SPRING SOUND GARDEN at Harbor Park: Stories & Poems

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JG Everest
JG Everest
JG Everest
Composer / Designer / Director JG Everest specializes in creating outdoor site-specific spatial sound + performance installations that incorporate local history and ecology into multi-layered multidisciplinary artistic experiences that he calls "Sound Gardens". Based in Mni Sota Makoče, his work seeks to bring communities together at these intersections of our past, the natural world, and artistic and cultural connections to place.
A virtual audio accompaniment to Composer JG Everest's SPRING Sound Garden for Harbor Park, featuring original site-specific storytelling by Staci Lola Drouillard, site-specific poetry by Jeffrey Skemp and Tim Blighton, and site-specific oral histories by Grand Marais residents Gene Erickson (former owner of the Standard Gas station that sat on the Harbor Park site), Frankie Jarchow, former president of the Grand Marais Garden Club, and Gerry Grant, current volunteer member of the Garden Club . (NOTE: Once you start playing one of the poems or stories, pause before moving to another part of the audio tour, so that new stories don't start playing and overlap.) Part of the SPRING SOUND GARDEN live event May 29 & 30, 2020 in Harbor Park for Art Along The Lake. For more info visit www.jgeverest.com or waveletscreative.org

SPRING Story: "Women on the Dock" pt1 (Staci Lola Douillard)

As part of composer JG Everest's SPRING Sound Garden, historian and storyteller Staci Lola Drouillard tells the story "The Women on the Dock" based on the archival photo courtesy of the Cook County Historical Society. (Part 1 of 4)

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SPRING Story: "Women On The Dock" pt2 by Staci Lola Drouillard

As part of composer JG Everest's SPRING Sound Garden sound + performance installation, historian and storyteller Staci Lola Drouillard tells the story "The Women on the Dock" based on the archival photo courtesy of the Cook County Historical Society. (part 2 of 4)

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Sound Excerpt: SPRING Cloud F-C

A sonic excerpt from one of the 40+ "channels" that comprise composer JG Everest's Spring Sound Garden spatial symphony. Photo: Oil Painter Neil Sherman and Composer JG Everest perform at the SPRING Sound Garden at Harbor Park May 27, 2018. Photo by Erin Duffy.

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POEM: "Vacation in Grand Marais" pt 1 by Tim Blighton

Minneapolis-based Poet and Muralist Tim Blighton reads his site-specific poem "Vacation in Grand Marais" for the Spring Sound Garden in Harbor Park.

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POEM: "The Lake" by Jeffrey Skemp

Poet & Photographer Jeffrey Skemp reads his site-specific poem, "The Lake" as part of the Spring Sound Garden at Harbor Park

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SPRING STORY: "Malley's Accordion" by Staci Lola Drouillard

Historian and Writer Staci Lola Drouillard reads her site-specific story, "Malley's Accordion" as part of the Spring Sound Garden at Harbor Park.

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SPRING STORY: Gerry Grant - Grand Marais Garden Club & Harbor Park

Garden Club member Gerry Grant talks about Harbor Park and her story of becoming a community member in Grand Marais.

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SPRING STORY: Frankie Jarchow - Grand Marais Garden Club & Harbor Park

Frankie Jarchow, Former president of the Grand Marais Garden Club, and longtime volunteer, talks about Harbor Park

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SPRING STORY: Gene Erickson - The Gas Station

Gene Erickson, the last private owner of the gas station and site at Harbor Park shares the story of how he grew up and acquired and later sold the land that is now Harbor Park.

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SPRING HISTORY: Gene Erickson - archival photos description

Gene Erickson describes the achival photos of the Standard Oil Gas Station that sat on the site that is now Harbor Park, and which he operated from 1966-2000.

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HISTORY: Gene Erickson - Boulders and Rocks in Harbor Park

The Last private owner of the Harbor Park site, Gene Erickson, talks about the origins of the boulders and rocks in Harbor Park.

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ORAL HISTORY: Gene Erickson - The Red Pine

Gene Erickson talks about planting the Red Pine in Harbor Park back in 1972

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SPRING XYL Stereo (excerpt)

Sonic excerpt from the SPRING SOUND GARDEN spatial symphony, one of 40+ different "channels" from the sound installation piece.

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SPRING: Trem Gtr (excerpt)

Sonic excerpt from the SPRING SOUND GARDEN spatial symphony, one of 40+ different "channels" from the sound installation piece. It will get louder or quieter depending on where you move in the park space.

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