Of Earth - A Spatial Audio Assemblage
Of Earth - A Spatial Audio Assemblage
A weekend of spatialized sound art, field recordings, electronic music & performance.
Experience a weekend of immersive sound as artists from around the globe present original works on our 24.2-point D&B Audiotechnik spatial sound system.
Featuring compositions built from field recordings and electronic sound, the event offers both abstract and literal aural glimpses of life on Earth—inviting deep listening and reflection on and of our shared planet. Curated by Chloe Alexandra Thompson (bio below).
Saturday June 21
12:30pm: Floating Nest by Milad Mozari and Peter Speer
02:30pm: Alaka'i 1777 by Mason Youngblood
05:00pm: Messages for/from Brooklyn Soils by Lisa Ann Schonberg
07:30pm: Multiple Signatures by San Huan
Sunday June 22
12:30pm: Alaka'i 1777 by Mason Youngblood
02:30pm: Floating Nest by Milad Mozari and Peter Speer
05:00pm: Forestial Voices by Teddy Hunter
07:30pm: UNNAMED by V. Vecker
Curator Chloe Alexandra Thompson is a Cree, Canadian, interdisciplinary media artist and creative technologist based in New York. Thompson’s focuses on sound and other formats of distributed media as a site of connection. The resulting work spanning installation, performance, VR and XR formats has previously been presented by CTM Berlin, Hellerau, Onassis Foundation, Beyond the Frame, MUTEK Tokyo, MUTEK Montreal, PSNY, Chocolate Factory, On the Boards, PICA, Northwest Film Center, Disjecta, and Yale Union, among others.
Presently a member of ONX Studio (Onassis Foundation), Thompson has participated in residencies at Pioneer Works, HERVISIONS x Arebyte AOS, MIT OpenDoc Lab through the Indigenous Screen Office of Canada, and AMPLIFY through Somerset House and MUTEK.
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While you're in the Laboratory:
Elevate your listening experience with enlivening and delicious, adaptogenic, gluten-free, gut-friendly foods, herbal teas and Devocion coffee:
Reforesters Laboratory is an experimental adaptogenic cafe and sound clinic located in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. We utilize music – including spatial, sub-bass-centered, and organic instrumentation – along with breathwork, meditation, art, plant care and adaptogenic, nutritional foods + beverages to cultivate kindness—both physical and spiritual. We aim to create an environment that offers peace, space, and clarity, helping people understand the connections between themselves, their communities, and the world around them. To that end, we offer affordable "pay what you can" ticket options on all events and classes.