DEEP LISTENING WORKSHOP: Join DCLL audio artist Layne Garrett for a series of facilitated sonic meditations centered around themes of memory. Meditations will involve "deep listening" a concept pioneered by artist Pauline Oliveros. Through listening as well as sound production (using voices), these 10-15 minute meditations may include investigating the pre-verbal roots of the collective unconscious, using vocal sound production as a means of emoting in response to particular remembered experiences of participants, vocalizing together in response to a specific historical moment, and more.

All Ages Welcome

*No prior meditation or musical experience necessary

*Each Deep Listening workshop will be capped at 45 people. Participation will be on a first come, first served basis.

Layne Garrett is an improvising musician and instrument builder based in Takoma Park, MD. He works with prepared guitars, found objects, and self-built instruments. He plays in the improvising duo Weed Tree with drummer Amanda Huron, as well as in regular and irregular collaborations with a spectrum of players from across the DC and Baltimore sound universe. He is an active promoter of the musical culture, hosting house shows for the past decade and recently as a founding member and curator for Rhizome DC. He leads instrument building and sound exploration workshops and camps for kids at various educational institutions around town. He has traveled to play at events like High Zero in Baltimore, XFest in Massachusetts, Voice of the Valley Noise Rally in West Virginia, H-O-T Series of Improvised Music and Dance in Philadelphia, and Frantasia Festival of Out Music and Arts in Maine. http://www.questionthetruth.com/noise

Deep Listening is a workshop of Sound Scene: Mapping Memory, an interactive audio art installation July 7th and 8th, 2018. Curated and produced by the DC Listening Lounge and the Smithsonian Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden with support from the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities.