Zenpukuji Pond Project for World Listening Day 2011

Zenpukuji Pond Project for 2011 World Listening Day

The Zenpukuji Pond Project celebrates World Listening Day 2011 on Monday, July 18th in Zenpukuji, Tokyo. The all day event engages the community inan exploration of soundscape by combining a soundwalk, field recording, discussion of shared activities, and live performances by the participants.

The morning soundwalk around the pond at Zenpukuji Park will be led by Keiko Torigoe and recorded by Marcos Fernandes . The afternoon discussion forum at Youkobo Art Space invites the participants to share their experiences and thoughts on the soundwalk and field recording activities. The performances will feature the Tokyo Phonographers Union in a live improvisation using field recordings including materials from the morning soundwalk, a collaborative performance with voice and field recordings exploring the notion of the human body as a recorder as well as an audience participation piece facilitated by vocalist Yuki Saga.

Zenpukuji Pond Project is organized and presented by Keiko Torigoe, whose work with the concept of soundscape includes various research, environmental design and workshops as well as translations of R. Murray Shafer's writings, and musician, phonographer and soundartist Marcos Fernandes in conjunction with Youkobo Art Space.

This event is free and open to all ages. Participants are encouraged to bring a lunch.

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Schedule:

Part I: 10:00-12:00 Soundwalk and Field Recording dedicated to Zenpukuji Pond
12:00-13:00 Lunch
Part II: 13:00-15:00 Sharing & Discussion
15:00-15:30 Recess
Part III: 15:30-18:00 Live Performances

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Participants:

さがゆき / Yuki Saga

Tokyo Phonographers Union:
新井陽子 / Yoko Arai
マルコス・フェルナンデス / Marcos Fernandes
笹島裕樹 / Hiroki Sasajima
清水博志 / Hiroshi Shimizu
山道晃 / Akira Yamamichi
安永哲郎 / Tetsuro Yasunaga

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Location:

Zenpukuji Park and Youkobo Art Space are located near JR Nishi-ogikubo and Tokyo Metro Ogikubo stations.

Youkobo Art Space
Zempukuji 3-2-10, Suginami-ku, Tokyo, 167-0041
Tel: 03-5930-5009 Fax:03-3399-7549
http://www.youkobo.co.jp/e​n/


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The first World Listening Day was co-organized by the WLP (World Listening Project) and MSAE (Midwest Society for Acoustic Ecology). July 18 was chosen as the date for World Listening Day because it is the birthday of Canadian composer R. Murray Schafer, who established the World Soundscape Project in the late-60s at Simon Fraser University. Schafer’s 1977 book, The Soundscape: Our Sonic Environment and the Tuning of the World was a culminating publication about the research of the WSP that provided a foundation for the interdisciplinary field now known as Acoustic Ecology.
http://www.worldlisteningp​roject.org/