Individual and Community Experiences

HEAR BELOW: My Pedway Soundwalk

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A COVID-conscious, self-guided installment of HEAR BELOW that invites participants to rediscover the act of listening and to share their experiences using audio, video, still images and text.

Viral Silence: Community Portraits in Response to COVID-19

A statewide commissioning and virtual touring program that captures community experiences and responses to COVID-19.

Aural Neighborhoods

Aural Neighborhoods: Listening to Neighborhood Chicago

Two self-guided soundwalks in two diverse Chicago neighborhoods for Open House Chicago 2021 that ask participants to consider whether and how economic investment or de-investment affect the sound of a neighborhood? A partnership with Midwest Society for Acoustic Ecology and Chicago Architecture Center. Download the OHC2022 app and visit our website to listen.

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Aural Architecture: Hearing is the Other Half of How We Know

A series of audience engagement projects at different Open House Chicago sites. A partnership with Midwest Society for Acoustic Ecology and Chicago Architecture Center.

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HEAR BELOW: Listening to Chicago Underground

An annual soundwalk in the Chicago Pedway system. A partnership with Midwest Society for Acoustic Ecology and School of the Art Institute.