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Alte Innenstadt Video Stroll pays homage to artists Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller's wonderful Alter Bahnhof video walk (2012) that fuses one's experience of past and present. We bring a reinterpretation of their playful work to downtown Eugene. Put on headphones or earbuds if you like, and activate the QR code or visit the URL to begin the 10 minute stroll. Starting point is on the sidewalk corner in front of Doc's Pad, standing at the blue X on the sidewalk, facing south (away from the Hult Center). Enjoy!
IMPORTANT: Please always exercise caution and awareness of your surroundings during the walk.

The Distance Between Us

Mei-ling Lee and Jeff Goolsby:

Introduction:
Mei-Ling and Jeff are a joy to work with. They are creating a video and audio engagement to engage the entirety of our block of Willamette Street. I asked them to participate after seeing their work elsewhere in town, and being deeply inspired by their social engagement, the openness of the work, the delightful aesthetic married to work that also allowed but didn't demand I engage philosophically. That kind of generosity in art is something I always aim to learn from.

Bio:
Taiwanese-born composer Dr. Mei-Ling Lee's work integrates contemporary western music with traditional Chinese culture. She regularly draws inspiration from Western and Chinese poetry. In her free time, Mei-Ling loves to spend time time with her family, watching movies, cooking, traveling, and reading. Dr. Lee is currently Adjunct Faculty in the Music Technology program at Lane Community College, Eugene, Oregon.
Jefferson Goolsby's work integrates video, interactive systems, sound design, installation, performance and image making. His work often explores themes of displacement and the impacts of emerging technologies on individuals and societies. Jeff also enjoys traveling and writing, as well as coffee. Jeff is an Intermedia artist and faculty in the Media Arts program at Lane Community College.

Earthbound Moon:

Introduction:
We are Earthbound moon, a small, Eugene-based Nonprofit arts collaborative creating art in public places around America, with our eyes on the world. And up to the universe beyond.

Bio:
Earthbound Moon, NFP (EbM) is an arts collaborative focused on terraforming Earth through the installation of contemporary artworks in disparate communities and on small parcels of surface area around the world. Each of our endeavors is united under the concept of a non-contiguous sculpture garden: a singular work of intergenerational and eventually interplanetary art whose global reach is made possible by a web of many smaller, community-oriented, site-specific projects. From micro to macro, our garden is a network of gathering places-sites of curiosity, engagement, and wonder operating on local, global, and ultimately intergalactic scales.