Interviews, audio, press releases and more content about ESS and the artists we work with.
This past year, ESS and the Spain Arts & Culture program of the Spanish Embassy collaborated to create a Sound Art Residency. This cross-continent digital exchange brought together Chicago-based artist and educator Maria Gaspar with Spanish artist, composer and sound recordist Juanjo Palacios, based in Asturias, Spain. Over the course of several months, they had the opportunity to research, experiment, share knowledge and ideas, and extend the development of sound art.
Read MoreLinks and framing questions for Thursday, January 27th’s panel on NFTs and Contemporary Art-Making
Read MoreIn this March 2016 conversation with Ken Vandermark, Fred Lonberg-Holm looks back to his origins of how he came to build his signature cello sound, being called the “anti-cellist”, and discusses his thoughts between art as a job and art as a hobby.
Read More2021 ESS Curatorial Fellow James Gui returns for a new feature. Originally designed as a feature for his concert from last year Eastern Resonance, this piece has now transformed into a musing on the constant need for more writings for and by underrepresented communities - namely the growing “scene” of electronic musicians from Asia and the diaspora.
Read MoreIn this October 2017 conversation with Tim Daisy, Michael Vatcher reflects on the narrative elements of solo performance, moving to Amsterdam in the 1980s, and playing chess with Anthony Braxton and Misha Mengelberg.
Read MoreIn this September 2016 conversation with Ken Vandermark, William Parker looks back at the beginning and formation of The New York Loft Scene, his musical journey from the 70s, 80s, 90s into the new millenium, and gives advice on proper technique vs. individuality.
Read MoreIn this October 2018 conversation with Andrew Clinkman, LaDonna Smith talks about experimentation as a way of carrying childhood forward, fostering a creative music community in Birmingham, Alabama, and sustaining the Trans Museq Records from 1976 to the present.
Read MoreThis Saturday, December 4th, 2021, our current Archive Artists in Residence Every House Has a Door - led by director Lin Hixson & dramaturg Matthew Goulish - will present 5 Beginnings ESS, a new work made utilizing materials found within the Creative Audio Archive's ESS Collection.
Matthew, Lin, and I exchanged emails this past week to discuss 5 Beginnings: ESS, the culmination of their CAA residency project…
Read MoreFor his final Quarantine Concert, ESS Curatorial Fellow James Gui teamed up with Seoul venue Ahn Cheol Soon (ACS) to highlight some of Seoul’s best experimental musicians, new and old. Read more about ACS below, and tune into ESSsssssACS on 12/2, at 7pm Central Time!
Read MoreOn December 4th, via ESS' The Quarantine Concerts livestream, Every house has a door will present 5 Beginnings ESS - a new work made utilizing materials found within the Creative Audio Archive's ESS Collection. Read on for a feature by Archive and Media Manager Matt Mehlan about the Every house tenure as Archive Artist in Residence, led by performance group director Lin Hixson & dramaturg Matthew Goulish.
Read MoreCheck out SHIFT, the online solo show of Italian-German visual and sound artist Friedrich Andreoni in three acts, presented as part of the 2021 Chicago Architecture Biennial.
Read MoreIn this August 2018 conversation with Ken Vandermark, Luke Stewart talks about his bass and amplifier exploration, becoming a key musical organizer in D.C and his views on social justice and artistic sustainability within our collective arts communities.
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