Taylor Deupree + Christopher Willits - Listening Garden

Tracklist

1	Untitled	5:17
2	Untitled	6:07
3	Untitled	10:16
4	Untitled	7:41
5	Untitled	4:09

Credits

• Creative Director [Artistic Director] – Kazunao Abe
• Photography By [Installation View Photo] – Taylor Deupree
• Technician [Installation, Recoding, Live Performance] – Etsuko Nishimura, Takayuki (super-Taka) Ito*

Notes

"Listening Garden" was developed as a sonic alteration of two quiet indoor/outdoor tea spaces installed at the Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media in Yamaguchi, Japan in June of 2004. The audio installation was designed to heighten visitor's spher Willits composed a enses and alter the sonic space as they sat, read, or had quiet conversation amongst the trees. Taylor Deupree and Christonumber of short, randomly sequenced multi-channel soundworks using guitar and electronics. The fragments of sounds, while both gentle and subtly rich, are intentionally weathered, eroded and understated, generating a sonic bridge between the digital world of sound and the audiosphere of nature.

The audio on this CD is built from location recordings taken in the garden over the course of a week during the exhibit. The environmental and incidental sounds played a large part of the physical work and are captured and utilized in the recording. "Listening Garden" is meant to enhance the experience of simply sitting and enjoying one's place in time.

This CD is best heard in a similar situation and at a low background level.
Headphones are not recommended.

Thank you to: Shiro Yamamoto, Richi Owaki (image projection), Misuo Uno, Takuro Iwata (construction), Sachiko Tajima (lighting desing), Katsuhisa Nomura (exhibition graphics)

Coproduction: Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media (YCAM)
Support: YCAM InterLab

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
LINE_032	Taylor Deupree + Christopher Willits	Taylor Deupree + Christopher Willits - Listening Garden ‎(CD, Album, Ltd)	LINE	LINE_032	US	2007