September 11th WAVE OF EVENTS:
interpretive sound painting by Sean Mauricette
In 2002 I was asked by a producer for CBC radio (the largest National radio station in Canada) to create a 2 minute sound piece, depicting what the events of September 11th sounded like to me. After sketching out some ideas for the piece, I collected my sounds (colors), grabbed my computer mouse (paint brush) and began editing/arranging the sounds on the screen (canvas). The end result was a piece called 'WAVE OF EVENTS', generated off one particular sketch that outlined the pulse of the event from beginning to end to future. The heartbeat and breathing are meant to become the emotional guide for the listener, while the ticking in the background is the second hand of a clock, that i feel is like a metronome to our lives...believing that our lives are like musical pieces. I could write more but i would prefer that you the listener interpret it for yourself. I hope you enjoy this piece. To quote my friend Aaron Paysley.."I never knew you could say so much, without saying anything at all."
Microaggressions Poem:
Written and performed by: Sean Mauricette
Sean fuses his passion for poetry, beat-box and DEI in this dynamic poem which looks at racial microaggressions in the workplace. Delivered at the end of his presentation, employees become part of the performance by having their voices sampled and woven into the experience.
Blurring The Lines of Racism:
interpretive sound painting by Sean Mauricette
In 2005 CBC radio Toronto, asked me to create an interpretive sound painting that focused on racism. As part of the city's "Ending Racism" week, I sketched out/designed what the sound scape would sound like...here is what I came up with.
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EXPLANATION: Basically I had people from different ethnic backgrounds say the words "Blurring the lines of racism" in there native language. Languages include African, Persian, English and Cantonese. Each time the voices repeat the space between each persons phrase gets closer and closer to the point that they overlap and become "blurred". As the voices slip past each other and the spacing becomes larger with each repetition you will notice that the person who was speaking in Persian is now speaking in Cantonese, the African man is now speaking in English, the English man is now speaking in African, etc. At the very end a new voice is added...Spanish, and so the cycle starts again. My thinking is that the ultimate form of respect towards another persons culture is to take the time to learn the language. Hence the lines of racism become blurred and ultimately non existant. I hope you enjoyed this piece, and that it helped to open your minds if even a little.
What If There Were No Black People? Poem by: Sean Mauricette
While on my way to a radio station in Manchester (PEACE 90.1 FM), hosted by Stevie4real, I was asked to create a piece focused on life without black people. Because it was black history month and I was touring my motivational program L.I.F.T. (Laying Important Foundations Together) from city to city he thought it made sense to get my take on this thought provoking issue...here's what I came up with while riding the bus at 6 am.
…Only One Me
Written by: Sean Mauricette
Performed by: Bliss Carmen Middle School's, Grade 8 class
Sean Mauricette was asked to deliver an anti bullying presentation at a middle school in Toronto. At 2:30 am Subliminal woke up in the middle of the night and created a poem for his presentation entitled, 'Only One Me'. The main message in the poem is to encourage youth to embrace what it is that makes them unique and appreciate it, while touching on issues of anxiety, depression and other feelings our youth may be faced with when being bullied. Special thanks to the students at Bliss Carmen Middle School in Toronto for helping to make this poem possible. Enjoy, ...and lets stop the bullying.
Confusion vs. Clarity:
interpretive sound painting by Sean Mauricette
In 2010 Sean Mauricette was asked by CBC radio to create a sound art piece surrounding the school board budget cutbacks in Ontario. Here’s what he came up with.
Summer of The Gun 2005:
interpretive sound painting by Sean Mauricette
In 2005 CBC Radio requested another sound painting from Sean Mauricette. This was one of the most difficult pieces Sean has ever created because it deals with the loss of life, in particular loss of life among minors across Toronto. The ultimate goal of the piece is to highlight that if a united front is created to combat the growing gun violence, the bullets cannot over shadow the determination for one to achieve their dream.