Soundwalk Collective with Patti Smith Correspondences

Correspondences is an ever-evolving project between Soundwalk Collective and Patti Smith. Spanning over 10 years, it traverses a wealth of geographies and their natural environments, where the artists have uncovered sonic steps left by poets, filmmakers, revolutionaries, and the impact of climate change.

Soundwalk Collective’s founder, Stephan Crasneanscki, has explored, captured, and collected the world’s remotest places in sound to awaken a sonic memory within the landscape, uncovering traces of past and current histories of the world we are living in. The resulting compositions are made of sound that reflects our relation to this world, the environment, the soul of our existence, and the creative process of the artist. Initially composed as soundtracks to an invisible movie, Stephan brought these recordings to Patti Smith, giving her new landscapes to channel her poetic vision. This ongoing resonance between the artists—which started during a chance encounter on a plane—has been shaped by their correspondences: ongoing conversations with the intention of reflecting on life and nature.

Featuring live films and director's cuts, Correspondences is performed by Soundwalk Collective’s Stephan Crasneanscki and Simone Merli, Patti Smith, and Diego Espinosa Cruz Gonzalez with visuals by Pedro Maia.

Festival passes for Long Play are now on sale! A 3-Day Long Play Festival Pass includes access to marquee concerts at BAM—Soundwalk Collective with Patti Smith Correspondences, Jeff Mills: Tomorrow Comes the Harvest, and Steve Reich: Music for 18 Musicians featuring Bang on a Can All-Stars and Friends—as well as access to more than 50 other concerts, including Eileen Myles, Steve Gunn and Ryan Sawyer; Deerhoof; Bang on a Can All-Stars play Ryuichi Sakamoto, 1996; Laurel Halo; Sam Prekop and John McEntire; Immanuel Wilkins + Jason Moran; Claire Chase + JACK (Terry Riley world premiere); Claire Rousay; Kate NV, and much more! 

Learn more about the 3-day pass and check out the full festival line up.

1-Day passes and single tickets will be available to BAM Members and Patrons on Thursday, February 22 and to the General Public on Wednesday, February 28.

All Long Play concerts are subject to venue capacity limits.

LONG PLAY is particularly grateful for the generous lead support from the Howard Gilman Foundation, Kettering Family Foundation, ASCAP, Qobuz, and Atlantic Records. This program is also supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, and the New York State Council of the Arts. Pianos supplied by Yamaha.