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BLAST MAGAZINE COVERS ULYSSES’ AT VOIX VIVES

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

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Many thanks to Blast Magazine for its piece on Ulysses’ Syndrome at Voix Vives festival this week! Blast announced the installation by saying, “[Stephan Crasneanscki, photographer and invited Editor in Chief of Blast magazine #30, presents his installation Ulysses' Syndrome at the contemporary poetry festival Voix Vives, taking place in Sète for the first time this summer.]” In the past, Blast has mentioned Ulysses’ here and Stephan Crasneanscki here. Thanks for the continuous coverage, Blast!

Voix Vives festival is still in full swing! For more info, head here.

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ULYSSES’ SYNDROME AT VOIX VIVES!

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

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Soundwalk is pleased to announce the installation of our sound piece, Ulysses’ Syndrome, at the Voix Vives Mediterranean poetry festival in Sete, France. Visitors will be able to enter the ancient seaside chapel to experience Soundwalk’s 24-hour audio voyage retracing the travels of Ulysses along the coasts of the Mediterranean.

To learn more about Ulysses’ Syndrome and to listen to audio samples, head to our website.

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DATES: July 23-31

INFO: Voix Vives Festival | Sete, France | www.voixvivesmediterranee.com | Reservation Tel. 04 99 04 72 51

DOWNLOAD:  Voix Vives’ full 2010 event program here.

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PHOTOS FROM ULYSSES’ SYNDROME IN SHANGHAI

Thursday, June 17, 2010

As promised, here are some photos of Ulysses’ Syndrome, Soundwalk’s audio-visual project exhibited at the Lille Europe Pavillon at the Expo 2010 in Shanghai.

Ulysses’ Syndrome is a sonic and visual artwork retracing the journey of Ulysses across the Mediterranean Sea, from Troy to Ithaca. In 2009, the Soundwalk collective set out on an adventure  on board a ship specially equipped with long range antennaes, recording the hertzian frequencies along the shores of the sea.

The installation is being shown until the 15th of July 2010.

Access information and opening hours can be found on Lille Europe Pavillon’s website

Find out more about Ulysses’ Syndrome and listen to audio samples of the installation on Soundwalk’s website

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SOUNDWALK SETS UP IN CHINA!

Monday, May 31, 2010

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ArtInfo China, the Chinese branch of the international art news journal, has covered Soundwalk’s arrival in China and installation of Ulysses’ Syndrome at the Lille Europe Pavilion at the 2010 Expo in Shanghai. We’re excited to be there – there should be a lot of great work there this year. In the near future we’ll keep you updated with photos of this and other upcoming installations of Ulysses’ Syndrome around the world!

Thanks to ArtInfo for the coverage! For the international edition of the magazine online, click here.

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SOUNDWALK IN FRENCH MORNING: MELDING JOY & FEAR

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

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French Morning, a French online news magazine based in New York City, has featured Stephan Crasneanscki in a May 18 article about the inspiration behind his creation of Soundwalk and why Soundwalk is different from any other audio guide series. The magazine describes Soundwalk’s stages of incubation this way: “Like any great invention, this one began with a madness among friends. Nearly twenty years ago, Stephan Crasneanscki arrived in New York from France to study at NYU’s prestigious Tisch School of the Arts. His French friends regularly visited him in his “dilapidated loft” in the Lower East Side, and, ever the good host, he provided neighborhood guides for them.” Upon deciding to turn these guides into audio walks, consisting of a tape of directions, practical information, and more, the magazine quotes Crasneanscki in remembering, “I had [the listeners] play a role, perform a scavenger hunt or enter friends’ houses, climb up to roofs, take off layers of clothing or buy things.”

Now, with a cache of successes marked by names like Chanel, Louis Vuitton, Philippe Starck, and the Louvre, French Morning cites Crasneanscki in continuing to insist upon the importance of the human element at the heart of Soundwalk tours, both existing and in development: “I am not interested in the history of the city in general because there are a million guides for that. What we’re searching for in our Soundwalks is something deeply felt, the thrills of joy and of fear.”

Behind each guide, continues French Morning, are “months and months of editing, timing, assembly and testing.” But, as the city changes, they inquire, in what ways does Soundwalk attempt or not attempt to change along with it?  In response, Crasneanscki states, “Like a flower wilts, places close. I’m not looking to reinvigorate these places; the idea is that when a walk dies, it dies. Happily, certain things will never fade, like the Jewish element of Williamsburg. The force of the Hasidic Jews – it is endurance!”

