Sandra Binion: Autobiography of Looking is a retrospective survey of five decades of the artist's interdisciplinary work.
Suite for Bass and Ironing Bored Variation is a 20-minute piece performed by six bassists under the direction of bass choirmaster Tatsu Aoki.
In conjunction with Elastic Arts and the CLEAT Series we continue our series of artist-led introduction workshops exploring spatial audio.
In conjunction with Elastic Arts and the CLEAT Series we continue our series of artist-led introduction workshops exploring spatial audio.
Join artist Sandra Binion and artist and writer Corey Postiglione in a discussion of Binion’s prolific career as it is represented in her retrospective exhibition
Dorothy Carlos (solo cello)Doyeon Kim (gayageum) and Tomas Fujiwara (drum set)Yacouba Sissoko's SIYA (kora and n'goni)
Figure, Painting took place in 1983 at The Storefront in San Francisco and at The Storefront for Art and Architecture in New York City with cornetist Lawrence "Butch" Morris.
In conjunction with Elastic Arts and the CLEAT Series we continue our series of artist-led introduction workshops exploring spatial audio.
Yellow at Noon was performed in January 1979 at Garrett List's Lower Manhattan loft to a small invited audience with List as trombonist accompanying Binion creating a path, walking the path, and arriving at the end of the path to find Garrett List, sitting and playing trombone.
To begin, the floral artist envelopes the performer from head to toe in fresh flowers. The woman covered in flowers is a realization of French symbolist artist Odilon Redon’s (1840-1916) concept of the fille-fleur. Standing immobile for one hour, she emulates a still-life painting and at the same time projects power as she holds her ground.
The urban+nature sonic pavilion is an auditory exhibition that explores how the sounds of nature are hidden and embedded in the soundtrack of the city.
The urban+nature sonic pavilion is an auditory exhibition that explores how the sounds of nature are hidden and embedded in the soundtrack of the city.
An OPN Afterparty…
ESS Creative Audio Archive DJ Night
feat. selections from The Malachi Ritscher Collection Live @ Metro
Fresh off the release of his latest LP, 'Again', Oneohtrix Point Never will be coming to Metro Chicago this April 23. ESS is happy to co-present this event with the Metro.
Join artist Sandra Binion, filmmaker Amos Poe, and film historian Bruce Jenkins in a screening of Binion and Poe’s recently uncovered 1978 collaborative film Ascending Descending.
A double bill of new vocal music!
Join us on 4/12/2024 at 7:00 pm for an evening of experimental community and multimedia theater at the International Museum of Surgical Science.
Michael Zerang will be performing a solo piece at the opening of artist Sandra Binion’s Retrospective.
Amirtha Kidambi’s Elder Ones pushes the boundaries of free jazz, composition and electronic forms, with the raw riotous energy of “spiritual punk”
Join us for a special collaboration between Duo RIso and Garden Unit Duo as a quartet!
Birdhouse Inc., Constellation, and Experimental Sound Studio are proud to present the Greg Ward Quartet performing Fred Anderson, Composer; interpretations celebrating Fred Anderson’s 95th year.
"Piano, Alone in a Room" will be a live-streamed series of coded and realtime player piano activations.
The Bridgeport-based string duo presents an evening-length work for detuning instruments by Shi-An Costello.
In a talk titled "Undiscerning Mirrors," X. A. Li will discuss the aesthetic possibilities of deep neural networks given both their architectural constraints and societal context.
Experimental concert series Brackish Brooklyn in collaboration with Heavy Florals presents brand spanking new video works alongside footage from the past season of live shows make up the Video Extravaganza!!
ESS will be streaming this event.
Julie Zhu will talk about her obsession with the sound of writing and drawing, and how it's played an important role in her interdisicplinary collaborations, from chamber compositions to video installations to spatial audio experiments.
Join us for a screening of DEEP LISTENING: THE STORY OF PAULINE OLIVEROS at 12pm on Saturday, March 9 at the Gene Siskel Film Center. Avery Riel will be leading a deep listening session before the show.
Hunter Brown will demonstrate how he incorporates machine learning techniques into the control of sound synthesis algorithms implemented in a custom SuperCollider instrument he uses for free improvisation.
Veronica Anne Salinas will be leading a deep listening practice followed by a guitar drone performance by Zane Morris.
Attorneys General is project of Matthew Byars (Baltimore, MD) in which guest players send him sounds which he then attempts to manipulate into a cohesive—or uncohesive—whole
Hugo Flores García will discuss his research in machine learning (ML) and music, where he designs artist-centered interfaces for creative expression through sound.
Featuring works by women composers, including a world premiere by Kristen Kunkle, in collaboration with Dr. Abbie Brewer, piano.
Experimental Sound Studio and AIRMW present a listening party and evening with Tatsu Aoki to share his stories about and experiences with Fred Anderson. This program was made possible in part by a grant from Illinois Humanities.
Join us for the release of Osnat Netzer's debut album of contemporary chamber music, with live performances, refreshments and an art exhibit
In partnership with New Music Chicago Presents, CCE presents the program "The Midwestern Connection" which features mixed chamber music by living composers based in Chicago and the Midwest.
Join ESS for a celebratory year-end winter synth mixer.
Laurel Halo performs solo at Bond Chapel. Presented in partnership with The Renaissance Society
Pianist and Chicago Composers Consortium member Larry Axelrod performs works by Lisbon-based composers, as well as his own composition.
Experience the Midwest premiere of legendary minimalist composer La Monte Young’s The Melodic Version (1984) of The Second Dream of The High-Tension Line Stepdown Transformer from The Four Dreams of China (1962) in Dream Light.
My Ideal is Windy is a site-responsive installation inhabiting Lincoln Park Conservatory’s Fern Room. The work is brought to you by 2023 Alba Artist-In-Residence Dorothy Carlos.
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that explores the meaning of home through actions, performances, new media, technologies,
and beyond.
A DJ Night hosted by ESS Archives Manager James Wetzel at middle brow. Featuring selections from the Creative Audio Archive.
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