Cryptic Sounds Exhibition
In the Spring of 2023, the UO Department of Landscape Architecture was allocated space to operate the “Overlook Outdoor Instructional Area” over the next 5 years. “Overlook” refers to both the Willamette River Natural Area Landscape Management Plan recommendation for a river viewpoint adjacent to the site, as well as the nationally awarded program which lies at the heart of the Fuller Initiative. For the inaugural year of the outdoor instructional area, the Overlook seminar hosted sound artist, Lisa Schonberg, to lead a workshop called “Cryptic Sounds.” Students were trained in “soundscape ecology” and developed compositions from a diverse collection of recordings including: the dawn chorus, kildeer, foliage (wind), ants (contact mic), mill race (hydrophone), rail line (geophone), spring game festivities, and the Eugene Marathon. The seminar culminated with a field broadcast of these compositions, alongside temporary installations, and instrument prototypes from the seminar.
Michael Geffel, Lab Director / Lisa Ann Schonberg , Sound Artist-in-ResidenceField Assistants | Janessa Beltran, Tressa Cummings, Natalia Dorkina, Sarah Goldstein, Nicole Konicke, Evan Kwiecien, McKenna O’Neill, Miriel Orhai, Tellez Santaella, Katie Sinclair, Tayler Uesato, Ian Vierck, Overlook Participants | Blayne Burnside, Asa Dewitt, Lainey Everly, Jack Ferguson, Steven Garcia, Jenny Ginn, Carlos Gonzalez, Eva Kahn, Momo Kelley, Nicole Konicke, Mikayla Ngo, Mckenna O'Neill, Tellez Santaella, Blake SchoutenMeadow Guards by David Buckley Borden and Ian VierckBench Prototype by Corey Olson, Linda Zimmer, and the TallWood Design InstituteThe work of the Fuller Initiative for Productive Landscapes is only possible thanks to the generous support of Mort and Sue Fuller (UO Journalism, Class of 1971).