exploring the role of sound and listening in natural and cultural environments
My colleagues Gary Kolb, Dr. Peter Lemish and Megan Lotts and I have been busy over the past several months preparing a large scale initiative here in Carbondale centering on Antarctica. The initiative features lectures, films, panel discussions an installation and a concert event. …
7:30 pm Thursday, October 7, Star Lounge Coffee Bar 2521 W. Chicago Ave., Chicago, IL 60622. 773-384-7827 (Star Lounge closes at 9:00, so this won’t last long unless we decide to continue across the street at The Beetle.) World Listening Project activities will be discussed. An agenda will be posted soon to MSAE list.
7:30 pm Thursday, October 7, WNUR 89.3 FM, 1877 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL 60208. 847-866-9687 Admission: $5 suggested donation for those attending the event. Listen on 89.3FM or the live-stream on http://www.wnur.org. This event is part of the Fifth Annual Chicago Calling Arts Festival.
2—4:00 pm Saturday, October 16. Beginning at The Corpse Performance Space | The Green Lantern gallery, this soundwalk engages participants a important facet of the Ukrainian Village/Humboldt Park neighborhood that’s often ignored: its soundscape. The Corpse | The Green Lantern, 2542 W. Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60622 E-mail: thecorpse@lanternprojects.com Soundwalkposter
World Listening Project’s framework:afield mini-series aired on September 26. “Collected Ear” was curated by Chicago artist Andy Armstrong. This episode focuses on “…a somewhat diverse array of raw, relatively unprocessed recordings, calling to attention more personal/unique interpretations of field recording, regardless of fidelity…to provide you with a seamless conversation between people, objects, and places.”
Sound installation on exhibit until Saturday, Oct. 16, 2010 Gahlberg Gallery, College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn IL 60137. Tel.: 630-942-4000 (The exhibit was reviewed by Peter Margasak in the Chicago Reader, and a “critics’ picks” in Artforum.)
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