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Forest to Desert

From: Sarah Boothroyd
Length: 00:02:35

An audio doodle about this phrase: "Humankind is preceded by forest, and followed by desert." Read the full description.
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Piece Description

This short sound artwork was inspired by the Third Coast Festival's 2008 audio challenge.

Broadcast History

• Artwork selected for exhibition at the 2008 Yeosu Art Festival in South Korea, wherein audio works were played from a car equipped with a special speaker system, as the vehicle is positioned in various locations around the city
• Artwork selected as one of four ShortDocs at the 2008 Third Coast International Audio Festival in Chicago, Illinois
• Artwork featured at a Listening Room event hosted by Third Coast Festival at The Hideout in Chicago in September 2008
• Artwork featured at the EcoFocus Film Festival in Athens, Georgia in October 2008
• Artwork selected for the November 2008 Concordia University Electroacoustic Studies concert at Oscar Peterson Hall in Montreal
• Artwork selected by the Foundation for Art and Creative Technology in Liverpool for “Art is Good For You” exhibition, in which media art is disseminated via bluetooth hubs to mobile phones in Dublin, Ireland, from Nov.10 to 17, as part of the 2008 International Symposium for Electronic Art
• Artwork selected for the “Third Coast Filmless Festival” in Charlottesville, Virginia, in February 2009
• Artwork selected for screening during the True/False Film Festival in Columbia, Missouri, in March 2009
• Artwork selected for screening at The Third Coast Filmless Festival at The Chicago Center for the Performing Arts in March 2009
• Artwork selected for the International Features Conference in Dublin, Ireland in May 2009
• Artwork selected for the Deep Wireless 6 sound art compilation CD
• Artwork selected for a “Radio Art Salon” at the Loop Studio Centre for Lively Arts in Toronto in May, 2009
• Artwork featured on “Re:Sound” program on Chicago Public Radio in July 2009
• Artwork selected for exhibition at the Beijing 789 Biennial in August - September 2009
• Artwork featured during “Spill >> Forward” exhibition at Medianoche Gallery in New York in July 2010
• Artwork broadcast during the Future Places Digital Media Festival in Portugal in October 2010
• Artwork licensed by Remix Radio, an experimental/ promotional internet radio stream hosted by PRX to showcase pieces from PRX.org and develop new approaches to public radio formats and sounds, in September 2010
• Artwork featured in Replica exhibition at The New Gallery in Jerusalem, in October 2010
• Artwork featured in Narrative/Identity exhibition at the AC Institute in New York City in February 2011

Related Website

http://www.sarahboothroyd.com