[photo credit: Fulcrum Arts]
Ian Wellman’s field recording workshop on August 10 will guide participants through both the acoustic and emotional terrain of post-fire Los Angeles. The three-and-a-half-hour session, “Introduction to Field Recording: Listening to the Air,” starts at Hahamongna Watershed Park before moving to indoor instruction at Fulcrum Arts headquarters.
Wellman brings significant credentials to the effort. The Los Angeles-based sound artist has released work on Room40, Dragon’s Eye Recordings, Luminous Drift, and Ash International.
He co-hosts “Zone Mapping” on dublab radio every third Saturday and works as an IATSE Y-1 Journeyman production sound mixer for film projects including “Inheritance” (2017).
The January 7 Eaton and Palisades fires burned over 14,000 acres, leaving scars both visible and audible across the county’s soundscape. Wellman’s workshop combines outdoor recording exercises at the 1,300-acre park—which extends from Devil’s Gate Dam into the San Gabriel Mountains—with listening exercises, equipment demonstrations, and group discussions.
The timing aligns with Wellman’s exhibition “Between the Noise,” running August 2 to 30 at Fulcrum Arts HQ, showcasing immersive surround-sound installations exploring the Arroyo Seco’s ecological and infrastructural resonance.
Participants need only bring headphones and a recording device; no prior experience is required. The workshop costs $5 to $25 on a sliding scale and runs 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Sunday.
Information: 626-793-8171 or fulcrumarts.org/field-recording.
“Introduction to Field Recording: Listening to the Air” (Session 1) will run on Sunday, August 10 at 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Hahamongna Watershed Park, southeast corner of Oak Grove Drive and Foothill Boulevard, La Cañada Flintridge, and Fulcrum Arts HQ, 145 N. Raymond Ave., in Pasadena. For more call 626-793-8171 or visit https://www.fulcrumarts.org/field-recording/. Tickets: $5 to $25.
