Curatorial Fellowship
The Alba Sonic Arts Residency is a three-month residency at Experimental Sound Studio (ESS) 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.
Curatorial Fellowship
The ESS Curatorial Fellowship seeks to create space for the exploration of frameworks, strategies, and structures for connecting artists and audiences. The Fellowship additionally gives ESS an opportunity to develop a relationship with curators and bring fresh artistic vision in, furthering the mission of the organization to support a broad, creative exploration of sound.
For more information about the Curatorial Fellowship click here.
UPCOMING PROGRAMS
December 2: James Gui & ACS present ESSsssssACS
FALL 2021 ESS CURATORIAL FELLOW: James Gui
We are thrilled to introduce James Gui as this fall’s recipient, and are eager to present with him a slate of three concerts and accompanying analysis.
The ESS Curatorial Fellowship is a pilot program that is intended to build off of the expansive momentum and connections that ESS garnered in the past year, and create space for the exploration of frameworks, strategies, and structures for connecting artists and audiences in 2021.
The goal of each seasonal Curatorial Fellow is to explore virtual engagement and sonic art presentation. Each fellow is paid a stipend of $1,500.
About James Gui:
I'm James, a freelance writer and photographer currently based in Brooklyn! I've written for Bandcamp, The Wire, Slant, The Quietus, primarily about music scenes in America and Asia. I have a biweekly radio slot on datafruits.fm, featuring a hyperactive mix of dance, punk, hip hop and their subgenres.
Formerly a college radio DJ (shoutout to WHRB!), I'm also interested in the intersection of DIY music culture and resistance of marginalized groups across the globe. Inspired by the creative efforts of Club Matryoshka, I hope to explore the limits and possibilities of online musical experiences as ESS's Fall Curatorial Fellow this year. During the COVID-19 pandemic, I got my start organizing online parties with my college radio station, and after graduating even hosted a rave in MapleStory, an old MMORPG.
With ESS, I hope to feature many of the overly-online musicians that are pushing the boundaries of music across the globe, as well as other sound artists that I've encountered in my musical journey
