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Mantra Trailer

From: Delaney Hall
Length: 00:06:15

Artist Sherri Lynn Wood's "Mantra Trailer" is a mobile recording studio, meditation space, and public art experiment. Read the full description.

Mt_small She came to Chicago last year, parked the trailer on Michigan Avenue, and invited passersby to come inside and record a mantra. She calls the trailer “a homeopathic remedy for the mass media slogans of the day.”

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Piece Description

She came to Chicago last year, parked the trailer on Michigan Avenue, and invited passersby to come inside and record a mantra. She calls the trailer “a homeopathic remedy for the mass media slogans of the day.”