Personal Geographies with John and Evelyn Grzinich

Exploring Personal Geographies, taking sonic and visual cues from the local landscape. By John and Evelyn Grzinich

- In this workshop we closely examine the landscape of our everyday surrounding and find ways to 'animate the elements' (forces of wind and water) through simple interventions using sound and drawing. Using creative means to build a set of visual and auditory cues helps to raise our awareness of the living changing environment around us. By taking cues from what is happening we adjust our senses and tune into the micro and macro events that shape our land. Auditory interventions can include aeolian installations to reveal harmonic resonances in the local weather patterns that can be acoustically amplified to define proximity to the sources. Drawing interventions act as visual diaries of places and events and can be used seperatly or in conjunction with auditory sites. We will work though each site and activity through daily collaborative exercises to build up maps and a unique language to define our personal geographies.