Soundwalk Collective

Soundwalk Collective is an international trio of artists based in Berlin and New York City composed of founder Stephan Crasneanscki, as well as Simone Merli and Kamran Sadeghi.[1] They are best known for their publications,[2] international performances,[3] and multimedia installations that have included performances at the Barbican,[4] Centre Georges Pompidou,[5] Volksbühne,[6] French Institute Alliance Française,[7] Nuits Sonores,[8] as well as collaborations with Patti Smith,[9] and Nan Goldin.[10]

Soundwalk Audio Tours

Soundwalk produces walking guides of cities that offer the listener a narrative to follow in order to discover their surroundings in a new way.[11] Soundwalk has produced guides for New York, Paris, Ibiza, Berlin, London, Varanasi, Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong. Narrators representing their native cities and districts for the guides include, Gong Li, Paul Auster, Philippe Starck, Jazzy Jay and Afrika Bambaataa. Using native narrators is intended to direct listeners to more obscure attractions.[12] Soundwalk city guides are designed for iPhone.[13]

Tours of China

In 2008 Soundwalk produced walking tours in China for the Olympics in Beijing. The tours were created in collaboration with Louis Vuitton. Tours includes the cities of Beijing with narration by Chinese actress Gong Li, Hong Kong with narration by Chinese actress Shu Qi, and Shanghai with narration by Chinese actress Joan Chen.[14]

Soundwalk Films

In July 2006, The Paris Première TV station produced a series of five films based on the Paris Soundwalks. They subsequently distributed a collector edition DVD thougought Europe. The DVD was translated into 5 languages.[15]

Soundwalk Art

Over the last decade Soundwalk has created sound art using collections of found sound. These projects are exhibited around the world.[16]

Selected Works

"What We Leave Behind" This project is a sound piece composed entirely of unreleased sound fragments that were recorded on Jean-Luc Godard's film sets, and never were used in his films. The sounds composition is a genuine, existent, yet somewhat unrecognised audiovisual register of the film director. These were rediscovered by accident in France. [17]

"Kill the Ego" Based on field recordings in New York City carried out by Stephan Crasneanscki and Dug Winningham over a period of ten years and with art by Rostarr; screened at the Pompidou Center in Paris (2009)[18]

"24 Hours: The Starck Mix" 24-hour sound collage, distributed in partnership with Wallpaper* magazine (2009). [19]

"La Nuit Blanche" Work for Paris’ Nuit Blanche festival (2004,[20] 2009[21])

"Chanel Mobile Art Soundscape" Sound art project in collaboration with Chanel (2009) [22]

References

  1. ↑ "Soundwalk Collective – The Anniversary Series". Bbox Radio.
  2. ↑ "Soundwalk Collective". Cornerhouse Publications.
  3. ↑ "Soundwalk Collective". Clocktower.
  4. ↑ "Barbican Event". Barbican.
  5. ↑ "Centre Pompidou". Centre Pompidou.
  6. ↑ "Hoeren Soundwalk Collective with Patti Smith – Killer Road". Volksbuehne-Berlin.
  7. ↑ "Killer Road". FIAF.
  8. ↑ "Concert Special – Sound Collective". Nuits Sonores.
  9. ↑ "Patti Smith performs haunting unorthodox Nico tribute". Rolling Stone.
  10. ↑ "Soundwalk Collective Live with Nan Goldin". Purple.
  11. ↑ "In Performance: Le Son du Nous by Philippe Starck & Soundwalk (Paris)" "Contemporary Performance", 3/17/2010
  12. ↑ Rachel Doyle "Soundwalk - The Future of Exploring" "Electronic Beats Online" 10/27/2009
  13. ↑ "Soundwalk for iPhone"
  14. ↑ "Walk In Luxury with Louis Vuitton Soundwalk", Korea Times, June 23, 2008. Accessed May 28, 2010.
  15. ↑ "Paris Première: Soundwalk Resume", Paris Première, June 2007. Accessed May 28, 2010.
  16. ↑ "About Soundwalk", Accessed April 15, 2011
  17. ↑
  18. ↑ "Hors Pistes 2010: Un Autre Mouvement d’Images” Centre Pompidou, 2010. Accessed May 28, 2010.
  19. ↑ "24 Hours: The Starck Mix", Wallpaper*, September 10, 2009. Accessed May 28, 2010.
  20. ↑ "Soundwalk", Collectorserie, 2009.
  21. ↑ "Soundwalk Apps Launched for Paris Nuit Blanche a Huge Success", textually.org, October 5, 2009.
  22. ↑ "Chanel Mobile Art", Architonic, 2009. Accessed May 28, 2010.
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