exploring the role of sound and listening in natural and cultural environments
On June 12-14, Eric Leonardson led a workshop for over 20 grad students in the International Media Cultural Work program at the Hochschule Darmstadt Mediencampus in Dieburg, Germany. The topic was posed as a question to the students, ”How do you actively engage others in …
As part of Balance-Unbalance 2017, MSAE founder and co-chair, Eric Leonardson led “The Advances In Eco-Sensing and the Soundscape: A Virtual Panel” discussion. The panel was made up of Linda Keane, Norman Long, Amanda Gutierrez, Lindsey French and Leah Barclay. Advances In Eco-Sensing and the …
On April 6, 2017 Amanda Gutierrez, Norman W. Long, and Eric Leonardson provide a workshop on public engagement in urban soundscape awareness based on their recent experience collaborating in the Night Out In The Parks soundwalk series and The 606 Soundscape Project. All three are MSAE members and teaching artists who use/explore/engage soundwalks in their socially engaged art practices.
Through listening exercises and dialogue participants will learn soundwalking as an ecological practice in a 3-hour workshop on the practical, sustainable implementation of artist-run organizations serving local communities based on recent experiences in Chicago and New York; Gutierrez, Long, and Leonardson will address these fundamental questions: Continue reading Soundwalk Workshop, Engaging Urban Communities at Invisible Places 2017