This exhibition presents the Mexican artist Leslie García’s intervention in El Saturn Collection—an archive of around 600 tapes and cassettes by the jazz musician Sun Ra—through synthesizers, electronic processing and artificial intelligence.
As part of its ongoing Florasonic series, ESS presents The Southwest Northeast Back and Forth Bows, a new work by Laura Ortman, spatialized by Kari Watson.
ESS hosts Stretchmetal for an afternoon of ambient sets, experimental sound, and free NA beer from Visitor.
Join us for an evening of improvised sound-making as we welcome Oakland-based pianist, composer, and electronics musician Chris Brown to ESS for a special duet concert with Chicago percussionist Tim Daisy.
The OPTION 2025 season kicks off with Potliquor, a new experimental duo with pianist Sharon Udoh and turnablist Allen Moore.
Chia Amisola performs an experimental ambient atmosphere in PAGASA, which uses historical & real-time climate data provide the basis of sound, image, & samples in a simulation of the tropics, going from its mythological formations to future geographies.
Japanese-American multi-instrumentalist and composer Patrick Shiroishi performs on the OPTION stage for the first time.
Joe Westerlund performs electroacoustic percussion pieces from past and forthcoming records with improvisations.
EXPERIMENTAL SOUND STUDIO
5925 N RAVENSWOOD, CHICAGO IL 60660
