Reliquary V

05/05/2024

I'm looking forward to my first show of 2024, here in Montreal at Mai/son with my friends Sainerine and THRTDSPLY from Vancouver, and fellow local FSK1138.

Expect primordial darkness and corporeal sacrament 💋

The address for this show is secret, so you'll have to contact me directly on instagram for the info:

09/25/2023

My track "Granite" is out on this new compilation celebrating the 2nd anniversary of LA-based queer-forward electronic label Delusional Records 🕸 so awesome to be part of this lineup of underground artists! Listen and buy here:

18 track album

09/25/2023

So cool to see local show reviews! Thank you Death Moth Media for writing about my performance at Casa del Popolo last month with Ritual Dust, MS, and Output 1:1:1 🧚‍♂️ read at the link below:

Breaking The Shadows - August 30th, 2023

08/31/2023

I first met sound artist Chloe Alexandra Thompson a few years back when we shared a bill at an experimental music show in Portland. At the time, she was based in Vancouver and I was in New York, and later that year we coincidentally switched places when I relocated to Canada and she moved to Brooklyn.

I spoke with her recently for Winnipeg's Public Parking and we took a deep dive into her fascinating sonic practice, which integrates spatial sound and creative coding as well as collaborations for theatre, dance, and film:

Chloe Alexandra Thompson works in sight, sound and somatics. A fluent technologist, her site-specific, digital, and performance works are deeply attuned to our perceptions. The Cree, Canadian composer and sound artist incorporates sources from audio coding language software such as Max and Pure Data...

05/30/2023

I just wrapped up a virtual sound art residency through Media Arts Committee (https://mediaartscommittee.org) with an awesome cohort of fellow artists!

This was such an enriching experience for me, from submitting a proposal for a sound art piece responding to a given theme ("self care", from a critical standpoint), to sharing my plans and process with a group, to reflecting on the finished product. It was also an honour to be commissioned to create a final piece, which is included on a compilation released today alongside the other residents' work.

Have a listen here: https://mediaartscommittee.bandcamp.com/album/get-a-plant

The artwork for the compilation was created by fellow resident, artist and friend from the Vancouver music scene, Max Ammo, and I am blown away by their interpretation of each artist's concepts. The illustration made for my piece is below 🧚‍♂️

02/21/2023

I've been in winter hibernation, but have had a few things brewing during the still season❄️one of them is this interview with Vancouver sound artist Sara Gold that I did for local art publication ReIssue. We discussed Sara's work as an experimental performer, producer, and workshop facilitator in the electronic music community of so-called Vancouver.

Read the conversation here:

Kayla Guthrie interviews experimental sound practitioner Sara Gold.

10/09/2022

Lobe Studios recently released this mini documentary about my residency there this past June/July. Watch for a sneak peek at my upcoming video game project, Chthonic Trip, which I'm directing in collaboration with game developer Daffodil 🕸

To learn more and apply for Lobe's Artist Residency program visit: https://lobestudio.ca/artist-creationArtists: Reliquary-V (aka Kayla Guthrie) DaffodilVide...

07/17/2022

I wrote a few words on my experience learning spatial sound technology at Lobe Studio and how it's influencing my next big project (which I'll be talking more about in the coming months 👻):

Earlier this month, I wrapped up my residency at Lobe Studio , where I spent a total of 80 hours across June and July. I went into the residency knowing a bit about 4DSOUND, the holographic sound technology that Lobe is dedicated to, having attended an info session and a performance there previousl