Thursday 6/25: VT Musicians Invited to 'Listen in Place' by Vermont Folklife Center & Big Heavy World
Understanding the truth of any event will always require more than one voice. There’s danger in the single story—when a singular perspective is used to represent a complex event. The Vermont Folklife Center believes this, and has created Listening in Place, with the goal of documenting times of critical change. The Covid-19 crisis presents new societal event in need of understanding.
VFC has partnered with Big Heavy World to engage artists through a Virtual Story Circle on Thursday, June 25 from 7 to 9 pm. Previous Listen in Place conversations were hosted on June 13 and 19. Artists can join together for a “deep hang” and share their impressions of life during the past months. The audio will be recorded for VFC’s Archive and for broadcast on Big Heavy World’s station at 105.9 FM.
“Vermont’s musicians have a special aptitude for sharing human experience with nuance and transparency,” said James Lockridge, Executive Director of Big Heavy World. “Vermonters will benefit from these unique Listening in Place conversations, and artists will build new personal connections that bring fresh vitality to their sense of community during this challenging and indefinite time in history,” he added.
This event will add to the VFC’s large repository of documentation, functioning as a journal of human events in Vermont. Topics for conversation will range from how the pandemic changes worldviews to how life should operate post-shutdown. The conversation hopes to also demonstrate or enlighten creatives as to their role within humanity during times of crisis.
For more information or to participate in a Virtual Story Circle as a Vermont musician, visit the Eventbrite registration link or reach out by email at tdenton@vermontfolklifecenter.org. If you register, please be committed to attendance as slots are limited. If capacity is reached, you will be invited to future events.
Text by Luke Vidic.
Photo of Thea Wren on ‘Rocket Shop’ by James Lockridge.