SchuhzuGehör_path of awareness The liveliness of a city is reflected in the activities of its inhabitants: how, when and where they move around in it. Walking is the most individual form of locomotion in terms of its direction and speed. Sidewalks, pedestrian areas, traffic-free roads and squares are the public spaces most preferred by those navigating a city on foot, marking its pavement and paths with the pulses of their steps. A gait is a person‘s most distinctly individual pattern of movement. Audible in the sound of footsteps, our rhythm emerges from the regularity with which we place one foot after the other. An individuality which we reproduce almost exclusively in public, where one person‘s step rhythm joins in polyrhythm with that of another amidst the complexly interwoven tonality of a dynamic urban space. The format SchuhzuGehör_path of awareness explores an individual‘s personal experience of space through walking, particularly the interplay between sound event (footstep) and surrounding architecture, influenced by the permanently changing interactions. In SchuhzuGehör the path itself is the destination. Essential elements are the moderate speed of pedestrian locomotion, the regularity of the step-by-step progress, and the readiness to open up our auditory perceptive space and keep it as wide open as possible—thus, in stark contrast to our customary behavior of intentionally filtering out stuff we don’t wish to hear. This is how we can sense clear spatial thresholds—that is, transitions from one auditory space to another—and perceive minute spatial shifts. The shoes we wear along this way become soloists; instruments that enter into a dialog within the environment, provide us with spatial orientation and locate us in space.
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SchuhzuGehör_path of awareness The format path of awareness was developed the first time in 2012 for the festival klangstätten | stadtklänge in Braunschweig. Since then I constantly refined my approach and developed different presentation methods: audio-visuel composition: This is a recording of my walk along the path with a pair of “soundful” shoes, binaural microphones and a headmounted videocamera. In postproduction I combine the binaural recording with stills or excerpts from the video footage related to the walking rhythm, so that the visual is more for orientation, the auditory for location in space. To best experience this audiovisual composition I recommend using headphones. guided walking performance: With a slow but steady walking rhythm I guide a limited number of participants along the path. No talking or stopping disturb the rhythm of the walk. Score: A Score as an invitation for individuals to experience the path on their own with a pair of soundful shoes. The main requirements are a moderate walking tempo, a uniformity of movement, and a willingness to open up your auditory perception as much as possible. Let yourself confront this act of intentional listening amidst your own gait. This is how you can sense clear spatial thresholds –that is, transitions from one auditory space to another – and perceive minute spatial shifts. The shoes you wear along this way become soloists in space, instruments that enter into a dialogue with the environment. They provide you with spatial orientation and locate you in space.
braunschweig 2012 klangstätten / Stadtklänge Braunschweig https://vimeo.com/50495775
linz 2014 ars electronica 2014 https://vimeo.com/104045758
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Friche la Belle de Mai 41 Rue Jobin Entrée 1 Marseille
18 concrete
skatepark
Entrée 2
12 metal
5 metal
concrete wood
Jardin de la Maternité
Boulevard Ricard
Rue François Simon
11 metal
wood
metal ramp
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Traverse de Sery
Impasse Guigou
marseille_la friche
Avenue Nord du Petit Lycée
1 Bis Avenue de Chutes Lavie
2015 mobile audio fest 2015 / locussonus https://vimeo.com/160306600
Rue de la Pepinière
Rue d‘Oudjda
Rue Felix
Boulevard des Bonnes Grâces
Boulevard Guigou
Impasse Saint-Thérèse
Rue Pautrier
Boulevard Barbier
Boulevard Pardigon
Traverse Saint-Étienne
Entrée 1
Rue Bénédit
Rue Pautrier
Avenue de Chutes Lavie
direction du tajet/ direction of travel
trottoir/ sidewalk
passage clouté/ crosswalk
