Invisible 5 (eco-justice audio tour of Interstate 5)

‘Invisible 5’ is a two-CD self-guided audio tour along the I-5, between Los Angeles and San Francisco that uses the format of a museum audio tour to guide the listener along the highway landscape, mixing elements of critical tourism, sonic experiment, audio documentary, and investigative journalism. Drawing from oral histories, archival sound, found sound, recorded music, and field recordings to I-5 investigates the invisible toxic landscape of the I-5 corridor through the stories of people and communities fighting for environmental justice along California's major North - South corridor. The audio tour is now available for download from the website (http://www.invisible5.org) and in mid-April will be available as a 2-cd set with an accompanying map.

To announce the project’s completion we are having a launch on Thursday, April 6 at with an accompanying exhibition of photographs by Kim Stringfellow.

Thurs, Apr 6, 7 – 9 pm (free and open to the public)

Invisible 5: Presentation & Panel Discussion
Listening & Presentation by lead artist Amy Balkin

Panel Discussion with Kim Stringfellow, documentary photographer; Bradley Angel, Founder of Greenaction; Marie Harrison, Bayview activist; and moderator Jeannene Przyblyski, art historian and cultural geographer

Invisible-5 is a collaboration between Amy Balkin, Tim Halbur, Greenaction for Health & Environmental Justice, Pond: art, activism, and ideas, Kim Stringfellow and is funded by a grant from the Creative Work Fund