Just weeks before the Coronavirus emerged, printmaker Jon Fischer made a voyage to the Middle East with some questions about a Hebrew word, “haMakom,” that he’d heard has no direct translation into English. He traveled with recording equipment and a mission to collect material for a collaboration with composer Danny Clay. The pair used the resulting interviews, field recordings and sounds to create a meditation on the shifting concept of place.

Presented by the Look + Listen Festival in New York City, Turntable Drawing No. 36 consists of this new twenty-nine minute audio work presented alongside a large format illustrated guide that listeners can sign up for here   . Mailed directly to the audience, this tactile project continues Look + Listen’s mission to provide unique interactions between music and visual spaces free of charge, following the cancellation of our 2020 festival due to the global pandemic.