We are looking forward to your artistic, scholarly or scientific proposals for our event: The Global Composition Conference on Sound, Media and the Environment Darmstadt/Media Campus Dieburg (Hochschule Darmstadt), July 25-28, 2012 Info: http://www.the-global-composition-2012.org/index.html Call: http://www.the-global-composition-2012.org/call.html Contact: fabienne.rudolph@stud.h-da.de Deadline for submission: March 1, March 30, …
Steve Jones, UIC Distinguished Professor in Communication and MSAE member, will give a short presentation concerning mobile media, urban spaces and sound, followed by a “Netsch” soundwalk on the University of Illinois Chicago campus.
The Midwest Society for Acoustic Ecology and World Listening Project continues its partnership with the National Park Service on October 8th.
Explore the natural soundscape of Miller Woods Trail with a soundwalk led by the Midwest Society for Acoustic Ecology. Enjoy a surprising concert of environmental sounds by Chicago Phonography, a collective of artists who gather audio recordings of Chicago and Gary soundscapes. Using a four-channel playback system, Chicago Phonography members collectively mix their recordings in live, improvisational performances. In a sense, Chicago Phonography substitutes microphones and field recordings for musical instruments to create new and dramatic soundscapes that surround and engage listeners in surprising ways; using only real world sounds. Chicago Phonography will host an ”open mic” session for new members. As a part of the Sixth Annual Chicago Calling Arts Festival, sounds collected by the National Park Service will be featured: whale sounds in Glacier Bay, the dawn chorus of Isle Royale in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, and forests of the Great Smoky Mountains. Continue reading Chicago Phonography concert and soundwalk at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, October 8th
