5 Questions
Who conceived the Six String Nation project?
Jowi Taylor
What was the guitar officially renamed in 2009?
Voyageur
Where was the guitar played by Pino Forastiere and Davide Sgorlon?
Orta San Giulio
What is the name of the book that chronicles the project?
Six String Nation
What was proposed but aborted?
A television special
Study Notes
- Six String Nation is a public art project that was conceived by Jowi Taylor and centres around a steel-string acoustic guitar built from a variety of artifacts collected from across Canada.
- The guitar was commissioned from Nova Scotia luthier George Rizsanyi and was completed in 2006.
- It was officially renamed Voyageur at a ceremony in 2009 and has since been played by hundreds of musicians at public and private events across Canada.
- In 2009, the guitar was part of the Un Paese a Sei Corde international guitar festival in Orta San Giulio, Italy, where it was played by Pino Forastiere and Davide Sgorlon.
- Taylor built a guitar out of 64 pieces of wood from across Canada and it toured across the country.
- The project was chronicled in a book and has been featured in other published texts.
- A proposed television special and series about the building of the guitar was aborted.
- Taylor has appeared in dozens of local and national radio and television interviews.
Test your knowledge about the Six String Nation project, a public art initiative centred around a steel-string acoustic guitar built from artifacts collected from across Canada. Learn about its history, events, and the impact it has made.
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