exploring the role of sound and listening in natural and cultural environments
For the first time since 1803, two broods, or groups of periodical cicadas, are emerging simultaneously. Both broods will appear in Illinois and Iowa, allowing residents of Cook and Lake counties to hear this unique sonic event! June 9 at Edward L. Ryerson Conservation Area …
Midwest Society for Acoustic Ecology (MSAE) is very excited to announce our 2024 Summer Soundwalks schedule! In partnership with Night Out In The Parks and the Chicago Park District, our program consists of a series of guided soundwalks, workshops and training sessions that engage multi-generational communities in their own neighborhoods. Participants will listen to and for cultural and natural features of the landscape. Rivers, streets, residential and commercial dwellings, traffic patterns, human and animal sounds all feature in these soundscapes. Are plants tuning in, contributing, or responding to all this sound? How do we listen culturally, collaboratively, and more carefully? Each walk will be led by a local sound artist who provides a unique thematic focus.
Come listen in the parks with us! Any and all are welcome! Find the full schedule below, and stay tuned for registration details and individual event descriptions.
All graphics designed by Madeline Stocking.
| Hai-Wen Lin, Becoming the Wind | Montrose Fields: Crickett Hill | June 16 / 11am-12pm |
| JeeYeun Lee, Shore Land | Steelworkers Park | June 22 / 12-1:30pm |
| Veronica Anne Salinas, Improvised Landscapes | South Shore Nature Sanctuary | June 30 / 11am-12pm |
| Good City Group with Sam Anthem, HEAR HERE: Experimental Listening in Emmerson Park | Emmerson (Louis) Park | July 13 / 6-7pm |
| Billie J. Warren, Amplifying Place with Potawatomi Listening | Burnham Wildlife Corridor | July 20 / 11am-12pm |
| Norman Long and Sara Zalek, Expanding Awareness | Big Marsh Park | July 27 / 5-7pm |
| Josh Rios, Archival Crossfader | Harrison Park | Aug 10 / 4-5:30pm |
| Deirdre Harrison with Avreeayl Ra and Ed Wilkerson, Noises, Sounds, and Sweet Airs | Washington Park: Bynum Island | Sep 7 / 10:30am-12pm |
| Eric Leonardson and Negin Almassi, Hear Here: Singing Insects Soundwalk | West Ridge Nature Preserve | Sept 14 / 6:30-7:30pm |
