Music

Photo of Ansley Simpson with curly hair and a setting sun behind them
Photograph of a field with dark long grasses in many colours at dusk
Painting by Christi Belcourt of skywoman falling from the night sky holding a turtle and illuminated by the moon
black and white image of a curved wave with the title Breakwall Ansley Simpson
Black, blue and white line drawing of mountains, a frozen lake with a small ice fishing hut
Amplify writting across a black background with a blue line drawing of a drum set that references the look of a sound wave

Composed original score for all episodes of season 2 and 3 of Amplify on APTN

Scoring

Title Northern Feathers, love, culture, harm reduction written over an image of an industrial sewing machine's spool of thread
Tanya Talaga looks across a lake and the words Spirit to Soar Mashkawi Manidoo Bimaadiziwin and Hotdocs official Selection 2021 is written as the title

Sound Installations

“Noojimo” 2020 is an installation by Ansley Simpson of 4 films with sonic compositions “Waabanong”, “Babaamaagimose”, “Agwazhe" and “Miikogin” placed in a circle, at each of the 4 directions. This collaborative work with artist Joshua Richardson (Co-Film maker for Noojimo) explores the boundary between deconstruction and the very early stages of healing where it’s hard to tell the difference between destruction and growth.” Noojimo (S/he heals, recovers from an illness)

Thank you Toronto Arts Council for supporting this installation

Ansley is the Creative Director for the permanent sound installation at the new Rouge National Urban Park Visitor Centre (under construction). This installation The Place where we Gather to Listen (working title) involves recordings of stories and songs by Indigenous artists, storytellers, knowledge keepers and musicians from the surrounding Indigenous Nations.

Installation will run year round accessible to visitors during daylight hours as a place for people to being to transition from the sounds of the city, to the sounds of the forest around them.