Troy Cruz

Haruhi Kobayashi

Krebs/Holsopple

The CLEAT Series focuses on work composed for the 16-channel speaker system in our space, allowing audiences to experience different approaches to spatial audio. This month we’ll be experiencing two studies by audio artist Ryan Holsopple and choreographer Ginger Krebs that utilize movement with wireless magnetometers to direct the sound in space. Explorers get their bearings as data points proliferate. Centripetal sounds spin them, clicking and rattling like pills on a roulette wheel. We’ll then see solo performances from Troy Cruz and Haruhi Kobayashi. Haruhi will present Sonic Playground, a piece that’s been performed three previous times and started as a 7 speaker spatial audio sculpture. Troy’s piece will combine sound synthesis, and spatialized field recordings in an attempt to express the absurd experience of life. This will be another exciting glimpse into the infinite possibilities of our CLEAT system!

Artist Bios

Haruhi is a Japanese Chicago based multi-media artist, sound designer and engineer. She loves all things sound, any shape and form. Her work primarily revolves about vocal expression and manipulation.

Troy Cruz is an Audio Engineer based in Chicago, working in various audio fields. He has experience working at Experimental Sound Studio as a recording engineer, The Museum of Contemporary Art as a freelance AV Tech, Northwestern University as an Adjunct Professor and Teaching Assistant, and Freelance Film Sound Designer and Re-Recording mixer. Troy's piece is a through composed piece that will combine sound synthesis, and spatialized field recordings in an attempt to express the absurd experience of life.

Ginger Krebs makes performance and sculpture, which she’s presented recently in Chicago at Steppenwolf’s 1700 Theater and The Dance Center of Columbia College. She’s interested in amplifying the tactile and acoustic aspects of moving bodies, while destabilizing perception of them visually. Later this month she’ll head to a residency at Headlands Center for the Arts.

Ryan Holsopple is a sound and video designer based in Chicago, working with sensors and DIY electronics. Recent work includes Annie Dorsen’s Prometheus Firebringer at the Chocolate Factory (NYC), and the interactive installation, Ted Degener’s Home Movies, at Intuit, Chicago.

$15 / $10 w/ Student ID - Tickets Available at the Door