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"it's also like a really great tool for self care, which is also something that I think really speaks to the moment that we're in — really trying to listen to ourselves and listen to our bodies, and being aware of those things." "Listening Objects" is the name of Parker's project, and the installations were made possible by an Artistic Innovations Grant from the Mid America Arts Alliance. As a member of the Artosphere Festival Orchestra during the Walton Arts Center's Artosphere Art + Nature Festival, Austin, Texas-based Parker furthered his ongoing relationship with the Northwest Arkansas arts community by bringing the works to downtown Springdale. Visitors will find "Tubascopes" outdoors at both Turnbow Park and on the grounds of the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History. "ASMR Etudes" and "Noise Intoners" can both be found indoors at INTERFORM in downtown Springdale. The interactive components of the outdoor pieces have been restrained in the interest of public safety measures, but the indoor installations retain their functionality. All of the pieces, though, can be appreciated as sculptural objects, Parker offers, and can serve as an invitation to approach listening differently — with or without the aid of the device. "I'm always trying to be sensitive to what the materials want to do, or things that I discover along the way, so each creative process is an experiment, in a sense," Parker says of developing both his visual and aural artistic pieces. "I always try to be sensitive to things that I learn along the way. … I enjoy the process of experimentation and discovery, so that's a big part of it. I often have like a general idea of what I'm doing, but I also try to be sensitive to pivoting from that. And that's kind of what makes the creative process fun." Listening Continued From Page 5 www.malco.com www.malco.com www.malco.com WWW.MALCO.COM WWW.MALCO.COM Saturday, Sept. 25 th • 6:30 pm Parsons stadium sPringdale Gates Open at 5:00 pm 479-756-0464 Sponsored by Tickets On Sale Now! 24th Annual www.rodeooftheozarks.org Rodeo of the ozaRks is a non-pRofit oRganization 6 WHAT'S UP! SEPTEMBER 19-25, 2021 SPRINGDALE The "Tubascopes" draw inspiration from World War II surveillance tools called acoustic locators, also nicknamed war tubas, artist Steve Parker explains. The war tubas were used to listen to the skies before radar was invented. For his "Listening Objects" project, Parker considered the function of such tools in conflict and how he could merge such a device with the practice of deep listening. (NWA Democrat-Gazette/Spencer Tirey)