“Scratching” is an immersive multichannel soundscape created and performed by cellist and noise/performance artist Katinka Kleijn at the Chicago Athletic Association in their Tank, a former swimming pool at the club.

Curated by flutist Sasha Ishov, Echoes and Influences is an evening of solos and duos featuring music by Joji Yuasa, alongside works by Isang Yun and Jo Kondō — figures in the postwar Japanese and Korean avant-garde whose works reflect distinct yet interwoven aesthetic trajectories.

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.

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.

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.

Hugo Flores García will discuss his research in machine learning (ML) and music, where he designs artist-centered interfaces for creative expression through sound.

Experimental Sound Studio presents a pop-up performance with Marvin Tate and Hunter Diamond. The performance will respond to Turn of the Tide, a site-specific immersive art installation created for EXPO CHICAGO by the artist Jennifer Wen Ma.

The Musicality of Poetry is an exhibition by the multidisciplinary artist and arts activist Marvin Tate. The exhibition will feature recent visual work by Marvin. The closing reception will feature longtime collaborator LeRoy Bach.

“I’ll be playing with my longtime collaborator LeRoy Bach and that within itself is a beautiful thang to behold.”

- Marvin Tate

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.

The Musicality of Poetry is exhibition by the multidisciplinary artist and arts activist Marvin Tate.

BOUNDARYMIND is an evening-length electroacoustic sound piece and aggregating installation that explores and transgresses the geographical, cultural, psychological, and musical boundaries that impact how we share our past, present, and future selves with others.

Developed collaboratively over the course of eight years by Linda Jankowska and Katherine Young, the project will also present video art by Kera Mackenzie and a performative sculpture by Molly Roth Scranton.

BOUNDARYMIND is an evening-length electroacoustic sound piece and aggregating installation that explores and transgresses the geographical, cultural, psychological, and musical boundaries that impact how we share our past, present, and future selves with others.

Developed collaboratively over the course of eight years by Linda Jankowska and Katherine Young, the project will also present video art by Kera Mackenzie and a performative sculpture by Molly Roth Scranton.

A small train going a long way is a work of abstract sonic interventions in public spaces, documented through videos, sounds, maps, scores, and performance ephemera. It unfolds in collaboration with the unpredictable sounds of its environment, facilitating transient experiences of familiar places.

Douglas R. Ewart returns for a final performance alongside the recently-closed exhibition Douglas R. Ewart: A Retrospective at ESS’s Audible Gallery. This time, Ewart is joined by the group Quasar: Mankwe Ndosi and Vincent Davis. Attend the presentation of Songs of Life’s Vineyards live at the Logan Center at University of Chicago, Sunday, December 12th at 4pm CDT.

Douglas R. Ewart comes together with Renèe Baker (Violin, Viola and Voice) and Lou Mallozzi (electronics) in a trio called Sonic Bamboo Rhizomes for a special performance entitled Water Wise Bamboo Free dedicated to Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians Elders Lester Helmar Lashley, LaRoy Wallace McMillan, and Reginald "Reggie" Willis. This is the first in a series of performances presented as part of his current exhibition Douglas R. Ewart: A Retrospective at ESS’s Audible Gallery.

OSCILLATIONS presents performance artists Jenna Boyles and Erica Gressman, performing with handmade and hacked instruments and wearables for the first concert of the 2020 series.

Composer, pianist, and Co-Director of the Wet Ink Ensemble Eric Wubbels performs the world premiere of Peter Ablinger’s Voices and Piano.

Experimental Sound Studio is proud to present The Bridge [2.2] for a performance and live recording in the studio as a concluding event in their micro-residency. The 2.2 ensemble features Mai Sugimoto (alto saxophone), Raymond Boni (guitar), Anton Hatwich (double bass) and Paul Rogers (double bass).

Join us for a final presentation by Alba/SAIC artist in residence Katie Wood featuring a screening of her film running water with performances by Carol Genetti and Gwyneth Zeleny Anderson in the garden at sundown.

Join us for a special concert with performances by JASMINE GUFFOND and JON MUELLER at May Chapel in Rosehill Cemetery.

As an extension of its weekly OPTION series, Experimental Sound Studio is pleased to partner with the Green Mill to present Rob Mazurek's Desert Encrypts: Volume 1 Record Release (Astral Spirit Records).

This year's WAVE FRONT artist-in-residence is Brian Chu Yin-Woo (龢wo4) from Hong Kong. Before the end of his residency in Chicago, Brian will play a solo improvisation set, followed by a short presentation sharing insights into the underground music scene in his hometown and the ways in which it has inspired the ideas behind his creative process.

Experimental Sound Studio is proud to present The Bridge [2.1] for a performance and live recording in the studio as a concluding event in their 3 day micro-residency. Their collaborative efforts titled, Crying Out Loud, is an improvisational quintet ensemble featuring Dan Bitney (drums), Christian Bopp (trombone, voice), Rob Frye (woodwinds, electronics), Jayve Montgomery (woodwinds, electronics) and Simon Sieger (trombone, tuba, accordion, piano).

On January 31 ESS presents a prototype of a larger format Fugal Systems music series scheduled to debut at Experimental Station in fall 2019. Participating in this preview iteration are Billie Howard, Ayanna Woods, Angel Bat Dawid, and Adam Vida. Join us for this unique, immersive live sound collage that will take over the entire ESS building.

In the final evening of Oscillations performances, composer, musician, and puppeteer Divyamaan Sahoo will present his new work “Flatland” and Les Chanteuses du Rien (Elaine Lemieux, Hanna Brock, and Sara Zalek) will present an immersive improvisation utilizing the entire ESS building.

In the second concert from the Oscillations series, KG Price will create new polyphonic compositions using turntables. In the second set, Riley Leitch and Kelley Sheehan present their evolving project zP42, a site specific improvisation utilizing max msp.