ABOUT

ABOUT

Founded in 1986 by Dawn and Lou Mallozzi, Eric Leonardson, and Perry Venson, Experimental Sound Studio (ESS) has occupied its Edgewater location since 2006. The facility is home to a full-service recording, mixing, and mastering studio for hire; Audible Gallery, a small public space for exhibitions, meetings, workshops, performances, and artists' projects; and the Creative Audio Archive—an invaluable collection of recordings, print, and visual ephemera related to avant-garde and exploratory sound and music of the last five decades. ESS presents eclectic performance and installation programming, workshops, and artist talks year round—both in the various spaces around the studio (including its beautiful garden) and at various partner venues around Chicago.

 

Mission

Experimental Sound Studio is a Chicago-based nonprofit organization dedicated to artistic evolution and the creative exploration of sound. As an international hub for sonic experimentation, ESS nurtures artists, heralds new works, and builds a broad, supportive community of makers, enthusiasts, and creative partners through production, presentation, education, and preservation.

 

Core Values

  • The artist is at the center of the creative process

  • The past informs and inspires invention and innovation

  • Experimentation requires both artistic rigor and risk

  • Sonic-based expression has no boundaries and requires an inclusive environment that welcomes and values diverse perspectives and voices

  • Collaboration activates growth

 

Staff

Adam Vida: Managing Director

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Adam Vida has been Studio Manager/Events Coordinator at ESS since 2008. In addition to running the day-to-day operations of the recording studio, he is instrumental in scheduling and executing ESS' events programming at ESS—developing, curating, and coordinating many concerts, workshops, and performance series—including Sunday Solos, SummerSonic, the Benefit Concert for Frank Rosaly, and Drone for the End of Time. Adam also works as a producer for recording sessions and an in-house composer for film and video projects.

Adam is also a multi-instrumentalist, composer, improviser, and producer. After attending the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, Adam moved to Chicago in 1997 where he has performed and recorded in various rock, jazz, improvised, and experimental music projects (U.S. Maple, Singer, Dhalgren, DRMWPN, Azita, Redmoon Theater, Central Falls, Ken Vandermark). He has toured extensively throughout North America and Europe with various projects.

 

Alex Inglizian: Technical Director, Chief Engineer

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Alex Inglizian has been with ESS since 2007, shortly after he received a BA in Sound from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. A seasoned engineer, he has over 10 years of experience in both live and recorded sound. In addition to managing the upkeep of the studio's soft- and hardware and engineering most of our recording sessions, he co-curates the SummerSonic series, and runs location sound and does post-production mixing for many independent film and video projects. Inglizian is a technical wiz, exhibiting prodigious skill in sound design, circuit bending, programming, and as an educator. He is an active musician and improviser around Chicago, playing in bands such as Dhalgren and El is a Sound of Joy.

 

Olivia Junell: Development & Outreach Director

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Olivia Junell's role as Development & Outreach Director focuses primarily on reaching out within and beyond ESS's already strong support bases, developing opportunities for deeper involvement with the organization for a wide range of individuals, and continuing to grow community partnerships.

A native Texan, Olivia moved to Chicago in 2013 to pursue a dual Masters in Arts Administration and Public Policy and Modern Art History and Critical Writing at the School of the Art Institute Chicago. Before moving Olivia worked in development for over 8 years, most recently as Development Manager at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston.

Olivia is also Managing Director of the Hyde Park Jazz Festival and serves on the board of Honey Pot Performance.

 

Matt Mehlan: Media and Archives Manager

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Matt Mehlan is a Chicagoland-native artist, musician, educator and arts organizer. Matt makes music, video, and images in his Stuudio and teaches at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Based in Brooklyn for 10 years before returning to Chicago, he fronts the band Skeletons, the multimedia project Uumans, runs the record label Shinkoyo, co-founded the original Silent Barn art space, and worked for nine years at the experimental music institution Roulette, where he produced concerts, managed the archive, and made documentaries about musicians and artists for Roulette TV. Matt has performed around the world and released music on Shinkoyo, Ghostly International, Tomlab, Crammed Discs, The Social Registry, Sockets, Altin Village and Mine, and others.

