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harmonic remains

By john grzinich | Published: November 20, 2008
In the last 8 months I’ve made a number of recordings of old, and as far as I can tell, abandoned telegraph lines. My friend Toomas has a step-grandfather who was a telephone repairman during the Soviet times and kindly let me borrow his old pole climbing “shoes” (which are metal claws made from old [...]
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what is field recording?

By john grzinich | Published: September 22, 2008
This is a question I’ve been asking myself ever since I realized that “field recording” was something of a viable genre for many working with sound. Before hearing the term “field recording” (and I’ll throw in Phonography), I never thought much in making a distinction between working in or out in the field. I recorded [...]
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sound workshop for youth, rev. 3

By john grzinich | Published: August 7, 2008
Last week I gave a sound workshop which was part of a summer theater camp for youth in Mooste. The camp was held for the first time so there was plenty to be learned especially when trying to collaborate with the other workshops (drama, art, film). For the sound workshop we concentrated on the ideas [...]
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and/OAR video gallery

By john grzinich | Published: August 6, 2008
Dale Lloyd has put together a nice set of video works on the and/OAR site he’s culled from the YouTube plethora. Its nice to get the occasional “curated” perspective as there always seems to be some new material to discover through someone elses view. Unfortunately, my complaints with YouTube are about the poor image and [...]
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noctilucent sky

By john grzinich | Published: July 19, 2008
These are noctilucent clouds hovering at the edge of the earth’s atmosphere on the fringes of space. Nobody is quite sure what they are, but its a beautiful phenomenon nonetheless, seen mostly at higher latitudes. I took this photo last night as the earliest sunlight made its way into the night sky. It was my [...]
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interview with Jez riley French

By john grzinich | Published: July 17, 2008
After some email exchanges with Jez riley French we both felt there was plenty potential discussion surrounding our approaches to working with sound. Jez runs a great blog that reveals much about his artistic process, travels and interest in other artists whom he admires. After being asked to answer his 4 questions survey I thought [...]
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radio aporee, mapping sounds

By john grzinich | Published: June 27, 2008
I just uploaded a bunch of sounds to radio aporee ::: maps, one of the many interesting projects by Berlin based artist Udo Noll. Udo has done what I thought google would have already done with its maps or earth projects (but has not), which is to construct an interface for allowing people to upload [...]
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a forest audience of trees and microphones

By john grzinich | Published: June 18, 2008
Towards the end of our intentional gathering, two trips were made into the nearby state forest. Each time we walked until we were attracted to a particular place then settled in and set up. These in-situ ‘performances’ were made with objects brought by each person and materials found at the locations. The “goal” if there [...]
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intentional sound gathering

By john grzinich | Published: June 15, 2008
I’ve spent the past few weeks in France visiting with Patrick McGinley who has generously offered his temporary residence as a gathering place for friends, many of whom are avid sound recordists. Naturally those who came started to explore the local area for interesting locations. Patrick and myself went out early to work on some [...]
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of coastal tanks and inland bunkers

By john grzinich | Published: May 13, 2008
This past weekend I was in Riga to visit the Sound Forest festival. I could write about my impressions of the festival but I won’t. While there were a few good performances I enjoyed more the side activities that came with visiting friends in Riga. As is often the case we ended up exploring some [...]
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notes from nodar

By john grzinich | Published: May 13, 2008
It has been a while since my last post, which was partly due to my being away in Portugal for most of April. Something of a sister project to MoKS has started up there known as the Binaural Media residency. It too is located in a rural village setting and aims to integrate the work [...]
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urban exploration : dead meat

By john grzinich | Published: March 16, 2008
An urban research group in Tartu was looking at the phenomenon of urban exploration. I suggested to make a small trip somewhere in the city. Out of a few interesting possibilities we decided on the former meat factory, a site full of urban legends, as it is fairly central and easily accessible. This meat factory [...]
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