Women of the New Walden

Hildegard and The Other Women of the New Walden....

This Saturday (11.12.05), I will present "Women of the New Walden" at the Women in the Arts Conference (St. Louis University). Thanks to Kimberly and Jonathan Pluskota - owners of Alchemy Sound Recording Studio and The Mix Art Gallery (Carterville, IL - www.moonvibemedia.com) - for letting me use their "sweet" Protools suite (as well as wandering with me through the leaves, wind, and mire to record the sound piece that accompanies my paper). But the presentation isn't about me - it's about the emergence of women sound artists. So - I thought I'd pass along a few links of interest regarding some key women soundscape composers...

Hildegard Westerkamp

Ghosttowns in British Columbia (September 8-16, 2000)
http://www.sfu.ca/~westerka/installations/edgewilderness/edgewild.html

Moments of Laughter
http://www.sfu.ca/~westerka/programnotes/laughter.html

Andra McCartney
Soundwalking in Queen Elizabeth Park With Hildegard Westerkamp

http://www.emf.org/artists/mccartney00/walk.html

Also great material to inspire a walk in your hometown is a recent read by Janet Cardiff - The Walk Book (2005). She documents audio walks in London, New York and Paris.