Meg T. Noe: Marketing Manager 

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Meg T. Noe, is the newest member to the ESS Team. As Marketing Manager, Meg focuses on all external communications and public relations, including social media, newsletters, updating the website and keeping in touch with the press. Meg is dedicated to enriching dialogue between ESS and it’s community, strengthening the work of artists through sharing their vision and developing media content to expand the viewership of the artists and programs ESS celebrates.

Meg joins ESS with six years of experience in arts administration, an independent curatorial practice and a growing media arts business. In 2013, Meg received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Photography from Columbia College Chicago, and quickly thereafter began curating exhibitions focused on issues of social justice. She is an interdisciplinary artist, working predominantly as an image-maker and video-taker, and provides documentation for the arts community in Chicago, including Radius, an experimental radio broadcast platform. Meg is also proud to currently work for the Hyde Park Art Center.

Lou Mallozzi: Founder / Director Emeritus

Founder Lou Mallozzi is an artist, arts administrator, and educator. He is a founding member of ESS and was Associate Director since its inception in 1986 until 1999, when he became Executive Director. His duties include developing programming and organizational partnerships, and overseeing administrative and financial operations. During his time at ESS he has facilitated the presentation of work by several hundred artists and ensembles to Chicago audiences by curating, organizing, or co-producing scores of performances, exhibitions, broadcasts, roundtable discussions, and other cultural programs. These include the ESS Florasonic sound installation series, the Outer Ear Festival of Sound (now the Outer Ear Series), the Sounds From Chicago radio series (1988-1996), the Artist Residency Program, and others.  He oversaw ESS’s studio renovations in 2001 and 2006, the initiation of the Creative Audio Archive in 2003, and the establishment of Audible Gallery in 2006. He has been invited to speak on numerous panels concerning sound as art, public art practice, and historic and theoretical topics in contemporary art practice.  His own practice as an artist engaged primarily with sound has received considerable attention, including performances and exhibitions in the US, Canada, and Europe, as well as grants and residencies from the Rockefeller Foundation, the Illinois Arts Council, the Chicago-Lucerne Sister Cities Program, and others. He is on the faculty of The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where he teaches in the Sound Department with an emphasis on sound art, sound installation, creative production techniques, and interdisciplinary art practice. Lou retired from his position of Executive Director in July of 2016.

 

Board

Drew Roulo: President And Chair

Director of Asset Servicing, Guggenheim Partners Investment Management
Expertise: financial planning and fiscal management.

Ed Herrmann: Treasurer

Freelance audio producer and composer
Affiliations: Association of Independents in Radio, Public Radio Exchange, Guild of Carillonneurs in North America
Expertise: Small business finance, programming.

Kim Alpert

Founder, Make Amazing; Artist
Expertise: Experience based immersion, design, interactive architecture, new and emerging media concepts and technologies, event production

Carrie Cooper

Partner & Chief People Officer, Dark Matter Coffee
Affiliations: Ithaca Underground, Ithaca, NY, Board Member; The Chicago Outfit Roller Derby, Chicago; Hope for the Day, Chicago (Dark Matter Coffee Partner Organization); Garfield Park Garden Network, Chicago, (Dark Matter Coffee Partner Organization); Hyde Park Art Center, Volunteer (formerly Finance & Operations Manager & Art Instructor).
Expertise: community partnerships; events organization; financial management.

Lou Mallozzi

Adjunct Professor and Graduate Coordinator, Sound Department, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Artist, curator, and educator. Co-founder and former executive director – now director emeritus – Experimental Sound Studio.
Expertise: Contemporary interdisciplinary arts; arts administration, curating, cultural events organizing, cultural organization partnerships, post-secondary arts education.

