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radio aporee ::: maps - user contributed projects I'm finishing up my residency here at the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts. I had a fantastic time. I completed a soundmap on Radio Aporee that anyone in Nebraska City can contribute to here: http://aporee.org/maps/work/projects.php?project=nebraskacitysounds I also completed three sound works and an installation. I will postmore posts later today and this evening. Thanks Pat, Jenn, Ron, Jeff, Wendy, Christina, Kieran, Jennifer and Cynthia!

Session 3 from a series of Recordings from Nebraska City at night with short wave radio re-mixed and processed.

"Gardening at night IV"/"In a Garden", May, 2013, a sound installation made from sounds from Nebraska City and found upholstery patterns. Work was completed at the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts artist residency program. Once I found these patterns in a box in the art center's basement, I was reminded of granular synthesis and Foucault's article on heterotopia. Thanks for the amp Jeff!

sHop soundings Sounds collected, processed and mixed from and around two Southside Hub Of Production sites in the Hyde Park neighborhood, one from the 53rd and Lake Park Spring 2010(The old Hollywood Video, I am sure older members of the community remember older versions of the site.) and the other the Fenn House on 57th and Woodlawn Spring 2012. This is an alternate mapping and layering of these sites, their history, activity and materiality. I was honored to have been involved in both programs and was inspired by the enthusiasm and creativity of the community SHOP built over the years I had been involved.

Gardening at Night Gen Arts' Emerge at Big House, San Francisco, CA November 2003 Gardening at Night is an installation inspired by Zen Gardens and Yard Shows from the African Diaspora and Yard sales. This piece investigates how gardens collapse time and space, tell stories and trigger memories. photos by Ben Needham

Washington Park Sun Ra Sound Walk - Map Washington Park Sun Ra Sound Walks: This project's setting is at Washington Park in Chicago, IL USA. It was designed by American Landscape Architect Frederick Law Olmsted in the 1870's. I have captured the sound character of this place through field recordings. Along with the ecology, I have recorded activities and events at the park. My inspiration for this project is Sun Ra and his pamphlets he handed out while he was preaching in the park in the 1950's, along with other black speakers of diverse religious and political persuasions. Using the Radio Aproree application, I am presenting an audio palimpsest of Washington Park. I have recorded readings of Sun Ra's broadsheets taken from The wisdom of Sun-Ra: Sun Ra's polemical broadsheets and streetcorner leaflets , Ra Sun - John Corbett - WhiteWalls – 2006, on-site in several locations, recording of my walks including picnics, events like the African Fest, walks...

Electro-Acoustic Dubcology IV Such Places, Re-Invent Gallery, Lake Forest, IL July 2012            For this installation, I recorded a brief sound-walk of downtown Lake Forest, including the Metra station, Market Square and Open Lands Park. These recordings offer a brief description of the sonic character of Down Town Lake Forest. Through electro-acoustic process, I have made a version of this experience and installed it at Re-Invent in a Zen-like garden of speakers and electronics. This piece explores the relationship between sound and space, where I create a new space from familiar sounds.  http://soundcloud.com/normanlong/electroacoustic-dubcology4