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ARTS ELECTRIC
New York Update
http://www.arts-electric.org
Special Event
Knowing the World through Sound
Sunday, December 11
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ABOUT THE EVENT:
Electronic Music Foundation
In collaboration with the NYU Music Technology Program
presents
Knowing the World through Sound
A symposium and concert exploring the use of sound to understand the world
Sunday, December 11
10am to 10pm
Admission: free
NYU Frederick Loewe Theatre
35 West 4th Street
New York City
More information:
http://www.eartotheearth.org/symposium.html
mailto:eartotheearth@emf.org
Knowing the World through Sound is an introductory event to An Ear to the Earth: A Festival of Music, Sound and Ecology, a citywide festival of music, sound and media art that explores how we relate to the natural world and human environments through sound. During a ten-day period in October 2006, the festival will offer concerts, installations, public art, encounters, soundwalks, and educational programs in locations across New York City. Information about the festival, the symposium, and the artists is available at
http://www.eartotheearth.org
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SCHEDULE:
10 - 11am
Workshop: New York Society for Acoustic Ecology
Members of the New York Society for Acoustic Ecology will discuss the citywide NYSoundmap Project and how to use the Googlemap API to create online interactive maps. The workshop will be led by Andrea Polli, Ned Mooney, Michelle Nagai, Andrea Williams, and others.
11am - noon
Workshop: Steven Feld
Ethnomusicologist and composer Steven Feld will discuss techniques of field recordings in the Bosavi Rainforest, Africa, Europe, and Japan.
1 - 1:45pm
Welcome and Keynote Speech
Author and performer David Rothenberg will introduce the keynote address by E. J. McAdams, Executive Director, New York City Audubon. Mr. McAdams will discuss the role of the arts in engaging the public in environmental issues.
2 - 3:30pm
Panel: Listening to the World
Media artist Andrea Polli will moderate and participate as a panelist. Other panelists will include UNESCO DigiArts Portal director Tereza Wagner; ethnomusicologist, author, and composer Steven Feld; and composer and sound artist Annea Lockwood.
4 - 5:30pm
Panel: Interspecies Communication
Sound artist Steven M. Miller, moderator, will introduce author and sound artist David Dunn; author and performer David Rothenberg; and E. J. McAdams, Executive Director, New York City Audubon.
8pm
Concert: Knowing the World Through Sound
Music by Miya Masaoka, Steven Feld, David Rothenberg, and David Dunn.
http://www.eartotheearth.org/symposiumconcert.html
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BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
Article: Introduction to the Festival
Joel Chadabe
http://www.eartotheearth.org/introduction.html
Introduction to Acoustic Ecology
Article: Jim Cummings
http://www.eartotheearth.org/guidance/introacousticecology.html
Interview: Sound and Science
David Dunn interviewed by Steven M. Miller
http://www.arts-electric.org/articles/051205.dunn.html
Interview: Managing our Soundscape
Nicholas P. Miller interviewed by Steven M. Miller
http://www.arts-electric.org/articles/051030.millern.html
Interview: Sound and the Earth
AE asks Steven M. Miller, Jim Cummings, and Andrea Polli …
http://www.arts-electric.org/articles/050916.soundandtheearth.html
Website: The Acoustic Ecology Institute
http://www.acousticecology.org/
Website: New York City Audubon
http://www.nycaudubon.org/home/
Website: The Acoustic Ecology Institute
http://www.acousticecology.org/
Website: UNESCO Digi-arts
http://portal.unesco.org/culture/en/ev.php-URL_ID91&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION 1.html
Website: UNESCO Young Digital Creators
http://portal.unesco.org/culture/en/ev.php-URL_IDS34&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION 1.html
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ACCESS TO MATERIALS:
CDs at CDeMusic
http://www.cdemusic.org/store/cde_search.cfm?keywords=soundscapecds
Books at CDeMusic
http://www.cdemusic.org/store/cde_search.cfm?keywords=soundscapebooks
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