Sound and Memory Soundwalk with Christophe Preissing
@ Steelworkers Park
87th at S. Lake Shore Dr. Chicago, IL 60617
Opening Saturday, August 19th, from 5PM - 7PM
Join Midwestern Society for Acoustic Ecology in our summer soundwalk series! Explore the beautiful nature of the Chicago Public parks in an experience led by faculty and alumni from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and other local teaching artists. Experience the sounds of Chicago from a new perspective! This series is in partnership with Chicago Park District and Night Out In the Parks which brings arts and culture to over 500 parks across the city, free and open for public participation.
Sound and Memory/Sound of Memory
Steelworkers Park
E. 87th at S. Lake Shore Dr., Chicago, IL 60617
August 19, 2023 – 5-7pm
Did you work at or grow up around U.S. Steel’s South Works steel mill? Are you new to the neighborhood? What do you hear? What do you remember? What is the sound of memory? Does memory conjure sound or sound evoke memory?
A community and its park consist of shared sounds, shared memories, and shared histories into which we individually tap. As a community changes, sound changes. What did the neighborhood and Steelworkers Park sound like 50, 100, or even 400 years ago? “Do you remember the sound of the ships docking or the blast furnaces at Steel Works?” “How about our Sunday afternoon family picnics?”
Years ago, the South Chicago community was home to the South Works steel mill. Before that the shallow Calumet River was home to several first nations including Potawatomi, Odawa, Sauk, Ojibwe, and Illinois and was an area for portages, for seasonal settlements, hunting and fishing. Now Steelworkers Park boasts nature trails, views of Lake Michigan, and a community rock climbing wall.
Join Christophe Preissing (sound composer and artistic director of NON:op Open Opera Works) for a soundwalk reflecting on the history of Steelworkers Park and the surrounding community. How has the sound of the South Chicago community changed, and how has it stayed the same? Listen and share your memories of the South Works mill and Steelworkers Park. We will meet at the end of the driveway into the park, next to the statue there.
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