Soundwalks in Chicago’s East Garfield Park neighborhood
“A soundwalk is any excursion whose main purpose is listening to the
environment. It is exposing our ears to every sound around us no matter
where we are.”
- Hildegard Westerkamp (Soundwalking)
CONTACT: Daniel Godston
dgodston@gmail.com
312.543.7027
WHAT: Soundwalk in East Garfield Park—at the Chicago Center for Green Technology
and the Garfield Park Conservatory
WHEN: Saturday, August 1, 2009 (10 a.m.-12 noon)
WHERE: Chicago Center for Green Technology (10:00-10:50 a.m., 1st location)
445 N. Sacramento Blvd.
Chicago, IL 60612
312.746.9642, greentech@cityofchicago.org
http://www.cityofchicago.org/Environment/GreenTech/
Garfield Park Conservatory (11:15 a.m.-12:00 noon, 2nd location)
300 N Central Park Ave
Chicago, IL 60624-1996
312.746.5100
http://www.garfield-conservatory.org
You are invited to join the World Listening Project, during two soundwalks which will happen in East Garfield Park on Saturday, August 1. During a soundwalk people explore their environment by listening to it as if it were a musical composition, while using their sense of hearing on a mapped route or score as their guide.
First we will meet at CCGT at 10 a.m. for a brief tour of the premises, and our soundwalk will happen there. This soundwalk will occur inside and outside the building, and it is being co-organized by WLP and CCGT. Then we will travel to the Garfield Park Conservatory, where we will reconvene, and a soundwalk will happen inside and outside of GPC. The soundwalk at CCGT is free, but those being part of the soundwalk at GPC will have to pay admission fee. These events are open to the public, all ages.
THE CENTER FOR GREEN TECHNOLOGY is the first rehabilitated municipal building in the nation to receive the LEED™ Platinum rating by the U.S. Green Building Council. Mayor Richard M. Daley dedicated the building in 2002 and it has gone on to become a national model for sustainable design and technology.
The Center serves as the most comprehensive green design educational resource in the Midwest. We promote and advance sustainable homes, workplaces and communities to enhance the quality of urban life. We work to facilitate this through educational programming and training, research and demonstration and by acting as a resource network.
THE GARFIELD PARK CONSERVATORY ALLIANCE, a non-profit organization, strengthens community through the unique combination of the Garfield Park Conservatory Campus, other botanical resources, and the engagement of community members.
With its innovative programs, the Alliance enhances the environmental, social and economic vitality of Chicago’s West Side and encourages the larger community to explore the fundamental connection between plants and life. Membership in the Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance supports one of Chicago’s great botanical resources.
Web links to learn about soundwalks:
Chicago Center for Green Technology
445 N. Sacramento Blvd.
Chicago, IL 60612
312.746.9642, greentech@cityofchicago.org
http://www.cityofchicago.org/Environment/GreenTech/
Garfield Park Conservatory
300 N Central Park Ave
Chicago, IL 60624-1996
312.746.5100
http://www.garfield-conservatory.org
For more info, please email dgodston@gmail.com or call 312.5430.7027.
World Listening Project: http://www.worldlisteningproject.org
Midwest Society for Acoustic Ecology: http://mwsae.org/
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