ESS is honored to be invited to curate and organize a streaming program as part of The Wire Magazine 40th Anniversary this July. Featuring new work by an international line-up of artists.
ESS is honored to be invited to curate and organize a streaming program as part of The Wire Magazine 40th Anniversary this July. Featuring new work by an international line-up of artists.
Sonic Transmissions announces the premiere of a commissioned video work by Irreversible Entanglements, a liberation-oriented free jazz collective formed in early 2015 by saxophonist Keir Neuringer, poet Camae Ayewa (a.k.a. Moor Mother) and bassist Luke Stewart. The video premiere runs parallel to our solidarity with those affected by the horrific war in Ukraine. In this spirit, we are asking for donations to be directed to The Federal Refugee Agency (UNHCR) that works to give help to the refugee crisis in Ukraine and neighboring countries right now. Please donate what you can!!
In celebration of two current exhibitions, Corbett vs Dempsey is pleased to present a special live-streaming event titled Sequesterfest Vol. 8: Emilio Cruz & Dick Higgins.
Brackish returns to the virtual stage at Experimental Sound Studio for the second edition of their Arts + Video Spectacular.
Artist Kim Alpert (ESS) joins art historians Delinda Collier (SAIC) and Bukky Gbadegesin (SLU) to discuss the technologies and thought forms that have laid the foundation for emerging crypto-cultures
Fieldwork Chicago presents a works-in-process sharing of work as the culmination of our Fall Fieldwork session. Fieldwork is a process that supports artists developing new work. At each session, artists show works-in-progress and exchange feedback in a format designed to support each artist's unique vision with insightful critiques that favor close observation over quick judgments. Fieldwork creates a space for artists to take risks while also leaving room to fail. Weekly online meetings provide a structure for the creative process. Fieldwork is open to artists working in all disciplines. Past participants have shared choreography, poetry, animation, music, monologues, group/directorial work, short fiction, performance art, film, improvisation, and more.
Experience the super charged Baltimore based label Crass Lips Records’ maximalist approach to DIY underground music including exclusives from a video compilation only available on VHS and DVD. Get a copy at https://crasslipsrecords.bandcamp.com/merch
Join Kioto Aoki and students from the Sonics and Optics course at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago for the final edition of the Systems of Vision series on Thursday 12/9.
Systems of Vision is a series featuring artists approaching sound as image-makers. These artists work within a performative framework that considers sound as a responsive system of the photographic & cinematic image.
This online broadcast is a public forum to present aspects of the Syeus Mottel photographic archive. His son, Matt Mottel, transforms a yet unexamined cultural history into a social and artistic happening through a collaborative process. Matt has invited those connected to both his and his father’s cultural networks to participate and respond to this presentation; intertwining their own histories and performance practice into a new archive.
2 x 27 showcases musicians of the Catalytic Sound collective in an online, streamed event. On Saturday, August 21st we will present an hour-long program that features unheard and unseen audiovisual works created by co-op artists. These works are all two minutes in length and have been edited together to create a unique, fast-paced take on creative improvised music performance in the current moment. Similar to the live-streamed Catalytic Sound Festival of 2020, this international event brings together the musicians of the collective in a statement of creative solidarity.
2 x 27 showcases musicians of the Catalytic Sound collective in an online, streamed event. On Saturday, August 21st we will present an hour-long program that features unheard and unseen audiovisual works created by co-op artists. These works are all two minutes in length and have been edited together to create a unique, fast-paced take on creative improvised music performance in the current moment. Similar to the live-streamed Catalytic Sound Festival of 2020, this international event brings together the musicians of the collective in a statement of creative solidarity.
Join us for a homecoming fundraising event featuring Roscoe Mitchell, Junius Paul, Ben LaMar Gay, and Natural Information Society. Proceeds will support the continued success of ESS. Halcyon Chorus takes place in-person and streaming Saturday, August 14th from 4-7pm CDT.
On International Make Music Day, the Newberry is teaming up with Chicago’s Experimental Sound Studio, an organization dedicated to artistic evolution and the creative exploration of sound, to bring together groundbreaking musicians Terri Lyne Carrington and Nicole Mitchell for a talk with scholar Romi Crawford on experimentation, early jazz influences, and their latest work.
For the season wrap up, a discussion with musician, theorist, professor and author Michael Gallope on space, the avant garde, and the refrain.
Sam and Melissa speak with Jorge Juan B. Wieneke (AKA similarobjects) about opening the Philipines 1st Minecraft night club + DJ Culture and organzing in the Philipines! W Special guest cohosts Ion 1 + Ion 2 of the Ion Pack.
Cyprian Bus of Krakow's Front Row Heroes, curator Krzysztof Kowalczyk hailing from Gdansk, and Joanna Rzepka-Dziedzic + Łukasz Dziedzic of Szara Gallery based in Katowice speak about arts, culture, and organizing in Poland today.
Slovenia based Nina Hudej of Ljubljana's Pritlicje, and Zala Orel of the Carnica Institute based in Kranj, expound upon events, arts and culture in Sl.
Sam and Melissa discuss the dynamics of cultural production in Slovakia with Bratislava based curator Juraj Hoppan, Robert Repka of Liptovsky Mikulas based Diera do Sveta, and Zuzana Kotikova of the gallery KAIR in Kosice.
With Justin Murphy of Other Life And special guest cohost Charlie Looker, a talk about whether or not the internet achieves place-hood!
Blurring the lines between past and future in Chengdu through music art and culture with DJ Shannon of the legendary DRIP party. With cohost Allen Huang of Awesome Agency Asia
Sound, gathering, and community with Soundpocket and Hong Kong Community Radio. With cohost Allen Huang of Awesome Agency Asia.
Preserving a space without Venues with Katy Roseland of Shanghai community Radio. We are joined by cohost Allen Huang of Awesome Agency Asia.
On weed + psychadelic party spaces w/ Weed Rave Kween Michelle Lhooq
Sam and Melissa speak with leadership from three emerging arts organizations in the City of Hudson; The Tenth Magazine, Hudson Eye, and The Hudson Art Fair.
Co-host Sam and Melissa welcome Elena Siyanko of the stunning PS21 of Chatham NY back on POA along with board chair Marian Karaupskopf, to dig deeper on public space, socialism, and performance, regarding upstate praxis.
Upstate NY series co-hosts Sam Hillmer and Melissa Auf Der Maur talk to co-foudners Galen Joseph-Hunter and Tom Roe of Acra NY's WaveFarm about transmission and experimentation on air.
Place of Assembly welcomes Basilica Hudson co-founder Melissa Auf Der Maur for a four part series that digs deep into the cultural scene of upstate NY.
Option welcomes the prolific bassist and composer Junius Paul onto the series for the first time. Don't miss your chance to hear one of Chicago's most creative and in-demand musicians perform and discuss his work.
Legendary Chicago based writer, critic, space operator, thinker on improvised music, John Corbett of Corbett vs Dempsey talks with host Sam Hillmer.