Darin Walsh

Sr. Manager, Product Content, Shure Incorporated.
Affiliations: Trustee, DEW Foundation.
Expertise: Management, content technology, community access to culture and social services

 

 
ESS is pleased to announce Lee Blalock ‘I Sing the Body Cybernetic’ in audible gallery opening next week! 🎶 Exhibition: January 25 - April 28, 2019 Opening Reception: Friday, January 25, from 6-9 pm Performances on February 24, March 24, & April 28 Audible Gallery at Experimental Sound Studio 🎵 Inspired by both experimental band formats and futurism, “I Sing the Body Cybernetic” presents mannequins outfitted with wearable electronics that serve as instruments as well as augmentations. Over the course of the installation, one band per month will periodically activate the wearable electronics, performing sound pieces which are composed algorithmically using custom software. Using various creative coding techniques, screens in the background will play a combination of original lyrics and performative vignettes. At the end of each month, Blalock will make a guest appearance with the band via live streamed video. This virtual component marks the end of the work for that particular band, at which time the mannequins are re-configured, the augmentations are changed, and a new band representing a different genre is introduced for the month. Each of the three bands take aesthetic cues from variations on genres such as new wave, post hardcore, art rock, and experimental music.
ESS is pleased to announce Lee Blalock ‘I Sing the Body Cybernetic’ in audible gallery opening next week! 🎶 Exhibition: January 25 - April 28, 2019 Opening Reception: Friday, January 25, from 6-9 pm Performances on February 24, March 24, & April 28 Audible Gallery at Experimental Sound Studio 🎵 Inspired by both experimental band formats and futurism, “I Sing the Body Cybernetic” presents mannequins outfitted with wearable electronics that serve as instruments as well as augmentations. Over the course of the installation, one band per month will periodically activate the wearable electronics, performing sound pieces which are composed algorithmically using custom software. Using various creative coding techniques, screens in the background will play a combination of original lyrics and performative vignettes. At the end of each month, Blalock will make a guest appearance with the band via live streamed video. This virtual component marks the end of the work for that particular band, at which time the mannequins are re-configured, the augmentations are changed, and a new band representing a different genre is introduced for the month. Each of the three bands take aesthetic cues from variations on genres such as new wave, post hardcore, art rock, and experimental music.
It’s the last week to catch Nomi Epstein’s #florasonic installation ‘bregne’ at @lincoln.park.conservatory! Spend some time in the warmth of the fern room before January 20th and experience Nomi’s piece. 📸: @nrozanna
It’s the last week to catch Nomi Epstein’s #florasonic installation ‘bregne’ at @lincoln.park.conservatory! Spend some time in the warmth of the fern room before January 20th and experience Nomi’s piece. 📸: @nrozanna
2018 in review fills us with deep gratitude for every opportunity we had to work closely with so many gifted and curious people. We are so grateful for another year with our community support and creativity! As much as our work is a labor of love - it takes a village to keep it thriving. All of our programs require countless hours of work from staff as well as a physical space for artists to record, experiment, research, and present work. Help ESS keep the lights on and continue to work towards our mission of fostering artistic evolution and the creative exploration of sound. Today is the last day to make a 2018 contribution - show your support at ess.org/support
2018 in review fills us with deep gratitude for every opportunity we had to work closely with so many gifted and curious people. We are so grateful for another year with our community support and creativity! As much as our work is a labor of love - it takes a village to keep it thriving. All of our programs require countless hours of work from staff as well as a physical space for artists to record, experiment, research, and present work. Help ESS keep the lights on and continue to work towards our mission of fostering artistic evolution and the creative exploration of sound. Today is the last day to make a 2018 contribution - show your support at ess.org/support
