Elisa Shoenberger
The portfolio and oral history project of a Chicago based Freelancer
It’s up! I’m so excited that I can share my Vocalo piece with you all. Check it out here: https://soundcloud.com/vocalo/three-artists-three-projects-one-chicago-by-elisa-shoenberger
As I’ve mentioned previously, it features three artists I’ve interviewed for the project: Nora Moore Lloyd, Carron Little, and Meida Teresa McNeal. It’s a taste of the amazing work that they do!
I hope you will enjoy!
This week marked the fourth class of the Vocalo Storytelling Workshop. The theme of the workshop is philanthropy, but it's beyond the notion of financial contributions. We are looking at how individuals or groups contribute to society in many ways. I've been working on an eight minute piece focusing on three artists whose work has dealt with communities. The first artist is Nora Moore Lloyd, a photographer who has worked to document elders and other members of Native American tribes in the US. The second is Carron Little, co-founder of the public performance art series Out of Site. And the third is Meida Teresa McNeal, co-founder of Honey Pot Performance. Together, I'll talk about how each person's work interacts and fosters community.
I've learned a great deal of important things about getting good tape for the radio. THere's a big difference between oral history tape and radio tape. One of the books on oral histories says that while you want to make sure when you are clear that you are recording with the person you are interviewing, you should position the tape so they don't see it. But you want to make sure you can still see it, so you can make sure it is still recording. Radio is much more upfront and close with this. You should wear your earphones into the recorder and position the recorder close in front of them. Very different. I've also learned to think about what non-verbal noises that you can get, like the sound of someone showing photos, or showing a camera. Very neat. I've also learned that editing tape with music in the background is hard. If you make cuts, the music may not align in the cuts and it will sound weird.
In the past three weeks, I've been working to collect additional audio for the radio piece. I've meet with two of the artists already and will be meeting the third artist this week. It's helped me get better sounding tape and also to hone in on the part of their work that I'll be talking about. I've also been helped by Out of Site who has let me use the audio they've collected. I've also gotten permission from Ballenarca, one of the performance art groups from last year, to use the music from their amazing puppet whale piece. (Check out more here: http://www.ballenarca.com).
Ballenarca, Out of Site 2015
Lots of hard work ahead! I can't wait to make the final piece available to you all!
October is going to be an exciting month. So many artists will be opening their work. Here are two of many events featuring artists who have participated in the project.
First, Yoko Noge and Jazz Me Blues will play a free concert at International House, University of Chicago, 1414 E. 59th Street at 5:30 on Friday 2nd. The event is co-sponsored by International House Global Voices Program.
For more information, check out: http://ihouse.uchicago.edu
Second, Carron Little and Judie Anderson will both be presenting work at the Beverly Art Walk on October 3rd. Judie Anderson will be holding Open Studio so check out her amazing work. Carron Little will debut her Neighborhood Magic. More information about her piece here: http://www.beverlyarts.org/events/neighborhood-magic-carron-little-featured-artist-beverly-art-walk-2015/
Check out more information about the Art Walk here: http://www.beverlyarts.org/
There's a lot going on in the next few weeks. These are just two of many awesome art events you should check out!