Doing Public Cultural Work: 3 Interrelated Workshops
(1) “odpowiedz…please respond”: An international collaborative public cultural project involving an anthropologist, a graphic designer, and a sound artist
Thursday, March 4 2010, 5:30 – 7:00 pm, Room LB-1014
(2) Graphic Design for Public Cultural Work: A participatory workshop with Hannah Smotrich, University of Michigan School of Art & Design
Friday, March 5 2010, 10 – 11:30am, Room LB-1042 (Videoconference room)
(3) Using Audio for Public Cultural Work: A participatory workshop with Stephanie Rowden, University of Michigan School of Art & Design
Friday, March 5 2010, 12 – 1:30pm, Room LB-1042 (Videoconference room)
(1) “odpowiedz…please respond”: An international collaborative public cultural project involving an anthropologist, a graphic designer, and a sound artist
Erica Lehrer, Hannah Smotrich, and Stephanie Rowden worked together to create a temporary space of dialogue around the conflict-ridden theme of Jewish heritage in Poland at a cultural festival in the Polish city of Krakow. The three collaborators will give an informal audio-visual presentation about the history, challenges, and goals of their project (conceptual, technical, collaborative).
(2) Graphic Design for Public Cultural Work: A participatory workshop with Hannah Smotrich, University of Michigan School of Art & Design
After an introduction to her background as a designer and a short visual presentation of some of professor Smotrich’s graphic design work on the DC Neighborhood Heritage Trails project and the exhibit “Weaving a World: Lewiston’s Millworkers, 1920-2008”, she will talk about visualizing voice and engaging a community in the representation of their collective story, and conclude with some technical issues regarding how to sequence language, emphasize key aspects, employ coexisting texts, etc.
Neighborhood Heritage Trails
Weaving a World: Lewiston’s Millworkers, 1920-2008
Hannah Smotrich Bio:
Graphic designer Hannah Smotrich’s work centers on issues of community, cultural history, identity and voice. Her work explore the stories of our individual lives and the collective narratives of our communities. Smotrich collaborates with a variety of non-profit groups and institutions on a range of design projects including publications, identity systems, exhibitions and environmental signage. She is the principal of side view graphic design and consulting, which she established in 1993, and an Associate Professor at the School of Art & Design at the University of Michigan.
(3) Using Audio for Public Cultural Work: A participatory workshop with Stephanie Rowden, University of Michigan School of Art & Design
After a short introduction to her background as an artist and audio-visual presentation of some of professor Rowden’s audio installations, she will discuss her approaches to interviewing and story gathering, and demonstrate some key pieces of technical equipment and software resources for doing audio interviews/sound gathering on a budget. A small-group, hands-on exercise and discussion will conclude the workshop.
Stephanie Rowden Bio:
Stephanie Rowden is a sound artist whose work encompasses installation and radio documentary. Her installations and sculptures been presented in a variety of settings including a portrait gallery in the Brooklyn Museum, the vaults under the Brooklyn Bridge, a public library outside of Chicago and a variety of galleries throughout the U.S. Recent projects include sound design for a collaborative performance project with the writer Anne Carson and a series of audio shorts for Michigan Radio featuring sounds from around the state. She is an Assistant Professor at the School of Art & Design at the University of Michigan.