parking/ parking area
cross E53rd tunnel/ terrasse de café/ tunnel cafe terrace
porte/ 8am-10pm gate
feux de signalisation/ traffic light
aire de jeux/ E53rd playground
Madison Ave
La Route, de 2,6 km de long, est accessible au public entre 9h et 17h tous les jours. Si vous ne participez pas à une des performances, je vous recommande fortement de faire deux fois le «path» : fountain at fountain at Paley Park une fois pour découvrir la route et une autre pour l‘écouter. Voyagez aussi léger que possible et silencieusement! Urban Plaza 7:45am - 7:45pm The Route is 2.6 km in length and is accessible to the public at any time between 9am and 5pm, any day of the week. If you didn’t attend one of the guided performances, I would higly recommend that you walk the «path» at least twice, once to familiarize yourself with the route and once to listen to it. Travel as light as possible and don‘t talk! 3 5 With the ACFNY, 11 E 52nd Street in your back at the next building plante/ plants
cross E54th espace canin/ dogs
fountain pull
central park 5
cross W 59th
pull push
push cross E56th
7am-11pm
E55th
8am-10pm
8am- 8pm 5th Avenue
cross E57th
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cross cross W59th center drive
carpet
midtown_ny 2015 moving sounds festival 2015 / ACFNY https://vimeo.com/138623589
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8am-7pm
cross E58th cross 5th pass left cross grand fountain army plaza
lake 5
cross W57th
5th
W56th
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8am-midnight W55th 8am-11pm W54th
6th Avenue crossW58th 6th Avenue cross W57th W57th
fountain
cross E55th
8am-7pm W53th 6 1/2 Av W52nd 6 1/2 W51st
W51st
cross W51st
6th Avenue
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13 14 subway entrance
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follow signs to 5th and Rockefeller Plaza
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5th Ave
cross 5th at W50th
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cross E51st
piano
E51st
8am-10pm
cross E52nd
back at the acfny
The Route has a length of 1.8ml and public access at any place from 8am - 7pm each day a week. If you don’t attend one of the guided performances, I would higly recommend to do the path at least twice, once to check out the route and once to listen to it. traffic light
mosalla_ökf 2015 austrian cultural forum tehran https://vimeo.com/149402498
public access
stairs
revolving doors
crosswalk
traffic direction
escalator
pull push door
straight ahead
SchuhzuGehör_path of awareness_strömstad [Skotillbehör_medvetanderutt_strömstad]
turn left
turn right
katrinem
Gör gärna dina egna gångstråks-upptäckter I strömstad med hjälp av denna karta! Rutten är 3,39 kilometer och den finns tillgänglig dygnet runt. Jag rekommenderar starkt att du går rutten åtminstone två gånger, en gång för att bekanta dig med den och en andra gång för att fokusera på lyssnandet. Vandra med så lite bagage som möjligt och undvik att pata. Du har också möjlighet att vinna ett par nya skor från Dahlgrens skor I Strömstad eller varför inte en av Katrinem signerad plansch över rutten. Det enda vi begär är att du fyller I kontaktuppgifter på baksidan och svarar på 3 frågor längs med rutten.
Namnge gatan?
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strömstad 2016 konsthallen lokstallet https://vimeo.com/168526680
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https://vimeo.com/184479324
Please make your own explorations of the path of awareness around Mohsen Gallery using this map! The Route is 1.18 km in length. Put on your ‚soundful‘ shoes, travel as light as possible and don‘t talk!
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starting point: Mohsen Gallery No. 42, MINA Blvd. Follow the scetches 1-11
Tehran_3 2016 Mohsen Gallery, austrian cultural forum https://vimeo.com/184479324 you
cars and its driving direction
parked cars
mexico city
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2016 goethe institut mexico city https://vimeo.com/170084814
2016 Sound Studies Lab, Aufbau Haus https://vimeo.com/189225717
SchuhzuGehör - performance on the path of awareness_midtown_ny
along the path of awareness_mosalla_ökf
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tree, bush
sports park
cafe, restaurant
store for goods