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SOUNDSCORES FOR LIVING SCENERY


July-December 2023



A site-specific sound project by Sara Smith


Soundscores for Living Scenery is a series of recorded soundworks created by artist Sara Smith for specific outdoor locations. In the most recent version, Soundscores for sites in Northampton were released from July-December 2023.
The full series is now available for self-guided tour of the Northampton-area sites. Full series on Soundcloud HERE
An accompanying zine will be available for purchase through the A.P.E. Gallery available later in 2024.

The Soundscores incorporate original music, field recordings, and other sounds, and are designed for immersive listening to support and augment listeners’ experiences of specific environments, as soundtracks and soundscores enhance the atmosphere of a film or theatrical performance. Smith, an artist rooted in choreography and performance, is interested in how embodied knowledge and memory are informed by dynamic and intentional auditory, visual, tactile, and other sensory-motor experience

SARA SMITH is a transdisciplinary choreographer and librarian. They create speculative-documentary performances and other works that explore interconnection and the poetics and politics of embodied and archival research. Sara’s projects have been supported by funding from the LEF Foundation, Maine Arts Commission, and New England Foundation for the Arts, a Massachusetts Cultural Council Fellowship in choreography (2016), and residencies at MacDowell, Yaddo, Hewnoaks, and the American Antiquarian Society. Sara works as the Arts & Humanities Librarian at Amherst College. 



A.P.E.'s programming is made possible in part by sustained support from the Massachusetts Cultural Council and The Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts.