2010-11-23
Fleeing Myawaddy
HV’s Jack Chance did the sound for the Timothy Syrota video, documenting the 20K Burmese refugees who’ve recently fled to the Thai border:
Fleeing Myawaddy
Tag: refugees/Archives
2008-12-05
Chorus Of Refuge
“Chorus Of Refuge” is new sound installation by (HV producers) Ann Heppermann, Kara Oehler, and composer Jason Cady. It’s free at Union Docs in Brooklyn (322 Union Ave), December 13th 7-9p.m; part of their Documentary Bodega series.
“Chorus of Refuge is a sound installation that transmits the stories of six refugees,living in different cities across the U.S. to six radios. The voices of the refugees are superimposed and coordinated in both rhythm and tonality to unite their narratives of struggle, survival and triumph.”
2008-11-20
Burma Blues for Karen
The stories of Burmese refugees, the Karen people, recorded in the camps on the Thailand-Burma border, and in their new American homes. Thru it all their music preserves their culture.
Aired on NPR Day to Day; with help from KGLT, by producer Jack Chance, “Burma Blues for Karen” (5:30 mp3):
More Chance music and pix at Guerilla Ethnomusicology.