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MONTHLY ARCHIVES: September 2011

SOUNDWALK LOOKING FOR BLACK SEA TRANSLATORS

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Soundwalk is looking for translators to assist with our recent production on the Black Sea.  We are looking for people who speak and can help us make selections from audio recordings in the following languages:

Russian // Ukrainian // Georgian // Turkish // Bulgarian

We are $100 compensation for each language.  Interested parties can reply to jake@soundwalk.com to find out more information. For more information about the project, click here. Photo by Hadley Hudson.


FICTION & NON-FICTION: JOHN GIORNO

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Listen to John Giorno reading poems in Central Park, one of five audio pieces set on Manhattan’s Museum Mile, created in collaboration with the French Institute Alliance Française (FIAF)’s Crossing the Line 2011 festival.  Featuring specially commissioned texts by New York-based authors Teju Cole, John Giorno and French writers Olivier Cadiot, Philippe Claudel, and Camille Laurens. Click here for more information and a link to download all five audio pieces for free.


FIRST CUT: MEDEA

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Soundwalk Collective is back in the studio and in the next phase of creating Medea, the new sonic work based on this summer’s recording voyage around the Black Sea.  The Collective is in the process performing a series of live sessions using the raw recordings of voices, distant melodies, and distorted memories.  Here is the first excerpt, untouched and straight to tape! Photo by Spleen.


FICTION & NON-FICTION: CAMILLE LAURENS

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Follow the voice of French writer Camille Laurens through the Guggenheim Museum and discover Peggy’s glasses, one of five audio pieces set on Manhattan’s Museum Mile, created in collaboration with the French Institute Alliance Française (FIAF)’s Crossing the Line 2011 festival.  Featuring specially commissioned texts by New York-based authors Teju Cole, John Giorno and French writers Olivier Cadiot, Philippe Claudel, and Camille Laurens. Click here for more information and a link to download all five audio pieces for free.


FICTION & NON-FICTION: PHILIPPE CLAUDEL

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Follow the voice of French writer and director Philippe Claudel and discover the Cafe Sabarsky, one of five audio pieces set on Manhattan’s Museum Mile, created in collaboration with the French Institute Alliance Française (FIAF)’s Crossing the Line 2011 festival.  Featuring specially commissioned texts by New York-based authors Teju Cole, John Giorno and French writers Olivier Cadiot, Philippe Claudel, and Camille Laurens. Click here for more information and a link to download all five audio pieces for free.


FICTION & NON-FICTION IN NEW YORK TIMES CRITIC’S NOTEBOOK

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Fiction & Non-Fiction featured in New York Time’s Critic Notebook, created by Soundwalk Collective in collaboration with the French Institute Alliance Française (FIAF)’s Crossing the Line 2011 festival. Click here to access free download page with more info about each author. Article by Gia Kourlas.


FICTION & NON-FICTION: OLIVIER CADIOT

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Follow the voice of French poet and novelist Olivier Cadiot through the Metropolitan Museum of Art, one of five audio pieces set on Manhattan’s Museum Mile, created in collaboration with the French Institute Alliance Française (FIAF)’s Crossing the Line 2011 festival.  Featuring specially commissioned texts by New York-based authors Teju Cole, John Giorno and French writers Olivier Cadiot, Philippe Claudel, and Camille Laurens. Click here for more information and a link to download all five audio pieces for free.


FICTION & NON-FICTION: TEJU COLE

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Follow the voice of Brooklyn-based author Teju Cole through the Metropolitan Museum of Art, one of five audio pieces set on Manhattan’s Museum Mile, created in collaboration with the French Institute Alliance Française (FIAF)’s Crossing the Line 2011 festival.  Featuring specially commissioned texts by New York-based authors Teju Cole, John Giorno and French writers Olivier Cadiot, Philippe Claudel, and Camille Laurens. Click here for more information and a link to download all five audio pieces for free.



LES NON DITS WORLD PREMIERE AT CROSSING THE LINE 2011

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Les Non Dits, premiering today from 2 – 6pm, a new sound installation commissioned by the French Institute Alliance Française (FIAF)’s Crossing the Line festival. On exhibit in the Mirror Room of the historic Payne Whitney Mansion, the home of the Cultural Services of the French Embassy at 972 5th Avenue at 78th street. Click here for more info about the event.


THE BLACK SEA DIARY: EPILOGUE

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Click here to go to the complete Black Sea Diary. Text by Arthur Larrue. Photo by Stephan Crasneacki.