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Artist-in-Residence, Doolan-Larson House – multi-room audio documentary/soundscape; video 'Movement in Place'

Archive folder: Doolan-Larson House artist residency (Movement in Place)

Ben Juodvalkis (resident artist); San Francisco Heritage

During a 2021 residency with San Francisco Heritage at the Doolan-Larson House in Haight-Ashbury, Ben turned the attic into a studio and created a multi-room audio documentary for public tours. It combines original music, written in response to each room's acoustics, with interviews from counterculture figures. Works from the residency include 'The Duke of the Haight', a ballad honoring longtime resident Norm Larson.

Premiere
2021-01
Venue
Doolan-Larson Residence & Storefronts, 557 Ashbury St / 1500 Haight St (Haight-Ashbury)
Where
San Francisco, CA
Performances
Preview gathering for the soundscape at the Doolan-Larson Residence, spring 2021. SF Heritage Holiday Open House at the 'House on Haight', Dec 3, 2021. Ben spoke at the SF Heritage AIR program retreat on April 1, 2022 (virtual).
Credits
Composer/producer: Ben Juodvalkis; SF Heritage: Nancy Gille (board member emeritus / 'chief door opener'), Kerri Young (Communications & Programs Manager), Woody LaBounty, Karalyn Monteil (later President & CEO), Moira Dowell. Local musicians and interviewees contributed words and music (incl. 'banjo' Steve). Jam and recording sessions with Asher, Bobby, Ryan, and others (per folder names).

Press

“composer Ben Juodvalkis will create and install a multi-room audio documentary to support future public tours and events at the Residence.”

“Composer and musician Ben Juodvalkis created an "audio documentary" of the House, with original music and spoken historical content for each room.”

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