ESS's Creative Audio Archive houses eight unique collections including the ESS Collection with over 32 years of documentation of Chicago sonic arts and experimental music; the Sun Ra/El Saturn Collection; and the newly acquired Studio Henry Collection, which includes recordings of 90 live performances held at a small underground venue called Studio Henry in New York City between 1979-1986. Our goal for 2019 is to make these collections more accessible to the public, with a new website, public events like our Sunday Sessions series, and expanded partnerships like our new collaboration with DRAM to make the archives available to a wider audience through institutions throughout the U.S. Help us meet these goals by making a contribution at ess.org/support
ESS's Creative Audio Archive houses eight unique collections including the ESS Collection with over 32 years of documentation of Chicago sonic arts and experimental music; the Sun Ra/El Saturn Collection; and the newly acquired Studio Henry Collection, which includes recordings of 90 live performances held at a small underground venue called Studio Henry in New York City between 1979-1986. Our goal for 2019 is to make these collections more accessible to the public, with a new website, public events like our Sunday Sessions series, and expanded partnerships like our new collaboration with DRAM to make the archives available to a wider audience through institutions throughout the U.S. Help us meet these goals by making a contribution at ess.org/support
The recording studio has produced some incredible projects from albums to films - including but not limited to - mixing sound for the award winning documentary 'The Area', 'Whenever the Breeze' by Julia Holter and Olivia Block as Outer Ear resident artists, Tim Daisy's album Duos and projects such as Physics for Listeners by Homeroom. Our goal is to support even more incredible projects and artists with recording and mixing services in 2019. To help us serve more artists with programs and projects that offer free audio recording and mixing, make a contribution at ess.org/support !
The recording studio has produced some incredible projects from albums to films - including but not limited to - mixing sound for the award winning documentary 'The Area', 'Whenever the Breeze' by Julia Holter and Olivia Block as Outer Ear resident artists, Tim Daisy's album Duos and projects such as Physics for Listeners by Homeroom. Our goal is to support even more incredible projects and artists with recording and mixing services in 2019. To help us serve more artists with programs and projects that offer free audio recording and mixing, make a contribution at ess.org/support !
In 2019, ESS staff and OPTION curators are working together to generate more support for artists and engagement for the concert series with plans to release another mixtape from 2018 performances and goals to transcribe more interviews with translations in Spanish. This past year, our Bandcamp page has provided additional funding for performing artists and we want to see this project grow! You can make an impact on the continued development of the OPTION series by making a donation at http://ess.org/support , OR buying an album from Bandcamp at http://bandcamp.com/experimentalsoundstudio
In 2019, ESS staff and OPTION curators are working together to generate more support for artists and engagement for the concert series with plans to release another mixtape from 2018 performances and goals to transcribe more interviews with translations in Spanish. This past year, our Bandcamp page has provided additional funding for performing artists and we want to see this project grow! You can make an impact on the continued development of the OPTION series by making a donation at http://ess.org/support , OR buying an album from Bandcamp at http://bandcamp.com/experimentalsoundstudio
In the coming year, ESS is working to expand our educational programs with more workshops and events focused on families and youth! Pictured here is one of our favorite workshops by Patrick McCarthy of Roth Mobot teaching circuit bending for all ages. Please consider making a donation to support more workshops and youth based experiences in the sonic arts at ESS. 2019 is our most ambitious year yet! Make a contribution to help us reach our goals for education and visit http://ess.org/support
In the coming year, ESS is working to expand our educational programs with more workshops and events focused on families and youth! Pictured here is one of our favorite workshops by Patrick McCarthy of Roth Mobot teaching circuit bending for all ages. Please consider making a donation to support more workshops and youth based experiences in the sonic arts at ESS. 2019 is our most ambitious year yet! Make a contribution to help us reach our goals for education and visit http://ess.org/support
