SOUNDSCORE FOR LIVING SCENERY No. 3 (September):
Childs Park, 42°19'41.3"N 72°38'54.3"W
Listening location: Patricia McDonagh memorial bench in the catalpa grove, Childs Park, Northampton. Enter the park through the stone markers on North Elm St. Walk across the first path, through the field past three catalpa trees, till you find the bench labelled "in loving memory of Patricia McDonagh." Or find another bench near trees and fields. Street parking available + on-site parking until 5pm. PVTA stops nearby. Please note: Childs Park closes after dark.
The September score contains a vocal cameo from the Network Time Small Human Chorus.
Audio here: on.soundcloud.com/X6TcB
Listening location: Patricia McDonagh memorial bench in the catalpa grove, Childs Park, Northampton. Enter the park through the stone markers on North Elm St. Walk across the first path, through the field past three catalpa trees, till you find the bench labelled "in loving memory of Patricia McDonagh." Or find another bench near trees and fields. Street parking available + on-site parking until 5pm. PVTA stops nearby. Please note: Childs Park closes after dark.
The September score contains a vocal cameo from the Network Time Small Human Chorus.
Audio here: on.soundcloud.com/X6TcB
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Soundscores For Living Scenery is a series of recorded soundworks created for specific outdoor locations in Northampton and the surrounding region. Soundscore #2 is now available and a new Soundscore will be released each month through November 2023. Created by artist Sara Smith |
Soundscores for Living Scenery incorporate original music, field recordings, and other sounds, and are designed for immersive listening to support and augment listeners’ experiences of specific environments, as soundtracks and soundscores enhance the atmosphere of a film or theatrical performance. Smith, an artist rooted in choreography and performance, is interested in how embodied knowledge and memory are informed by dynamic and intentional auditory, visual, tactile, and other sensory-motor experience.
Each month a new location and Soundscore url will be revealed. Participants will be encouraged to listen to the downloaded or streamed soundwork on-site. Headphones are recommended.
Each month a new location and Soundscore url will be revealed. Participants will be encouraged to listen to the downloaded or streamed soundwork on-site. Headphones are recommended.
Sara Smith is a transdisciplinary choreographer and librarian. They create speculative-documentary performances and other works that explore interconnection and the poetics and politics of embodied and archival research. Sara’s projects have been supported by funding from the LEF Foundation, Maine Arts Commission, and New England Foundation for the Arts, a Massachusetts Cultural Council Fellowship in choreography (2016), and residencies at MacDowell, Yaddo, Hewnoaks, and the American Antiquarian Society. Sara works as the Arts & Humanities Librarian at Amherst College.