200 Acres

For more info visit 200acreswalk.com

200 ACRES is an immersive and site-specific soundwalk through the PSU campus and the arboretum about how we shape the nature around us, and how nature shapes us. An invitation to see the extraordinary in the mundane.
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To experience the soundwalk, you download a custom-built app and bring your own mobile device and headphones. The experience starts in front of the Eisenhower Auditorium. From there, the app will guide you through known and lesser-known paths, shedding a new perspective on familiar places. Your location and movements will conjure the sound and text you are hearing.
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Layered with disarming metaphors, historical details, and personal musings, 200 ACRES will take you on a personal meditation through the physical, cultural, and geographical landscapes we inhabit.
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CREDITS

Presented by Center for the Performing Arts at Penn State
In association with UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television

Created by Marike Splint in collaboration with
Jonathan Snipes - Original Music, Sound Design and Implementation
Stewart Blackwood - App Developer and Technical Sound Design
Jon Massey - Additional Sound Design and Implementation
Cristina Bercovitz - App User Interface and Visual Design
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BEFORE YOU GO

download the app on your phone
allow location services when prompted
charge your phone
bring your best headphones
and disable WIFI,

Your location and movement will change the sounds you are hearing.
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WHEN TO GO

We recommend doing the walk between sunrise and sunset. Once you have downloaded the app, you can experience 200 ACRES whenever you want within those hours.

The experience takes about 60 minutes. You will walk approximately 1 mile, including grass, pavement, gravel and natural soil.

The walk begins at the Eisenhower Auditorium and ends in the Arboretum. From the ending point of the walk, it takes 15 minutes
to walk back to the Eisenhower Auditorium.

We recommend doing the walk in the morning,
or between late afternoon and sunset,
when often the sunlight beautifully changes.
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READY TO EXPERIENCE 200 ACRES?
When you are ready to experience the soundwalk, go to the plaza in front of the Eisenhower Auditorium at the Center for the Performing Arts at Penn State:

Eisenhower Auditorium
1032 Eisenhower Rd
State College, PA 16801

The experience starts on the plaza right in front of the auditorium.

For more tips and practical information, visit 200acreswalk.com