Announcing The Cryptophonic Tour at Historic Oakland Cemetery

Greetings, ROAM-ers!



Today we are thrilled to announce the launch of The Cryptophonic Tour, a groundbreaking collaboration between Historic Oakland Cemetery and ROAMtransmissions.

The Cryptophonic Tour is a sonic exploration of Historic Oakland Cemetery’s unique aural histories. It is also the inaugural event in Oakland’s brand new Arts at Oakland program.

A specially selected group of Atlanta-based sound, multimedia, and performance artists will produce work that engages directly with Oakland’s rich but little known sonic past.

On Saturday, May 2, 2015, over a dozen artists will install works of sound and multimedia art at 12 designated sites throughout the cemetery.

Spectators will interact with these works via self-guided tours, and these cryptophonic installations will be active continuously throughout the runtime of the event.

Additionally, The Cryptophonic Tour’s program will feature performance art and music inspired by Oakland’s aural past as well as conversations with scholars, writers, and researchers who specialize in the relationships between death, music, and memorialization in American history.

Participating sound, multimedia, and performance artists include: Paige Adair, Madeline Adams, Shorty Bedford, Tera Buerkle, Chris Childs, Chris Devoe, Chelsea Dunn, Dust-to-Digital Sound System, Jane Garver, Meta Gary, Jesse Karlsberg, Meredith Kooi, Michika McClinton, Ryan Peoples, Grace Thornton, Chris White, and Old King Cole Younger.

The event will also feature presentations and discussions in the form of Graveside Chats with Emory University professor Gary Laderman, researcher and Oakland Cemetery tour guide Pat Powers, and the author of American Afterlife Kate Sweeney.

The Cryptophonic Tour will function as a one-day arts and culture festival, replete with food and drink vendors, that celebrates hitherto invisible/inaudible facets of Oakland’s history by focusing spectators’ attentions to the activities of listening and the sense of hearing.

ROAMtransmissions was awarded a 2014 Idea Capital Atlanta grant in support of this project. To learn more check out this profile that was published at BURNAWAY earlier this year.

Event details:

What: Arts at Oakland presents ROAMtransmissions’ The Cryptophonic Tour

Where: Historic Oakland Cemetery

When: Saturday, May 2, 2015 from 2-7 p.m.

Tickets: Available at Ticket Alternative

For more information:

ROAMtransmissions

Historic Oakland Foundation

Idea Capital