sleepover soundcamp at A.D. Barnes Park

This one is for the early birds!

For the Artist as Archivist Residency, artist and educator Fereshteh Toosi presents an overnight soundcamp to celebrate celebrate the 10th anniversary of Reveil, the full flower moon, and International Dawn Chorus Day from 5-6 May.

Spots are limited. To RSVP, please make a donation in any amount (recommended: $5-$40). Your donation goes to Artist as Archivist. No one turned away for lack of funds.
_ Venmo: @Fereshteh
_ Paypal/Zelle:  ftoosi-at-gmail
Also email with your contact information and any accessibility needs and food restrictions.

What is it?

Every 24 hours at dawn, birds and other beings create a wave of sound at a time when humans are relatively quiet. Together we’ll listen and broadcast the sounds of Miami to the world.

We’ll have a vegetarian dinner and gather around a campfire before sleeping in dorm-style cabins on Friday night.

We’ll set our alarms to wake up early on Saturday morning in order to greet the birds and broadcast the sounds of our location. Then we’ll have breakfast while listening to live streams from a network of other soundcamps all around the earth.

We will be at the northwest corner of a 65-acre urban park that is one of the few remaining patches of pine rockland forest ecology in Miami-Dade county. It is a popular spot for migrating birds.

This is an all ages event on the ancestral homelands of Tequesta, Miccosukee, and Seminole people.

No drinks, no drugs, no jerks.

Schedule

Friday 5 May


4:00 PM: Meet at A.D. Barnes Park
It is possible to arrive earlier or later, please let us know your needs. Bring a board game to share while we have some appetizers and drinks before dinner.

6:00 PM: vegetarian dinner

7:00 PM: forest bathing walk guided by Fereshteh

8:00 PM: camp fire with s’mores and story circle

10:00 PM: lights out
You will share a large open-plan room with several other people, mixed genders. Our dorm-style cabins have twin-size murphy beds and are fully accessible to people with disabilities. They have hot showers, a kitchen, and picnic shelters.

Saturday 6 May


6:00 AM wake up to
broadcast the Miami dawn chorus
 to the world

7:00 AM: morning stretch / movement

8:00 AM: vegetarian breakfast

9:00 AM: check out

Feel free to hang out and explore the park by the light of day!

Important Information

What’s provided in exchange for your donation?

dinner, cabin rental and fire circle fee, snacks, fire wood, breakfast, coffee & tea, drinking water, microphone and broadcasting equipment

What to bring?
twin-size bed sheets, pillow, plate/bowl and cutlery, water bottle, toiletries, pajamas, change of clothes, toothbrush, toothpaste, sketchbook/notebook, personal snacks

Cancellations and Refunds

This event will take place rain or shine. Donations will not be refunded for any reason.

Learn more about Soundcamp here: http://soundtent.org/

Learn more about International Dawn Chorus Day: https://www.bbcwildlife.org.uk/idcd

The Artist as Archivist residency is funded by the Knight Foundation’s Arts Challenge grant and The Ellies, Miami’s visual arts awards, presented by Oolite Arts.

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Contact: Fereshteh Toosi, 
natureconnectionarts-at-gmail.com