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, design, event, health, lecture, membership, Michael Reese Hospital, mission, MSAE, nature, phonography, soundscape, symposiumJoin 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 [...]
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 [...]
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, design, health, history, Michael Reese Hospital, soundscape, urbanThe 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 [...]
Also tagged acoustic design, acoustic ecology, architecture, Bronzeville, Chicago, Chicago Center for Green Technology, Garfield Park Conservatory, Michael Reese Hospital, MSAE, noise, soundscape, urban, 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, design, event, history, Michael Reese Hospital, sound, soundmarks, soundscape, World Listening ProjectMSAE 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, design, Gropius, history, Michael Reese Hospital, neighborhood, noise pollution, preservation, R. Murray SchaferReport by Eric Leonardson
Sound Megalopolis: Sounds in danger of extinction took place from March 23-27, 2009 at the gorgeous Fonoteca Nacional in the Coyaocán area of Mexico City. The Fonoteca Nacional is the former home of the great Mexican poet Octavio Paz (1914-1998) and serves as the archive of all significant audio recordings relevant to [...]
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