Sounding Pico

Sounding Pico is an art project focussing on the Pico-neighbourhood in Santa Monica, CA in the USA – developed in collaboration between artist Maj Hasager and composer Ask Kæreby during winter 2018-19. In response to the often-mediated image of a troubled area with opportunities lost, rather than gained, countermeasures have been taken – perhaps most notably by the cultural asset database Culture Mapping 90404, initiated by 18 th Street Arts Center. In an attempt to supplement with the perspectives of younger generations, we invited a number of young, local residents and musicians to record characteristic sounds of the area, which were later interpreted on their acoustic instruments and made available online as part of a soundwalk. By bringing forward these young musicians as local resources, as well as their ear for local soundmarks, we aim to shine a different light on the area, and to supplement and further the debate around it.

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Maj Hasager

Ask Kæreby

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Publication date: August 2019

Publication date (Print): August 2019

Pages: 83-85

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[0001]Henrik Rungs Gade 5, 2. tv

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Denmark

[0002]Royal Academy of Music

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9000 Aalborg

Denmark

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DOI: 10.14236/ewic/RESOUND19.13

SO-VID: 17930277-9cb3-4f70-9220-a69ccb88c137

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Conference name: RE:SOUND 2019 – 8th International Conference on Media Art, Science, and Technology

Conference acronym: RE:SOUND 2019

Conference number: 8

Conference location: Aalborg, Denmark

Conference date: August 20-23, 2019

Conference sponsor: Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC)

Conference theme: Media Art, Science, and Technology

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C. Bishop 2012 Artificial hells: participatory art and the politics of spectatorship Verso Books London New York
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[1] About, n.d. 18th Str. Arts Cent https://18thstreet.org/about/ 9 12 19

[2] About | Santa Monica Youth Orchestra [WWW Document] https://www.santamonicayouthorchestra.org/about 9 12 19

[3] C. Bishop 2012 Artificial hells: participatory art and the politics of spectatorship Verso Books London New York

[4] Main - Culture Mapping 90404 [WWW Document] http://culturemapping90404.org/ 9 12 19

[5] M. Murph Max Neuhaus’s Sound Works and the Politics of Noise Ecomusicology https://ecomusicology.info/max-neuhausssound-works-and-the-politics-of-noise/ 12 8 19

[6] S. Rubin 2017 Mapping the Culture of Santa Monica’s Pico Neighborhood. St. Monica Next http://www.santamonicanext.org/2017/04/mapping-the-culture-of-santa-monicas-piconeighborhood/ 9 12 19

[7] R.M. Schafer 1977 The Tuning of the World 1 Random House Inc New York

[8] SMYO soundwalk [WWW Document] SoundCloud https://soundcloud.com/askkaereby/sets/smyo-soundwalk 9 12 19

[9] K. Stasko-Mazur 2015 Soundwalk as a multifaceted practice. Argument 2/2015 439 455

[10] H. Westerkamp 2006 Soundwalking as Ecological Practice Proceedings for the International Conference on Acoustic Ecology. Presented at the The West Meets the East in Acoustic Ecology, Hirosaki University Hirosaki, Japan

[11] H. Westerkamp 2002 Linking soundscape composition and acoustic ecology Organised Sound 7 51 56 https://doi.org/10.1017/S1355771802001085

[12] WORLD SOUNDSCAPE PROJECT [WWW Document] https://www.sfu.ca/~truax/wsp.html 1 12 19

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