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Audio art in a dissonant City
#SOUNDSCENEx
TAKING THE SHH OUT OF HIRSHHORN
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What is Sound Scene?
It's an annual interactive audio installation curated by DC Listening Lounge and presented at the Smithsonian's Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Now approaching its IOth year, Sound Scene showcases the audio creativity of the District of Columbia (as well as national and international artists). The one-day-only event features many and multiform listening opportunities-- but not just with your ears. Deaf and hearing audiences enthusiastically welcome.
What to expect THIS year:
- Listen to original compositions scored for your ankles, wrists and torsos with wearable technology from Music Not Impossible
- Build (and keep) wind chimes from recycled materials
- Sculpt sound waves through sand with the sound of your voice
- Direct a "Choose your own (audio) adventure" story
- Send messages through an audio periscope
- Play a veggie keyboard
- Compose melodies based upon body temperature
- Construct a wall of silence
- Enjoy live performances from National Symphony Orchestra musicians, Takoma Park's PanLara steel drum band and local improvisational musicians including Layne Garrett and Nate Scheible.
- ASL interpreters on-site all day
- Sign up for a workshop: join an instrument build, kids’ audio postcard workshop, or small group listening lounge – held throughout the day
- Strike a Peace Bell made from a reclaimed melted down gun
- Relax in a quiet corner, pick up some headphones and allow our audio art and stories to transport you. Take a few minutes to listen more closely to the stories of our city.
July 8, 2017, IOam-5pm.
Sound Scene Roots
The very first Sound Scene took place in a cozy three-room community space called La Casa in Mt. Pleasant, Washington, DC. From there, its expanded to venues across the city including The Warehouse (RIP), The Goethe Institut (DC) and now the Smithsonian Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Above are some highlights from Sound Scenes of the past. Learn more on the about page.
Photos courtesy of Amy Rankin, Lindsay Brown, Layne Garrett, Jocelyn Frank and Susan Gravatt.
The very first Sound Scene took place in a cozy three-room community space called La Casa in Mt. Pleasant, Washington, DC. From there, its expanded to venues across the city including The Warehouse (RIP), The Goethe Institut (DC) and now the Smithsonian Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Above are some highlights from Sound Scenes of the past. Learn more on the about page.
Photos courtesy of Amy Rankin, Lindsay Brown, Layne Garrett, Jocelyn Frank and Susan Gravatt.