The article closes in mentioning Soundwalk’s and Ulysses’ Syndrome’s presence at the Universal Shanghai Expo 2010, which we’re also very excited about.

Thanks to French Morning for the coverage!

Download the Lower East Side Soundwalk (mp3)

Download the Williamsburg Hasidic Soundwalks (mp3 or iPhone app)

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BLAST MAGAZINE REVIEWS ULYSSES’ SYNDROME

Monday, May 10, 2010

Picture 5Blast Magazine, a French Design, fashion, and culture publication, has featured Soundwalk’s Ulysses’ Syndrome installation at the Shanghai 2010 Expo on their site this week, April 3, 2010. The review, written by Guillaume Fédou, names Ulysses’ Syndrome as “[the most ambitious piece of sound art since Homer's Odyssey, dipping its toes in the China Sea]“.

“[Ulysses continues his trek to the port of Shanghai, mixing the flavors of the Mediterranean with the fruits of the China Sea. A 24-hour work of sound gathering a range of fragments recorded in autumn 2009 between Troy and Ithaca (passing by the Gulf of Naples, Palermo, the Stromboli Volcano and the Eolie Islands, Carthage), Ulysses' Syndrome is likely Soundwalk's most ambitious work since the film Kill the Ego. The fact that it is being presented today, in Shanghai, is no coincidence since it is there the mythology of the twenty-first century is playing out. It is situated in the center of the cosmopolitan city, on Nankin street (the equivalent of the Champs-Elysées) in an ancient Taoist temple named Hong Niao (red bird)

The Ulysses' installation is realized in relation with a series of projects for Lille 3000 (for which Soundwalk has also created an installation titled Room Number 8 with the voice of renowned actress Joan Chen in the Saint Sauveur train station reborn as Hotel Europa). The project was curated by Didier Fusillier, who also headed the Exit festival at MAC Créteil. [The installation occupies] a freely accessible terrace in the heart of the most passionate city in the world, contrary to the French Pavilion, which one must pay to enter. Amongst the dozens of other pavilions, Ulysses remains proud and free: not much has changed since the days when he left, and then returned to his kingdom in Ithaca]”.
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Thanks to Blast for the great article!
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ULYSSES’ SYNDROME PREMIERES AT SHANGHAI EXPO ‘10

Friday, April 30, 2010

Ulysse Puglia 600x300Soundwalk is very happy to announce our newest installation, Ulysses’ Syndrome, at the highly anticipated Expo 2010 in Shanghai, China.

Ulysses’ Syndrome is a sonic and visual artwork retracing the Odyssey of  Ulysses across the Mediterranean Sea, from Troy to Ithaca. In 2009, the Soundwalk collective set out on an adventure  on board a ship specially equipped with long range antennae, recording the hertzian frequencies along the shores of the Mediterranean.

Soundwalk has captured the humanity of the Mediterranean: conversations of Libyan fishermen on Greek cargo ships, passing yachts on the Corsican coast and customs officers of the Bay of Naples– all represented in these sonic fragments like a tower of Babel. The resulting work is a sonic fresco of 24 hours, resonant of the 24 songs of Homer’s Odyssey.

An audio-visual work of art, Ulysses’ Syndrome is premiering at the Lille Europe Pavilion as part of the Shanghai Expo, in place from May 1- July 15 2010. Visitors will hear the soundscape, while Soundwalk founder Stephan Crasneanscki’s panoramic photos of the sea provide the backdrop, transporting the audience to the Mediterranean. A mobile application will also be available for download during the summer of 2010, like a few drops of the Mediterranean bottled up in your phone.

Click the audio player to hear an excerpt from Puglia, Italy

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Press coverage: Artforum’s review of Ulysses’ Syndrome, l’Officiel Voyage’s feature article, and France Culture ACR’s audio preview of the project.

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ROOM NO. 8: SOUNDWALK INSTALLATION IN LILLE

Thursday, April 1, 2010
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Soundwalk is pleased to announce Room n°8 at the Hotel Europa (Lille), from April 1 – June 12, 2010.

At the Gare Saint Sauveur in Lille, Soundwalk presents Room n°8, a sonic voyage into the Shanghai of the 1960s. The installation is inspired by the Shanghai Soundwalk, a stroll through the gardens and passageways of the old Shanghai French Concession where the Chinese actress Joan Chen invites us to follow her in retracing the love of her youth.

