landscape | workshop | sound | CD/DVD

Soundwalk at Lake Vistonida

By: Marinos Koutsomichalis

Materials:
Environmental audio recordings, microphones, hydrophones, audio recorders

Duration
00h:30m:04s (studio version); variable ~20-40m (live version)

Commissioned by:
Delta Nestos Lakes Vistonida-Ismarida Management Body, Porto Lagos GR

Produced by:
ΦΕΞ and ΠΑΚΕΘΡΑ, Xanthi GR

Produced at:
Solaris mobile studio, Porto Lagos and Xanthi GR

Produced in:
2013

Documented by:
Nicolas Malevitsis, Mihalis Elafros, Marinos Koutsomichalis

Artwork (album) by:
Gönül Olbasi, Amaryllis, Orion, Giorgos Krallis

On the occasion of the World Wetlands Day 2013, Marinos Koutsomichalis conducted a field-recordings workshop for high-school students in Lake Vistonida in the Northern part of Greece. The artist stayed in the area to further probe and record local environmental sounds. The project concluded with a performative composition based solely on material recorded at Lake Vistonida; a studio version has been published in CD by Chrysallida (Xanthi GR) in a limited edition of unique handmade cds.

The album is also available for stream/download via Internet Archive and Bandcamp.

Events

Publication, Field Recording and Soundwalking Practices in Secondary Education: A case study in Lake Vistonida Wetland, [in Greek] 3d HSAE Conference for Acoustic Ecology (Athens, GR). Athens/Corfu, GR: Hellenic Association of Acoustic Ecology. (2014)
Performance, Folk Museum. Xanthi, GR. (2013)
Workshop, Curated by F.E.X., P.A.KE.THRA. & the Delta Nestos Vistonida Ismarida Management Body. Porto Lagos, GR. (2013)
Discography, [CDr] Chrysallida. Xanthi, GR. (2013)