico
Antimatter [Media Art], Victoria, BC
19th Annual Images Festival of Independent Film & Video, Toronto, ON
2005
Ex-Centris (Cinéma Parallèle), The Double Negative Collective, Montreal, QC
Cinema Paradiso, Fort Lauderdale, Florida

2004

Double Negative Collective, National Film Board Theatre, Montreal, QC
4^th Annual One Take Super 8 Event. DVD Catalogue. Published by The Town Celebrity Image Corporation. Regina, Saskatchewan
2003
4^th Annual One Take Super 8 Event, Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina, SK

2000-2002

The Blinding Light! Cinema, Vancouver, BC
Vancouver Reel to Real Youth Film Festival, Vancouver, BC
The Columbus Film and Video Festival, Columbus, OH
Montreal Festival de Nouveau Cinema, Montreal, QC
The St. John’s International Women’s Film Festival, St. John’s, NFLD

ARTICLES & PUBLICATIONS

Strange Heavens – A collection of poetry in chapbook form. Poems written between 2012-2013, self-published for QCWDD #1 (March 2014)
Sound Check – Music column for Prairie Dog Magazine, a free, alternative bi-weekly newspaper (2013-2015)
“If You Love Some Zine, Let it Go” Broken Pencil, Fall 2010
“Questions for Dresses: Astria Suparak” Worn Fashion Journal, 2007
“Mike Rollo’s still | move.” Splice Summer 2004

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

2021-Present Date: Regina Folk Festival, Artistic Director

2016-2021: 91.3FM CJTR, Regina Community Radio, Program Director, Executive Director

2020 Polaris Music Prize, Juror for National Music Prize

2020 Swamp Fest Music Festival, Member-at-large, Board of Directors, Programming Committee

2009-2018 FACTOR, Juror for National Music Funding

2018-2019 Creative Saskatchewan, Juror for Provincial Music Funding

2017-2020 Girls Rock Camp Regina, Camp Instructor and Performer, Board of Directors (2017-2018)

2016-2017 Holophon Audio Arts, Member-at-large, Board of Directors

2014-2016 Dunlop Art Gallery, Advisory Committee

2004-2010 DOUBLE NEGATIVE COLLECTIVE, Founding Member, Film Programmer

2003-2009 LICKETY SPLIT ZINE, Founder & Publisher, Independent arts journal about sexuality

2006-2008 AUDIO SMUT (CKUT Radio McGill), Radio host and programmer

EDUCATION

2005

Bachelor in Fine Arts, Film Production (with Distinction), Concordia University

2002

Diplôme d’études collégiales, Creative Arts, Humanistic Education Certificate, Dawson College