Amber Goodwyn is a settler, artist, and festival organizer based in Treaty 4 territory. Her creative work includes music, writing, and filmmaking practices.
WRITING (selected)
Poem: Toboggan Hill – Briarpatch Magazine (March/April 2023)
Blog: My Abiding Loves (album reviews, on-going series)
DISCOGRAPHY (selected)
Cobra & Vulture – Vesuvius at Home (Lava Cheetah) – March 2022
Natural Sympathies – At the Limits of Earth (Lava Cheetah) – February 2022
Natural Sympathies – Porous (Grey Records) – November 2019
Natural Sympathies – Strange Heavens EP (Prairie Shag Records) – June 2017
FILM & VIDEO (selected)
Porous (Producer, HD, 27:36, 2019) – Splice article | YouTube | WINNER – The Yorkton Film Festival Golden Sheaf Award for Performing Arts & Entertainment 2021
Wives’ Tale (Director, Super 8, 3:00, 2013)
INTERDISCIPLINARY (selected)
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)
AWARDS & FUNDING (selected)
2021 Best Web Series, Saskatchewan Independent Film Awards
2021 The Yorkton Film Festival Golden Sheaf Award for Performing Arts & Entertainment
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