We discuss rhythm and cities with Soundpainting creator and composer Walter Thompson in this first installment of our Portraits of Rhythmanalysts inspired by Henri Lefebvre’s collection of essays entitled, “Rhythmanalysis: Space, Time and Everyday Life.” Thompson discusses connections between the everyday and his artistic practice.
In EPISODE EIGHT we sit back and listen to the Far and Away travel stories from two long distance expeditions. Christoph Rehageshares lessons learned from the road while walking from Beijing back to his home in Germany. Philipp Schaudy describes the changes in both the human and natural landscapes during a 5 1/2 year cycling journey around the globe with his wife, Valeska.
In EPISODE SEVEN we look at how three communities deal differently with their shadowed pasts and “unwanted heritage.” We visit post-USSR Budapest and their communist era monuments at Memento Park, Adolf Hitler’s birthplace in Braunau, Upper Austria, and the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill and this campus’ commemoration and memorialization of the Ku Klux Klan.
Join us and walk in both Maria von Trapp’s and Julie Andrew’s footsteps as we tour Salzburg as seen in the 1965 film classic The Sound of Music. Veteran tour guide Peter Baron von Werteim of Bob’s Special Tours discusses the deep inner experience of many of the tour guests. Helping us to bring the geography to this iconic film, cultural geographer Joseph Palis makes links between our tour and current research in film tourism.
How much have the broadcasts of the Winter Olympics and other world-class winter events informed how viewers from around the world imagine the Alps? In EPISODE FIVE we take a closer look at the geographies of world-class bobsled and skeleton and speak with geographer Dr. Christopher Gaffney about the politics of Host City selection for the Winter Olympics.
Have you ever wanted to map your own city? What would you include? What stories would your map tell? In EPISODE FOUR we join Eva Krallinger and Matthias Gruber on the streets of Salzburg and in Studio B at Radio Fabrik to discuss their alternative city guide mapping project, “Fraeulein Flora’s Favourite Hangouts” where they bring Salzburg’s Little Stories to life.