Artist and investigator Alissa Cherry on the soundscapes of New York City, including the neighborhood of Bloomingdale. Cherry spent four years working on "Sounds of the Outskirts," a series of investigative soundwalks around the perimeter of Manhattan. Her goal was to find the sonic shifts in the city, based on neighborhood, culture, population, location, etc. She focuses on understanding community changes through sound, or how you can hear a community via its music, language, and nature and industrial sounds. During this interactive workshop, you'll be tasked to think about the neighborhood through what you hear, rather than what you see. Cherry will lead a discussion about what certain things to pay attention to when outside on your daily walk,things like the languages spoken, the sounds of construction, and changes in sounds due to time of day or weather.
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