SOUND COMMISSIONS

As part of the AWSS Slow Tour, The Only Animal is commissioning sound artists and composers to create 15 to 30-min compositions that will be played on audio speakers inside the AWSS installation and shared online.  The sound artists were invited to reflect on and...
SLOW SOCIALS

SLOW SOCIALS

Slow Socials are a series of gatherings from The Only Animal that invite our communities to connect through relaxed textile creation, inspiring environmental readings, eclectic music and ‘yarn-camaraderie’. Join our team in crocheting and knotting a set piece for...
AWSS Slow Tour (Autumn/Winter, Spring/Summer) 

AWSS Slow Tour (Autumn/Winter, Spring/Summer) 

AWSS is a pop-up sound and textiles installation accompanied by original works of music and a storytelling performance by The Only Animal’s Artistic Director, Barbara Adler.  On a stage embellished with slow textiles, Barbara tells a story while carefully...
SLOW PRACTICE

SLOW PRACTICE

Slow Practice is a traveling work-in-progress textile installation by The Only Animal  that will culminate in ‘Mermaid Spring’ – an original, place-based music theatre concert premiering in 2026. With help from commissioned artists and publics across B.C.,...
Dear Animal by Kendra Fanconi

Dear Animal by Kendra Fanconi

Dear Animal responds to an invitation by incoming Artistic Director, Barbara Adler, to outgoing Artistic Director and co-founder of The Only Animal, Kendra Fanconi, to document a year of falling in love with a new landscape. Kendra’s story tracks her move from the...