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, soundwalkThe 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, 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, design, event, Lake Michigan, Lake Shore Drive, landscape, nature, protest, streets, treesMuseum of Contemporary Art presents an installation and five performances by members of Chicago Phonography who take recorded ambient sounds from the urban environment and translate them into an engaging and continuous visual experience.
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