THE WONDER SOUND IS A WORLD WITHIN A WORLD...

LITERALLY SPEAKING, IT'S A 30-ISH ROOM IMMERSIVE INSTALLATION COMPLETE WITH AN EXPERIMENTAL SOUNDSCAPE, A FEATURE FILM, AND AN UPCOMING BOOK (FIELD GUIDE)...

POETICALLY SPEAKING, IT'S THE SINGLE SOUND THAT CREATED EVERYTHING IN THE UNIVERSE, IT'S A FICTIONAL PLACE & CULTURE, A WRITTEN & SPOKEN LANGUAGE (CREATED SPECIFICALLY FOR THE PROJECT), AND A PROCESS OF EXPLORATION. 

 

INITIALLY DREAMED UP AS A COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE NEW CHILDREN'S MUSEUM (NCM), ARTIST WES SAM-BRUCE, AND SIX COMMUNITY CENTERS FROM AROUND SAN DIEGO, THE TWO YEAR ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCY PROJECT CONSISTED OF 12 INNOVATIVE ART MAKING WORKSHOPS AROUND THE CITY, TWO HUGE CELEBRATION DAYS CALLED MASS CREATIVITY DAY(S) AT NCM, AND A CULMINATING LARGE SCALE INSTALLATION (OPENED JUNE 2017) THAT IS PART TREE HOUSE, PART VILLAGE, PART UNDISCOVERED WORLD. COMPLETE WITH A 20 FOOT TALL ROOM FULL OF SPIDER WEBS YOU CAN CLIMB, A HIDDEN CAVERN SYSTEM, A FICTIONAL MYTHOLOGY, AND A LANGUAGE YOU CAN LEARN TO READ WRITE AND SPEAK, THE PROJECT LEARNED FROM THE LIVED STORIES, VIRTUES, AND SHARED CREATIVITY OF OUR COMMUNITY CENTER PARTNERS AND CITY. BY THE TIME THE WORKSHOPS, MASS CREATIVITY DAYS, AND THE INSTALLATION WERE OPEN, THE PROJECT HAD COLLECTED THOUSANDS OF COLLABORATORS. EXPANSIVE, SOULFUL, AND WILDLY CREATIVE, THE WONDER SOUND IS A LIVING / UNFOLDING WORLD THAT EMPOWERS PLAY IN ADULTS AND CHILDREN, AND ENCOURAGES THE GROWTH OF CHARACTER, CONNECTEDNESS, AND CULTURAL EMPATHY.

SINCE THOSE ORIGINS, THE WONDER SOUND HAS ALSO BLOOMED INTO A FEATURE FILM, AND AN UPCOMING BOOK.  BOTH THE THE FILM AND BOOK ARE SET TO BE RELEASED SOON.

WATCH THE TRAILER FOR, THE WONDER SOUND : A WORLD UNFOLDING

A FEATURE DOCUMENTARY FILM BY BRYAN BANGERTER

 

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