ESS is pleased to announce the Alba Sonic Arts Residency, a three-month program in which all of the organization’s resources and platforms are made available to a graduating MFA student from the Sound Department of the School of the Art Institute (SAIC). It is the only post-graduate sonic arts residency of its kind in the US. The goal of the residency is to create an immediate outlet for the skills and ideas the student has developed at SAIC, helping to launch them into the next phase of their artistic career. The selected graduate will receive a $1,000 cash stipend and access to services and resources (overall value of over $7,500) that include the ESS recording studios, sonic arts archives, gallery, garden, and off-site performance and exhibition sites, as well as professional development assistance with grant-writing, project planning, and sustainability. The Alba Sonic Arts Residency is named after ESS co-founder Dawn (Alba) Mallozzi (1949-1999) and builds upon her longtime vision of ESS as a creative and developmental space for younger and emerging artists. The residency is purposefully open and flexible, allowing artists to work with ESS staff on an approach that best serves their artistic goals. For more information, email us at info@experimentalsoundstudio.org
ESS is pleased to announce the Alba Sonic Arts Residency, a three-month program in which all of the organization’s resources and platforms are made available to a graduating MFA student from the Sound Department of the School of the Art Institute (SAIC). It is the only post-graduate sonic arts residency of its kind in the US. The goal of the residency is to create an immediate outlet for the skills and ideas the student has developed at SAIC, helping to launch them into the next phase of their artistic career. The selected graduate will receive a $1,000 cash stipend and access to services and resources (overall value of over $7,500) that include the ESS recording studios, sonic arts archives, gallery, garden, and off-site performance and exhibition sites, as well as professional development assistance with grant-writing, project planning, and sustainability. The Alba Sonic Arts Residency is named after ESS co-founder Dawn (Alba) Mallozzi (1949-1999) and builds upon her longtime vision of ESS as a creative and developmental space for younger and emerging artists. The residency is purposefully open and flexible, allowing artists to work with ESS staff on an approach that best serves their artistic goals. For more information, email us at info@experimentalsoundstudio.org
Throughout the year everything ESS does—from partner programs to artist residencies to our work in the recording studio or archives—works from the following core values: -The artist is at the center of the creative process -The past informs and inspires invention and innovation -Experimentation requires both artistic rigor and risk -Sonic-based expression has no boundaries and requires an inclusive environment that welcomes and values diverse perspectives and voices -Collaboration activates growth Every year we strive to embody these values in new ways, adapting to the needs and interests of YOU, our community, and larger contexts. We so appreciate your myriad support throughout the year. Please consider a year end gift—any amount goes directly towards our work supporting cultivation, presentation, and preservation of experimental arts. • We have some ambitious goals for expanding our artist residency programs. We're working to expand the Outer Ear Residency to two sessions, supporting two projects to reach the next phase. This past year, Julia Holter and Olivia Block composed and performed Whenever the Breeze as OE residents, pictured above at their concert in the May Chapel. • • The Outer Ear Residency (OER) is a week-long residency at Experimental Sound Studio (ESS) in which all of the Studio’s resources and platforms are made available to the artists. The goal of the residency is to facilitate experimentation and the creation of new work at any phase of the creative process. The Residency is purposefully open and flexible, allowing artists to work with ESS staff on an approach that best serves their present artistic goals. • • 2019 is our most ambitious year yet! Make a contribution to help us reach our goals for artist residencies visit http://ess.org/support
Throughout the year everything ESS does—from partner programs to artist residencies to our work in the recording studio or archives—works from the following core values: -The artist is at the center of the creative process -The past informs and inspires invention and innovation -Experimentation requires both artistic rigor and risk -Sonic-based expression has no boundaries and requires an inclusive environment that welcomes and values diverse perspectives and voices -Collaboration activates growth Every year we strive to embody these values in new ways, adapting to the needs and interests of YOU, our community, and larger contexts. We so appreciate your myriad support throughout the year. Please consider a year end gift—any amount goes directly towards our work supporting cultivation, presentation, and preservation of experimental arts. • We have some ambitious goals for expanding our artist residency programs. We're working to expand the Outer Ear Residency to two