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World Listening Day

Sunday, July 18, 2010
You are invited to participate in the first World Listening Day, which happens on Sunday, July 18, 2010. The purposes of World Listening Day are:

to celebrate the practice of listening as it relates to the world around us, environmental awareness, and acoustic ecology;
to raise awareness about issues related to the World [...]

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World Listening Day at Chicago Underground Library

Sunday, July 18 (2 p.m.)
A World Listening Day event happens at the Chicago Underground Library –
• a soundwalk that happens inside the building and around the neighborhood
• a performance led by composer and instrument builder Douglas Ewart
• a listening party, with field recordings of nature sounds and urban sounds being played. Participants will include Eric [...]

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Soundwalk at the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore

Join members of the American and Midwest Society for Acoustic Ecology, and World Listening Project for a soundwalk at the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore.
Participate in Listening For the Future: The American Society for Acoustic Ecology Symposium and Retreat. Learn how to explore a natural environment through sound.
Time: 2:00 to 4:00 p.m.
Date: Saturday, July 10
Location: Paul [...]

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Soundwalk at Chicago Center for Green Technology on April 17

Experience nature in the city
10 a.m., Saturday at the Chicago Center for Green Technology
445 N. Sacramento Blvd. (between Lake St. and Chicago Ave.), Chicago, IL 60612
Contact: Dan Godston at dgodston@gmail.com, or call 312-543-7027
You are invited to join members of the Midwest Society for Acoustic Ecology and World Listening Project for a soundwalk on Saturday, April [...]

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Membership for 2010, Looking Ahead, Good News

A message to American Society for Acoustic Ecology members from Michelle Nagai, Membership Coordinator/Treasurer:
Greetings Members, and Happy New Year!
The time has come to renew your membership in the American Society for Acoustic Ecology.
Our membership year coincides with the calendar year. Please follow the link below to renew your membership for 2010. Note that it’s now [...]

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World Listening Project seeking audio for “Acoustic Mirror of the World”

The World Listening Project is seeking audio submissions for its “Acoustic Mirror of the World,” a sound sculpture/installation created for the “Synesthetic Plan of Chicago” show, marking the 100-year anniversary of Daniel Burnham’s 1909 “Plan of Chicago.” The sculpture/installation was conceived and constructed by Eric Leonardson and Gregory O’Drobinak to a provide not so much [...]

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reflections on three recent soundwalks in Chicago

The World Listening Project has organized three soundwalks recently—at the Chicago Center for Green Technology and the Garfield Park Conservatory on August 1st, and by/around the Michael Reese Hospital campus on September 12th. It’s been good to be involved with these soundwalks, and the WLP and MSAE are planning several more soundwalks in the coming [...]

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Soundwalk in Bronzeville on September 12

join World Listening Project members in a soundwalk around the Michael Reese Hospital campus on Saturday, September 12

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Giant Ear))) webcast, August 30

Giant Ear is a weekly, two-hour webcast radio show of
“…soundscape recordings, (wo)man-on-the-street public interest
interviews, live on-site sound explorations, special guests, and more.”
Curated by MSAE founder and director, Eric Leonardson, the August 30th Giant Ear will feature the recent Chicago Phonography performances at the Museum of Contemporary Art’s “Here/Not
There” series, sounds from the Locus Sonus sound [...]

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Soundwalks in East Garfield Park, at the Chicago Center for Green Technology and the Garfield Park Conservatory

You are invited to join the World Listening Project, during two soundwalks which happen in Chicago’s East Garfield Park neighborhood on Saturday, August 1. During a soundwalk, people listen to and explore the sounds of their environment, using a score as a guide…facilitated by Dan Godston and Fereshteh Toosi; they are free and open to the public, all ages.

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