Sonic Genealogies: Olivia Block on Harry Bertoia for Radio from Reina Sofia Museum
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Interviews, audio, press releases and more content about ESS and the artists we work with.
ESS sat down with Stephan Moore, composer and sound artist, for an interview about his Florasonic piece that’s currently up in the Lincoln Park Conservatory Fern Room. A Grid Against the Sky will be up from Sunday, December 10th - Friday, March 2nd, 2018.
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Alex Jen review's Sara Ludy's Florasonic work, 'Climates'
Alex Jen is an independent curator and critic based in Williamstown, Massachusetts. He has written for Hyperallergic, Hiram Butler Gallery and ArtDesk, and is currently working on a piece considering space and texture in Robert Irwin's work for Domus. Past projects include an exhibition of sound and visual art by Brian Trelegan at Williams College, where Jen is also a student
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We interviewed Lou Mallozzi and Joseph Clayton Mills about their Ten x Ten collaboration, artistic process, and how the idea of narrative plays out in their piece.
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Oscillations 2017: Call for Proposals
Deadline for Proposals: October 1st, 2017, midnight
send submissions to oscillations@ess.org
Now in its fifth year, OSCILLATIONS presents concerts by artists selected from submissions received in response to an open call for proposals. ESS will present chosen artists in a series of 3-4 performances between November 4 and November 25th, 2017. (Depending on the nature of the selected projects, we may feature either one or two acts per evening.) Emphasis will not be placed on any particular genre or style; the main criterion for selection is the demonstration of experimentation, exploration, and innovation in the artist’s/group’s chosen idiom.
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Ten x Ten 2017 partners Ambrosia Bartosekulva and Melina Ausikaitis tell us a little bit about their collaboration and process for their track recorded in ESS’s Studio A at the end of April.
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Though it was standing-room-only Monday night at Experimental Sound Studio on North Ravenswood Avenue, the house was silent but for the sound of Ned Rothenberg's art.
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Part-time contract position; equivalent of 3 days a week (minimum 1 day/week in the office, the remainder self-directed) plus attendance at weekly staff meetings and at all events; no benefits: $1,650.00 per month.
The Marketing and Public Relations Director will be charged with creating and implementing an innovative and sustainable plan that integrates marketing, branding, public relations, and design.
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MICHAEL ZERANG discusses Queequeg's Coffin apropos his performance at the opening of Pilot:Drone:Committee:Target, Friday, February 10, 2017. Includes streaming audio of Zerang's full performance on the Coffin at ESS's 30th Anniversary Gala at Constellation in 2016
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ANDREW BARCO discusses Pilot:Drone:Committee:Target, opening Friday, February 10 at ESS's Audible Gallery.
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Composer MT COAST discusses the audio component of Pilot:Drone:Committee:Target, opening Friday, February 12, 2017 in Audible Gallery.
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Joshua Dumas' new Florasonic installation Night Songs for the Birds of North America opens this Sunday, January 22nd in the Fern Room at Lincoln Park Conservatory with an artist reception from 3-5pm. On the occasion of the opening, ESS Co-director Olivia Junell interviewed Dumas about his approach to the commission.
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