sessions, supporting two projects to reach the next phase. This past year, Julia Holter and Olivia Block composed and performed Whenever the Breeze as OE residents, pictured above at their concert in the May Chapel. • • The Outer Ear Residency (OER) is a week-long residency at Experimental Sound Studio (ESS) in which all of the Studio’s resources and platforms are made available to the artists. The goal of the residency is to facilitate experimentation and the creation of new work at any phase of the creative process. The Residency is purposefully open and flexible, allowing artists to work with ESS staff on an approach that best serves their present artistic goals. • • 2019 is our most ambitious year yet! Make a contribution to help us reach our goals for artist residencies visit http://ess.org/support
Don’t forget to use the promo code EXPERIMENTALHOLIDAY to get 20% off merch for your holiday shopping. Get some sweet ESS gear and check out the Winter Recording special before Dec. 31st at ESS.org/merch
2018 has been a big year for ESS! We've served 283 artists through performances and recording sessions in the studio. 322 artists have graced our recording studio to make albums, voice-overs, mixing and mastering. With the support of partnerships and sponsors, we've hosted 70 programs from concerts to lectures and workshops. ESS is indebted and grateful to all the artists we've served and had the pleasure of working with this year! Next year is looking bigger and better - we can't wait to share our 2019 plans with you. To support the growth of our efforts and the sonic arts in Chicago and beyond, please consider becoming a member or making a donation to help us make our year-end goals. 🔗: ess.org/support 1. Olivia Block + Julia Holter: Whenever the breeze at the May Chapel 2. Lakshmi Ramgopal: A Half-Light Chorus for Florasonic 3. Experimental Garage Sale 4. Banrei: Mass Notification in the Audible Gallery 5. Dan the Automater at the ESS Benefit 6. Fonema Consort at the Poetry Foundation 7. Dave Chow: Switch On Television When The Sun Sets in the Audible Gallery 8. OPTION Fundraiser 9. Angel Bat Dawid for OPTION
2018 has been a big year for ESS! We've served 283 artists through performances and recording sessions in the studio. 322 artists have graced our recording studio to make albums, voice-overs, mixing and mastering. With the support of partnerships and sponsors, we've hosted 70 programs from concerts to lectures and workshops. ESS is indebted and grateful to all the artists we've served and had the pleasure of working with this year! Next year is looking bigger and better - we can't wait to share our 2019 plans with you. To support the growth of our efforts and the sonic arts in Chicago and beyond, please consider becoming a member or making a donation to help us make our year-end goals. 🔗: ess.org/support 1. Olivia Block + Julia Holter: Whenever the breeze at the May Chapel 2. Lakshmi Ramgopal: A Half-Light Chorus for Florasonic 3. Experimental Garage Sale 4. Banrei: Mass Notification in the Audible Gallery 5. Dan the Automater at the ESS Benefit 6. Fonema Consort at the Poetry Foundation 7. Dave Chow: Switch On Television When The Sun Sets in the Audible Gallery 8. OPTION Fundraiser 9. Angel Bat Dawid for OPTION
🌿Looking for a warm get away with family and friends this winter holiday? Spend an afternoon in the fern room at the Lincoln Park Conservatory to see our current Florasonic exhibit! Florasonic: Nomi Epstein - bregne Lincoln Park Conservatory, 2391 North Stockton Drive bregne is a commissioned, site-responsive installation by Nomi Epstein inhabiting Lincoln Park’s Fern Room. The work looks at the visual blooming process of ferns and uses the unfurling pattern as framework for instrumentation and environmental listening experience. Experience the installation November 11, 2018 - January 20, 2019, open daily, 9-5pm.🌿
🌿Looking for a warm get away with family and friends this winter holiday? Spend an afternoon in the fern room at the Lincoln Park Conservatory to see our current Florasonic exhibit! Florasonic: Nomi Epstein - bregne Lincoln Park Conservatory, 2391 North Stockton Drive bregne is a commissioned, site-responsive installation by Nomi Epstein inhabiting Lincoln Park’s Fern Room. The work looks at the visual blooming process of ferns and uses the unfurling pattern as framework for instrumentation and environmental listening experience. Experience the installation November 11, 2018 - January 20, 2019, open daily, 9-5pm.🌿
'Tis the season of giving and we got more goodies for you! If you buy one of our albums on bandcamp now, and we’ll send you the 2017 OPTION compilation in the mail! 💣💥 experimentalsoundstudio.bandcamp.com/music
'Tis the season of giving and we got more goodies for you! If you buy one of our albums on bandcamp now, and we’ll send you the 2017 OPTION compilation in the mail! 💣💥 experimentalsoundstudio.bandcamp.com/music
