BEN SCHULMAN

Ben Schulman makes cities make sense. He was a founding team member of Small Change, one of the first SEC-regulated equity crowdfunding platforms for real estate. As Vice President of Memphis Medical District Collaborative, he provided strategic and capital leadership that catalyzed over $500M in equitable development.

He created TEL, a multimedia editorial exploring Jewish histories in cityscapes, and co-founded Good Form, a studio that curates, programs, and develops civic projects.

His work has been featured in ARCHITECT, Belt, CityLab, and Metropolis. He advises municipalities and civic institutions on brand strategy and civic transformation as Director of Civic Strategies at a5 Branding & Digital, and serves on the boards of Equiticity and the Progress & Poverty Institute.
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Contraphonic Sound Series

The Contraphonic Sound Series was a project that documented cities through sound. The project utilized sound in the search for authentic civic identities in an age of universal aesthetic qualities. It did so through distinct approaches to document the aural city:
 
/ A Lot You Got to Holler - field recordings and collected soundscapes displayed on an interactive map of Chicago
/ Tonal Drift - a collaboration with Adham Fisher of 1000 Stations, examining place via cut-up field recordings from locations across London, the Greater UK, and Chicago
/ Little Hell - curated pieces by musicians exploring a particular place or moment in Chicago history, released digitally with accompanying booklet of text and photo essays
/ Fourth River - Pittsburgh-focused complement to Little Hell

Some press:
    “Capturing the sounds of the city” - Chicago Tribune
    “Chicago Events Inspire New Musical Project” - Chicago Public Radio

The Other Side

Friday morning radio show, 8-9am, on WYXR 91.7 FM Memphis

A sonic travelogue through time, space, and place of spiritual jazz freakouts, psychedelic workouts, and found sounds from other sides of the world and cosmos.

Larroquette

Occasional sonic scribbles by the riverside

Contraphonic, Inc

Contraphonic, Inc. was a record label that released records from noted composer Tobin Summerfield and his 20-piece ensemble Never Enough Hope, avant-garde trio Pillars & Tongues, legendary producer Martin Bisi (Sonic Youth, Material, Live Skull, etc), Pronto (the solo project of Mikael Jorgensen from Wilco), Adam Green (ex-Moldy Peaches), oRSo, and a host of eclectic and eccentric others.
A collection of old musical releases from the early aughts:

/ Branches
    the Billy Crystal of indie rock
/ Me & My Ship
   lo-fi late adolescence 

Many moons ago, music musings appeared in ActionMan Magazine, Boxx, Devil in the Woods, Venus Magazine, among others.

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