“Lost and Found: Sounds of the Maine Coast” with Dianne Ballon (Zoom Only)

The Camden Public Library is pleased to welcome sound artist Dianne Ballon for her presentation “Lost and Found: Sounds of the Maine Coast” on Thursday, April 3 at 6:30 PM.

This program will take place on Zoom only. Click here to register and receive the link to attend: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_yDbO0MRYT7SeSPseais4-Q

This virtual presentation is drawn from Dianne Ballon’s exhibit in collaboration with Maine Maritime Museum, which explores the significant role of sound in maritime environments. Viewers/Listeners of this program will experience and be encouraged to think about soundscapes along Maine’s coast from artistic, scientific, technological, historical, and personal perspectives. The audio you will experience are from Dianne’s field work and recordings of objects in Maine Maritime Museum’s collection.

Ballon’s exhibit and presentation “investigate the idea of ‘lost’ and ‘found’ maritime sounds and invite visitors to reflect on how sound affects our individual and collective memory” (Maine Maritime Museum).

To experience the high fidelity of sound that will be presented, headphones or good quality speakers are highly recommended, though anyone will be able to enjoy the variety of this presentation through their computer so long as it has sound capabilities.

Images courtesy of Dianne Ballon and Maine Maritime Museum.

The Camden Public Library carries on its Maritime Month tradition this April by once again featuring a month-long exhibit from the Penobscot Marine Museum and hosting a series of themed programs. Join us in celebrating our maritime heritage!

Dianne Ballon is a sound artist from Portland, Maine. Her sound works have aired on National Public Radio’s All Things Considered. She was awarded a Maine Artist Fellowship from the Maine Arts Commission. Her coastal sound work was featured in Yankee magazine and in exhibits around the state.

During her Artist-in-Residency at Shenandoah National Park, she created a sound portrait for the park. At the Goethe Institute, she presented her sound installation Musical Instrument Dreams. She produced audio for the award winning national exhibition The Marines and Tet: The Battle That Changed the Vietnam War. For an international radio art competition, she was awarded for her field recording of boats creaking at a dock in Iceland. She produces audio for Tactile Images, a company that creates fine art for museums that is accessible to the blind through touch and sound.

For over ten years, she was a member of the teaching and production staff at the National Audio Theatre Festivals. At the University of Maine at Augusta, she taught audio production and radio theatre. She taught many classes to artists, producers and podcasters. This includes: the Public Radio Exchange Podcast Garage, Harvard Sound Education conference, and at several Audubon societies for her field recordings on birds. Currently, she teaches audio production through the SALT Institute for Documentary Studies at Maine College of Art & Design.

For more about her work, visit: www.dianneballonsound.com and The Listener: Maine Sound Artist Dianne Ballon