GoldGrrl
Kim Nucci
Pleiades is our monthly series that features womxn and non-binary musicians/improvisors and this month we’ll have two sets to open the night followed by an open jam! Starting the night out we’ll have a solo set from new-to-Chicago synthesist Kim Nucci. Kim uses modular synth and voice to create dense textures and brooding swells of sound. We’ll then hear a set from multidisciplinary artist GoldGrrl who explores all genres of music/sound, but tonight will be presenting new work for voice/electronics. If you’d like to participate in the open jam (any femme / non-binary folks), please email pleiades@elasticarts.org
Artist Bios
Kim Nucci is an Oakland/Chicago-based multimedia artist, composer / improviser, and technologist. They perform on saxophones, electronics, voice, and live projection. Nucci's research interests explore the pedestrian cybernetic body through critically examining our relationship with technology and with our instruments. Their solo performance practice is invested in the exploration of ritualism and trance states in improvisation. They hold an M.F.A. in Electronic Music and Recording Media, and an M.A. in Music Composition from Mills College, and a B.A. in Visual Arts from Bennington College. They are head of ACRE Residency's sound department. Their practice is largely collaborative. They are the Technical Director of Driven Arts Collective (DAC), which recently completed the Dresher Ensemble Artist Residency with their projects CELSO: In Utero and CELSO: Digital Milk, a dance/theatre work with live music and interactive technologies. DAC has been awarded the ARCC Residency at Counterpulse where they are creating a new work in the CELSO series. With DAC, Kim directed/filmed the video work “Quarant Time” documenting the collective’s rehearsal process during 2020 and assisted with filming of “Z A G A.” Previously, they did show programming and co-authored music & video elements for DAC's evening length prodution, << KHÔRA >>. They currently work at Art Institute of Chicago doing installing media artworks as part of the Audio Visual Services Team.
Dubbed the "fierceness of femininity" by AfroPunk, GoldGrrl is an Afro-Panamanian culture bearer, dancer, and metal singer based in Pilsen. Her artistic and cultural practice addresses issues of racial equity, women empowerment, LGBTQIA+ rights, and immigration. She has presented, exhibited and performed her work all over Chicago including Green Mill, MCA, The Taste, iO Theater, Den Theater and the Chicago Cultural Center. She has been interviewed on What About Chicago, Live at the Extraordinarium, Weirdos Welcome podcast, and Vocalo radio and featured on Chicago Reader's Gossip Wolf and Chicago Music Guide.
$15 / $10 w/ Student ID - Tickets Available at the Door