This event isn't visual, per se. In fact, never mind "per se" – it's not really visual at all. But we're promoting it here because 1) it's the culmination of an amazing, thoroughly
artful project; 2) it's happening at
a popular visual-arts gallery; 3) our regular music section might not feature
this odd duck of a sonic event prominently enough – and this intriguing endeavor deserves a bit of prominence, we feel. Check out how local field recordists have captured and recontextualized
a diversity of acoustic environments, as Austin-based artists
R. Lee Dockery,
Vanessa Gelvin,
Travis Putnam Hill,
Sarah King,
Sean O’Neill,
Daniy Oberle,
Josh Ronsen, and
Zach Smith present, in this collaborative setting, field recordings they've made over the past year.