Listen to an audio sample from the soundtrack of Room n°8:

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Located in the old offices of the Station of merchandise Saint Sauveur, the Hotel Europa is a strange place where artists redesign rooms for one season. Sometimes a bedroom, sometimes a salon, these are entirely separate art installations, where visitors can stroll or pass time…

Visiting hours: from Wednesday to Friday, 12:00-7:00 p.m.

Reserve Room n°8 for free, for fifteen minutes or an hour, from Thursday to Saturday, 5:00-7:00 p.m. (from April 1-June 12, 2010). Reserve by telephone at +33 3 28 52 30 00, by email at saintsauveur@lille3000.com, or online at www.lille3000.com

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FRENCH RADIO RFI ON “LE SON DU NOUS”

Thursday, March 25, 2010

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Thanks to everyone who came to see LE SON DU NOUS at the International Exit Festival at MAC Créteil this past weekend! We had a great turnout and two fantastic performances. We hope that you all enjoyed the show!

The show was talked about on French radio RFI (Radio France International) last Sunday (March 22nd) in Culture Vive, a daily French arts and culture radio show.

Journalist José Marinho interviewed Philippe Starck and Stephan Crasneanscki right after the show Friday.

“[We will try to explore the effects of sound... In this show, this adventure, I have no idea what will happen-- during the show or after]“, said Philippe Starck.

This search for the “mysterious sound of us”, “[will start in the cosmos, we will land on the ground and pass through the air. We will plunge into the sea, and we will traverse the earth," says Starck.

On the inspiration for this adventure, the designer remarks that "[people are constantly listening to music and the radio. But we don't ask why. I believe it's because we're looking for the sound of ourselves. It lets you create an egg, an environment where you can feel secure. Even the most inspid little song, if it can do that, is the place we need to be.]”

“[We are taking sound, manipulating it, playing with it, and giving it a different place than it has today, for example, in movies and on television]“,  Soundwalk founder Stephan Crasneanscki tells the interviewer.

Crasneanski gives a rundown of the unique soundtrack for LE SON DU NOUS, assembled using Soundwalk’s archives, built over the past decade. The sources are “incredibly varied”: from the three months he recently spent recording hertz frequencies on the Mediterranean for his Ulysses Syndrome project, to the collection of sounds and voice-mails from the events of September 11th used in the Ground Zero Soundwalk.

“[You can't explain sound: it is emotion]“, concludes Crasneanscki. “[What we will do in this show is create a moment of climax, of violence:  if it is alive, if it makes you sick, if it’s disagreeable, whatever happens you will take that experience with you. You will leave with that emotion.]”

Listen here to Philippe Starck and Stephan Crasneanscki’s interviews for Culture Vive (French only.)

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Radio France International – Interviews with Stephan Crasneanscki & Philippe Starck

Photo credit: Yves Malenfer

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STEPHAN CRASNEANSCKI FOR LACHAINETELE

Monday, March 8, 2010


Interview du créateur du collectif Soundwalk, Stephan Crasneanscki

The French webchannel Lachainetel.tv has just interviewed Soundwalk founder Stephan Crasneanscki about Soundwalk’s beginnings, Le Son du Nous, the Exit Festival at MAC Créteil, the Ulysses Syndrome, and what Crasneanscki considers to be his own individual sound.

For English readers: a brief summary of the interview -

On SOUNDWALK: ["I began by making synchronized audio tours of my favorite places in New York City using my own voice, for my friends...the tours then evolved into a way to enter into the life of another person for an hour and see the city through their eyes, while following the narrative of their story."]

On LE SON DU NOUS: ["The idea is to create these three movements of sound - natural and organic sounds existing before humanity, internal sounds of the human body, then sounds created by humans' influence on their environment, both small & large: a spoon against a glass, the sound of a building being constructed or crumbling to the ground...to lead us together to find the true Sound of Us."]

On MAC Créteil’s EXIT FESTIVAL: ["An interesting and exciting platform for experimental projects in art and design, where creatives like Starck and Soundwalk can meet and collaborate...."]

ULYSSES SYNDROME: ["The project entails capturing Hertzian frequencies on the Mediterranean Sea, like  fishermen have snared fish throughout history, and melding the sounds into a 24-hour audio collage, resonant of the 24 songs of Homer."]

On his INDIVIDUAL SOUND: ["Since I work with sound as a material every day, in the end I prefer silence, but among sounds my favorites are natural: the sounds of the body, of breath, and of nature - of wind, of falling rain...."]

Click here to tell us about your individual sound and WIN TICKETS to LE SON DU NOUS with Philippe Starck at MAC Créteil! Also watch for more interviews, sound clips, and exclusive sneak-peaks at the show during the next week!

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