City of Dreams

The mission of the Vassar Farm and Ecological Preserve is to protect and preserve the ecological diversity of the land to ensure that its educational value will be maintained in perpetuity. The Vassar Ecological Preserve promotes increased understanding and appreciation of the natural systems on the preserve through field-based education and research. Join us on this auditory and visual tour of the preserve to appreciate the pocket of nature the farm provides.

I went on a sound walk with two friends at the Hudson Valley Mall. I had no idea where we were going, and I was blindfolded from the moment that I got in the car to go to the mall, to the moment that we left the mall. The recordings from this sound walk are mapped to the locations of where I actually was.

I went on a sound walk with two friends at the Hudson Valley Mall. I had no idea where we were going, and I was blindfolded from the moment that I got in the car to go to the mall, to the moment that we left the mall. The recordings from this sound walk are mapped to the locations of where I thought I was.

Home is an ever-accumulating manifestation of the self and the family. We furnish our homes with comforting and exciting objects, remnants and representations of the external world. While the home may arguably be the most intimate, idiosyncratic space, its contents often come from a corporate selection. Stores like Home Depot, Pier 1 Imports, and Bed Bath and Beyond offer a variety of home goods that are easy to find and somewhat reasonably priced. Family members, especially couples, are likely to make furnishing and decorating choices together. Home goods stores seriously impact the experience of home and the general understanding of what home should be and contain. For my sound walk I am interested in exploring the aural dimension of this ostensibly visual cultural practice. I visited a variety of these home goods stores and captured audio snippets of what I predict to be the most common sounds: deliberating conversations, interactions with objects, and aimless wandering. This sound walk provides further information about the corporate facilitation of home production.

"walk" from Tivoli to Bard and listen to some of the conversations Bard Students are having.