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Redwood Creek, near Muir Woods, California
Ernst Karel
Latitude: +37.87322486229678°
Longitude: -122.58362065664326°
In a quiet valley, along Redwood Creek, whose waters have come down from Mt Tamalpais, the microphones are at a point along the creek after it has made its way through Muir Woods, and before it reaches the Pacific Ocean at Big Lagoon.
‘Reality-based Audio Workshop’ is a meeting of artists from Norway and internationally, attempting to re-think the relationship between sound and reality in our time. The artists all use field recording of audio as a core of their artistic activities, and approach a chosen site with various advanced or experimental recording technologies. Thematic focus has so far been centered around various forms of energy and their land use, both historical and future ones. The project was initiated by BEK, Bergen Centre for Electronic Arts in collaboration with Ernst Karel from the Harvard Sensory Ethnography Lab.
Participating artists in 2026: Yngvild Færøy, Jiska Huizing, Ernst Karel.
Link to their stream pages: - Jiska Huizing - Yngvild Færøy - Ernst Karel