The ESS Ticket 5 Pack (as featured in this year's @chicago_reader holiday gift guide) makes the perfect gift of more experimental music for you or a loved one! $40 for 5 concert tickets that helps support our public programs and artists! Give the gift of ESS! 🔗http://ess.org/merch
The ESS Ticket 5 Pack (as featured in this year's @chicago_reader holiday gift guide) makes the perfect gift of more experimental music for you or a loved one! $40 for 5 concert tickets that helps support our public programs and artists! Give the gift of ESS! 🔗http://ess.org/merch
Did you know we have 3 different shirts all designed by artists? 1. Melina Ausikaitis 2. Damon Locks 3. Sonnenzimmer This season, give the gift of ESS! All the items in our shop directly our programs and artists. What better way to surprise your sound lovin’ buddies than with some goods that support your favorite sound art non-profit (ESS, duh!). And for a limited time only enter promo code EXPERIMENTALHOLIDAY to get 20% all merch! Get it out at ess.org/store
Did you know we have 3 different shirts all designed by artists? 1. Melina Ausikaitis 2. Damon Locks 3. Sonnenzimmer This season, give the gift of ESS! All the items in our shop directly our programs and artists. What better way to surprise your sound lovin’ buddies than with some goods that support your favorite sound art non-profit (ESS, duh!). And for a limited time only enter promo code EXPERIMENTALHOLIDAY to get 20% all merch! Get it out at ess.org/store
Announcing the Winter Recording Special! Just in time for the gift giving season, ESS is offering: 4 hours of studio time with one of our professional engineers PLUS a free annual membership to ESS for only $150 (value of $240). This is the perfect amount of time to create a demo or to master a record! Contact adam@ess.org for scheduling. 🔗Link to purchase in bio🔗 [Must purchase by January 31, 2019. Must be used by December 31, 2019.]
Announcing the Winter Recording Special! Just in time for the gift giving season, ESS is offering: 4 hours of studio time with one of our professional engineers PLUS a free annual membership to ESS for only $150 (value of $240). This is the perfect amount of time to create a demo or to master a record! Contact adam@ess.org for scheduling. 🔗Link to purchase in bio🔗 [Must purchase by January 31, 2019. Must be used by December 31, 2019.]
Today is the last day to see the beautiful computer graphics of 'Herbert Brün 100' curated by @rarenestgallery in the Audible gallery! Don't miss it, we'll be here from 1-5pm.
Today is the last day to see the beautiful computer graphics of 'Herbert Brün 100' curated by @rarenestgallery in the Audible gallery! Don't miss it, we'll be here from 1-5pm.
We've got a table and some goodies to share at GOT YOU SOME! Come say hi! 🍻 ......................................................................................................... SUNDAY, DECEMBER 16 2-7pm ADMISSION IS FREE! Marz Community Brewing 3630 S Iron St, Chicago, Illinois 60609 Marz is pleased to present a Cajun Food + Music Takeover and Holiday Market on Sunday December 16! Got You Some is a New Orleans inspired party series hosted by chef Chris Reed (Rice Table) and Chicago musician Hunter Diamond. The title comes from a classic NOLA blues of the same name recorded by legendary horn players Sidney Bechet and Mezz Mezzrow. For their winter edition, Got You Some will be taking over the taproom and our gallery to present Cajun food, music and a holiday market. Got You Some is partnering with the wonderful Bridgeport based public beautification non-profit, Green Star Movement, to help support the creation of more public art in the neighborhood. http://greenstarmovement.org/ ***Curated Cajun Kitchen take-over by chef Chris Reed*** http://www.thericetable.com/ ***A brand new Marz SPECIAL brew will be released for this event. Name and style TBA*** ***Live music from the Herbsaint Band, featuring traditional New Orleans and Dixieland favorites*** Hunter Diamond - Clarinet Cole DeGenova - Keyboard/vocal John Sutton - bass Phil Fornett- drums Special Guests TBA!!! ***Extra special creole curation from Veejay Steve Marquette on the TV's and stereo*** !! Holiday Craft Market artists/creators !! -Ebimera Vines -Marine Tempels -International Anthem Records -Ifé Jewelry -Experimental Sound Studio -Project Fire Glasswork -Avrocomy -Facture Goods -Curious and Useful -GnarWare Workshop -Live Portraiture from Doodlebooth! -Bat Sarah Press -Megboys Studio and more!
