tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45512882363585708422024-02-08T08:05:12.896-08:00Paula Jeanine Bennett: The Whisper GardenPaula Jeaninehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17129542494779972520noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4551288236358570842.post-83333912992790122052013-08-12T14:27:00.000-07:002013-08-12T14:40:35.322-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
A SITE-SPECIFIC INTERACTIVE ART INSTALLATION<br />
FOR SOUND, SPOKEN WORD AND MOVEMENT<br />
IN HONOR OF THE PERRY-MANSFIELD ARTS CAMP CENTENNIAL<br />
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<i>"You feel the creative energy the minute you go through the gate." </i> - Garden Participant <br />
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DATE: SUNDAY, JULY 21, 2013<br />
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LOCATION: CABEEN GARDEN<br />
PERRY-MANSFIELD ARTS CAMP<br />
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, COLORADO<br />
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ARTIST: PAULA JEANINE BENNETT<br />
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The lineage of a place of creativity is a cherished thing, and is especially precious in a centennial year. The Whisper Garden celebrated the founders of the Perry-Mansfield Arts Camp in a way that allowed both visitors and staff to make personal creative contributions through movement, speech and music. A meditative and ethereal environment, the Whisper Garden enabled participants to move at their own pace along a marked path. Using the location of the garden outside of Cabeen, the first cabin on the camp, participants were able to address the memory of Portia Mansfield and Charlotte ("Kingo") Perry. Signs assisted these reverences as contributors moved through the Whisper Garden.<br />
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These were the seven actions that defined the installation:<br />
1. SAY THEIR NAMES ("Portia, Kingo") <br />
which occurred as participants entered the garden under the antler arch<br />
2. DANCE THREE CIRCLES <br />
which occurred around a tree ringed with stones on the path<br />
3. WALK AHEAD DELIBERATELY <br />
which occurred on the marked path<br />
4. STAND IN STILLNESS <br />
which occurred at a small bridge on the path<br />
5. TELL THEM WHO YOU ARE <br />
which occurred as the path continued<br />
6. OFFER A SOUND <br />
which occurred at a sound station in the garden overlooking the mountains<br />
7. WHISPER TO THEM <br />
which occurred at an outdoor stone hearth <br />
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Underscoring the experience was a multi-layered sound collage created by Paula Jeanine Bennett that played continuously in The Whisper Garden. This music was derived from Paula Jeanine's musical score "Whisper to Me", composed for choreographer Antonio Brown's dance "Breezes Of Remembrance", also created for the Perry-Mansfield Centennial. <br />
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GUEST BOOK ENTRIES:<br />
<i>"This is the sweet territory of silence."</i><br />
<i>"Stunning for the sight and the spirit."</i><br />
<i>"Spooky, cool and appreciated."</i><br />
<i>"Thank you for giving artists of every kind a place of exploration without boundaries."</i><br />
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SUPPORT STAFF for the WHISPER GARDEN:<br />
Greg Griffin, sound engineering and site preparation<br />
Edward Watson, site preparation<br />
Kathy Hussey, site preparation<br />
Richard Bennett, sound preparation<br />
Mary Elizabeth Willingham, site assistant<br />
Elisabeth BG "Lili" Westphal, site assistant<br />
Lisa Einstein, site assistant <br />
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PHOTOGRAPHS:<br />
Jody Collier Wells<br />
Paula Jeanine Bennett<br />
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CONTACT PAULA at paulajeanine1@gmail.com<br />
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