The proceedings of “Listening for the Future” the American Society for Acoustic Ecology’s first-ever national symposium and retreat are to be published soon. Read a conference report published in the Sept/Oct WFAE Online Newsletter.
Also tagged architecture, art, Chicago, Columbia College, concerts, conference, conferences, event, health, lecture, membership, Michael Reese Hospital, mission, MSAE, nature, phonography, soundscape, soundwalk, symposiumExperience 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 [...]
The destruction of Chicago’s Gropius architecture and Bauhaus legacy has begun. As reported here in August, the City of Chicago destroyed nearly all of the landscaping around the Michael Reese Hospital campus—the 37-acre site that was purchased by the city for construction of an Olympic Village in 2016. Members of the Midwest Society for Acoustic [...]
Also tagged acoustic ecology, architecture, health, history, Michael Reese Hospital, soundscape, soundwalk, urbanThe 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 [...]
Also tagged acoustic ecology, art, Chicago, field recording, installation, mission, projects, recording, sound, soundscape, World Listening Projectjoin World Listening Project members in a soundwalk around the Michael Reese Hospital campus on Saturday, September 12
Also tagged acoustic ecology, architecture, Chicago, event, history, Michael Reese Hospital, sound, soundmarks, soundscape, soundwalk, World Listening ProjectIn wanton disregard of the great cultural, historical, and ecological value of the Michael Reese Hosptial Campus, the City of Chicago has begun demolishing “some of the most beautiful landscapes in the city.”
Also tagged 2016 Olympics, architecture, Chicago, event, Lake Michigan, Lake Shore Drive, landscape, nature, protest, streets, trees, urbanMSAE member Dan Goston writes that the Michael Reese Hospital Campus is an unique piece of Chicago’s great architectural legacy located in its historic Bronzeville neighborhood. Tragically, and even absurdly, the MRH Campus faces what increasingly appears to be demolition by the City of Chicago in order to make for an uncertain future Olympic village. The Gropius in Chicago Coalition and other organizations is attempting to save the MRH. Dan concludes with a list of potential impacts that demolition will have upon the acoustic ecology of the city and region.
Also tagged abatement, acoustic ecology, architecture, Bauhaus, Bronzeville, Chicago, Chicago2016, Gropius, history, Michael Reese Hospital, neighborhood, noise pollution, preservation, R. Murray Schafer, soundwalk
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