CALL FOR SONIC LAND ARTS
CALL FOR CONCEPTS!!!! Unlimited…
BOOM BOOM BEES / BOOM BOOM BARNS is a pair of all-ages, leave no trace sonic land arts events to be held on May 23, 2026 outside of Athens, GA, and in Western North Carolina in November, which will host many live performances and temporary multimedia installations across many acres.
BOTH BOOM BOOMs draw inspiration from seasonal shifts, agri-CULTURAL practices, turf mazes, the climate of sight, time streams, resonant frequencies, vibrational tendencies, bird’s eye views, and our everchanging landscape.
The weather is always our collaborator.
Together, we will activate, curate and participate in a temporal study of these landscapes, inviting multigenerational participation from all artists, musicians, and children of all ages and all mediums and all experience EVERYWHERE- clubs, groups ,gardeners, soil scientists, historians, farmers, entomologists, dancers, students, mentors, and YOU!
BOOM BOOM BEES -
An ambient farm stroll drawing inspiration from utopian experiments attempted and imagined, bee communication + architecture, community radio, and cooperative and adaptive behaviors observed across life forms. Together, we will explore the ways we relate to our built environment, each other, and ourselves through the lens of contemplative socioentomology. The day will include musical performances, many multimedia installations, Observations From Very Near & Far Distances, a “fishtail-gate”, and a May Fly Puppet Fashion Show with Lessons from Pollinators, culminating in a Sunset Surprise lantern parade through the forest and back again.
Start dreaming up your vision for our next curated ambient farm stroll (ripe with installation spaces in fields and woods a plenty) …taking place on May 23, 2026 outside Athens GA.
We invite artists, musicians, academics, classrooms, and collectives to propose projects that explore explore the ways we relate to our built environment, each other, and ourselves through the lens of contemplative socioentomology. Projects can be durational or scheduled but must be durable as event will be held outdoors, rain or shine.
Calls for "EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST" will open mid-January - subscribe to our newsletter to stay in the loop, and feel free to reach out with questions and we will do our best to get back to you as soon as we can!
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Wanna participate in a different way?
Join one of many seasonal and somewhat related EXPERIMENTAL ART CLUBS that will showcase our community efforts together.
WINTER: bait hives and ceramic trinkets to furnish a honeybee happening- THink about ways to BEE together - amBEEance and what makes your living space a “good Vibe” - Lighting? Couches? South-facing? Knooks and Crannies? honey comb?
Make it for the bees.
SPRING: FLASH SPLASHION- strut your fly tying skills, large scale knots, and shiny stuff on a human “scale” river runway MAYFLY FASHION SHOW- Will you dress like a Mayfly, a beaded Yallerhammer, Sheep Fly, or a Tellico Nymph?
In conjunction later this fall:
BOOM BOOM BARNS -
In collaboration with Warren Wilson College Art & Craft Department, this ambient farm stroll will activate 5 acres of beautiful barnscape as stages, projection surfaces and multimedia installation spaces, inviting deep discourse on climate consciousness and intra-disciplinary cross-pollination as we rotationally graze the atmospheric fields.
Inspired by: tractor square dances, the dawn chorus, corn, tree dialects, spider webs, circular drift, geologic time, straw bales, boom boxes, chill hours, legumes, sweet potatoes, horses, mycelial music, vernacular architecture, plant growth, animal health, and bat ecosystems.