Spatialization Studies 2014

Recordings created on August 3, 2014 at the Experimental Sound Studio in Chicago, IL as documentation of the performance work "Spatialization Study: Chapters" by Becky Grajeda. 

Reader-performers: Eva Bialecki, Jenn Cooper, Gabrielle Kan, Brandon Kosters, Milad Mozari, Kurt Peterson, Carola Salvi, and Drew Thomas.  

Recording engineer: Alex Inglizian

Description of Spatialization Study: Chapters
Eight reader-performers stand around the audience, each reading aloud one of two chapters of the Bohumil Hrabal novel "Too Loud a Solitude" (1976), English translation from the Czech by Michael Henry Heim (1990). All reader-performers begin reading together, from the beginning of their chapter, reading until they have completed their chapter.

Recordings used in this track were created in part with a grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events. 

Spatialization Study: Chapters

Recordings created on August 3, 2014 at the Experimental Sound Studio in Chicago, IL as documentation of the performance work "Spatialization Study: Translations" by Becky Grajeda. 

Reader-performers: Eva Bialecki, Jenn Cooper, Nicholas Davis, Timothy Dukes, Becky Grajeda, Gabrielle Kan, Brandon Kosters, Milad Mozari, Kurt Peterson, Carola Salvi, Drew Thomas, and Anne Yoder.  

Recording Engineer: Alex Inglizian

Description of Spatialization Study: Translations
12 reader-performers stand around the audience, each reading aloud one of three translations into English of the Jorge Luis Borges story "The Garden of Forking Paths" (1941).  All reader-performers begin together reading from the beginning of the story until each reader-performer has read the story in its entirety. 
Translations used are by Helen Temple and Ruthven Todd (1962), Donald A. Yates (1964), and Andrew Hurley (1998).

Recordings used in this track were created in part with a grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events. 

Spatialization Study: Translations

Becky Grajeda is an artist working primarily in sound and performance — often using field recordings for sound collages or texts for text-based performances.

Spatialization Studies 2014

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