hear now their then: imaginative geographical narratives through place-based sound and story

Sound Installation;Imagination;Geographical Narratives;History;Detroit;Jam Handy;Palimpsest;Listening;Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design

Hinely, JulietKirshner, Andrew ;

University of Michigan

关键词: Sound Installation;    Imagination;    Geographical Narratives;    History;    Detroit;    Jam Handy;    Palimpsest;    Listening;    Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design;   

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瑞士|英语

来源: The Illinois Digital Environment for Access to Learning and Scholarship

【 摘 要 】

This document records and reflects upon my MFA Thesis Exhibition hear now their then, as well as relevantresearch and contextual information. hear now their then was a site-responsive sound installation at the JamHandy Building in Detroit in March of 2014. 12 audio vignettes heard through headphone speakers hungdown from the building’s rafters and created an experiential and imaginative geographical narrative of thebuilding and its long and winding history. This paper begins with a declaration of beliefs surrounding theconnection of story to place, the accumulation of history in everyday spaces, and the potential for siteresponsiveand place-based art to expand and interact with these site-based narratives. A chronologicalhistory of the Jam Handy Building follows, and a personal reflection of interest in that history -- includingthe layering of events over time and the context of these events in the larger history of Detroit. Detailedafter that is the process of creating the audio pieces and their installation, situating them in art historicalcontext, and describing the influence of other artists works. In conclusion I discuss the transportativepower of sound and narrative, the simultaneous experience of past and present at historic sites, and theimpact of this work on future creative endeavors.