We've got a table and some goodies to share at GOT YOU SOME! Come say hi! 🍻 ......................................................................................................... SUNDAY, DECEMBER 16 2-7pm ADMISSION IS FREE! Marz Community Brewing 3630 S Iron St, Chicago, Illinois 60609 Marz is pleased to present a Cajun Food + Music Takeover and Holiday Market on Sunday December 16! Got You Some is a New Orleans inspired party series hosted by chef Chris Reed (Rice Table) and Chicago musician Hunter Diamond. The title comes from a classic NOLA blues of the same name recorded by legendary horn players Sidney Bechet and Mezz Mezzrow. For their winter edition, Got You Some will be taking over the taproom and our gallery to present Cajun food, music and a holiday market. Got You Some is partnering with the wonderful Bridgeport based public beautification non-profit, Green Star Movement, to help support the creation of more public art in the neighborhood. http://greenstarmovement.org/ ***Curated Cajun Kitchen take-over by chef Chris Reed*** http://www.thericetable.com/ ***A brand new Marz SPECIAL brew will be released for this event. Name and style TBA*** ***Live music from the Herbsaint Band, featuring traditional New Orleans and Dixieland favorites*** Hunter Diamond - Clarinet Cole DeGenova - Keyboard/vocal John Sutton - bass Phil Fornett- drums Special Guests TBA!!! ***Extra special creole curation from Veejay Steve Marquette on the TV's and stereo*** !! Holiday Craft Market artists/creators !! -Ebimera Vines -Marine Tempels -International Anthem Records -Ifé Jewelry -Experimental Sound Studio -Project Fire Glasswork -Avrocomy -Facture Goods -Curious and Useful -GnarWare Workshop -Live Portraiture from Doodlebooth! -Bat Sarah Press -Megboys Studio and more!
Sunday December 16th (from 1-5pm), @hydeparkartcenter celebrates the opening reception of 'Deborah Boardman: Painter, &' curated by Jessica Cochran. The exhibit will feature works from 'I Can't Go On. I'll Go On.' her final exhibition before passing in 2015, presented by ESS in the Audible gallery. Pictured here is a image from the ESS archives of the installation. Be sure to swing by the Sunday Soiree at HPAC and see the show! 'I Can't Go On, I'll Go On." https://bit.ly/2G7CTlo #CreativeAudioArchive #AudibleGallery #DeborahBoardman
Sunday December 16th (from 1-5pm), @hydeparkartcenter celebrates the opening reception of 'Deborah Boardman: Painter, &' curated by Jessica Cochran. The exhibit will feature works from 'I Can't Go On. I'll Go On.' her final exhibition before passing in 2015, presented by ESS in the Audible gallery. Pictured here is a image from the ESS archives of the installation. Be sure to swing by the Sunday Soiree at HPAC and see the show! 'I Can't Go On, I'll Go On." https://bit.ly/2G7CTlo #CreativeAudioArchive #AudibleGallery #DeborahBoardman
2018 OSCILLATIONS artist Eduardo F. Rosario performs ‘On Recombination’ at @Sector2337 on Thursday. This marks their last event before the space celebrates the closing of their gallery space on Friday. Pictured here is Eduardo performing for Oscillations last month. On Recombination A sound performance by Eduardo F. Rosario Thursday, December 13 from 6-9pm / doors open at 5:30pm On Recombination is a project that focuses on the circulation, abrasion, and clustering of digital sound objects. These objects are approached through the perspective of compression standards, remix culture, and postproduction techniques as modes in which their form is subjected to constant serial variation and further mobilization. Rhythm is employed as a plane of consistency that allows the weaving of web apparitions, cultural anachronisms, and other digital traces into new aural assemblages. This project is made of three parts, each performed at 6:15pm, 7:00pm, and 7:45pm on December 13. i. on the recombination of codec temporalities ii. spectrality as aerosol iii. pneumatophonic lag Eduardo F. Rosario is a sound artist and performing experimental musician from Caguas, Puerto Rico currently based in Chicago, Illinois.
2018 OSCILLATIONS artist Eduardo F. Rosario performs ‘On Recombination’ at @Sector2337 on Thursday. This marks their last event before the space celebrates the closing of their gallery space on Friday. Pictured here is Eduardo performing for Oscillations last month. On Recombination A sound performance by Eduardo F. Rosario Thursday, December 13 from 6-9pm / doors open at 5:30pm On Recombination is a project that focuses on the circulation, abrasion, and clustering of digital sound objects. These objects are approached through the perspective of compression standards, remix culture, and postproduction techniques as modes in which their form is subjected to constant serial variation and further mobilization. Rhythm is employed as a plane of consistency that allows the weaving of web apparitions, cultural anachronisms, and other digital traces into new aural assemblages. This project is made of three parts, each performed at 6:15pm, 7:00pm, and 7:45pm on December 13. i. on the recombination of codec temporalities ii. spectrality as aerosol iii. pneumatophonic lag Eduardo F. Rosario is a sound artist and performing experimental musician from Caguas, Puerto Rico currently based in Chicago, Illinois.
 

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