WORK → WALKING ART

Participants listening with hand-carved wooden burl listening horns

Participants listening with hand-carved wooden burl listening horns

Langlais Art Preserve map of sculpture and woodland trails

Langlais Art Preserve map of sculpture and woodland trails

Langlais Art Preserve map of woodland trails with Amplifying the Senses Walk path highlighted

Langlais Art Preserve map of woodland trails with Amplifying the Senses Walk path highlighted

Participant listening to wind in the trees

Participant listening to wind in the trees

Participants listening to ambient forest sounds

Participants listening to ambient forest sounds

Participant observing bark with lens

Participant observing bark with lens

Participant observing lichen on trees with lens

Participant observing lichen on trees with lens

Detail of lichen seen through lens

Detail of lichen seen through lens

Participants observing lichen on tree through the lens

Participants observing lichen on tree through the lens

Detail of lichen on bark

Detail of lichen on bark

Lichen seen through lens

Lichen seen through lens

Participant searching for pupae in tree bark

Participant searching for pupae in tree bark

Detail of pupae in tree bark

Detail of pupae in tree bark

Pupae as seen through lens

Pupae as seen through lens

Participants using hand-carved wooden burl horns as sighting/editing devices

Participants using hand-carved wooden burl horns as sighting/editing devices

Participant observing wood grain at close range with a lens

Participant observing wood grain at close range with a lens

Participant observing moss at close range with a lens

Participant observing moss at close range with a lens

Participant observing light phenomena with the lens

Participant observing light phenomena with the lens

Participants listening to insects in boggy area with carved wooden burl listening horns

Participants listening to insects in boggy area with carved wooden burl listening horns

Participant listening to forest sounds

Participant listening to forest sounds

Participant listening to forest sounds

Participant listening to forest sounds

Participant observing lichen on trees with lens

Participant observing lichen on trees with lens

Detail of lichen seen through lens

Detail of lichen seen through lens

Boardwalk through boggy area

Boardwalk through boggy area

Example of varied lichen growth on one tree due to atmospheric moisture in bog

Example of varied lichen growth on one tree due to atmospheric moisture in bog

Detail of lichen growth due to atmospheric moisture in bog

Detail of lichen growth due to atmospheric moisture in bog

Lichen seen through the lens

Lichen seen through the lens

Amplifying the Senses

SEPTEMBER 2025

Walking with focus on sound, listening and scrutiny of the environment slows pace and invites increased sensory perception. Small groups will walk with the artist. Each participant will carry and learn to use a hand-carved wooden listening/sighting horn and a viewing lens. Listening and looking as part of a geographical experience creates a process of assembling sound and sight into a “sensory map”. The walk contributes to a deeper understanding of our local landscape.