The December edition of our Pleiades Series features the amazing performance/noise duo nunn and a fresh trio from Kim Alpert, Pleiades curator Emily Beisel, and turntablist Allen Moore. This show will not include the usual jam session at the end, but come on out and rock with these great bands.
Artist Bios
nunn is the Chicago-based experimental electronic project of Liv Mershon and R.M who began collaborating in 2014 in Bloomington, IN, releasing music together as Double Mastectomy, Nyx'd, and Lech. Mershon began nunn in Summer 2021 with former vocalist, Caitlin Minor, whose contribution was integral to the project's aesthetic and message. nunn exists somewhere between self harm and meditation, drawing inspiration from masochistic cycles and the divine found in catharsis.
Kim Alpert combines analog and digital technologies, movement, music, and interactivity, to create sculptural and performance-based video systems. Kim's visual practice centers on humanism with inquisitions into psychology and spirituality - understanding and translating the impact of visual language to create meaning. Kim uses digital and analog techniques, feedback, and found footage to weave dream tapestries both recorded and improvised. A significant part of Kim’s performed work is in collaboration with improvisational musicians, blending pre-rendered content with live visualizations. Kim performs in collaborative and cross-discipline works such as Anteloper, Mike Reed’s Flesh and Bone, Ken Vandermark’s Momentum 5, The Instigation Orchestra, and with her project Scan Lines.
Emily Beisel is a Chicago based improvisor, curator and woodwind specialist. She is known for her visceral performances combining extended instrumental techniques with heavy amplification and timbral effects. Her work explores the process of intuitive recombination and flux within genres such as noise music, math-core, free jazz, contemporary classical and doom metal. Emily is a member of the contemporary ensemble Fonema Consort premiering the works of living composers including James Dillon, Richard Barrett, Katherine Young, Pablo Chin and Julio Estrada. As a curator, Emily seeks to nurture her creative music community, particularly the visibility and involvement of femme-nonbinary artists. To this end she founded the monthly Pleiades series based at Elastic Arts in Chicago including a free improv jam for improvisors of all experience levels and backgrounds. Emily holds her Master of Music degree from Northwestern University and is a member of the American Federation of Musicians Local 10-208. www.emilybeisel.com
Allen Moore is a Black Interdisciplinary Painter, Experimental Sound Artist, Educator, Youth Mentor and Curator born and raised in the Historic Village of Robbins IL. Moore holds a Bachelors of Arts from Chicago State University, a Masters in Arts from Governors State University and a Masters of Fine Arts from Northern Illinois University in 2016. His work examines both visual and experimental music, emphasizing the importance of nurturing the Black Imagination with social representation. Allen has been a Makerspace/DIY educator for 6 plus years. His practice converses with the signifiers of Blackness bringing to view the underlying themes of racial, emotional and socio-economic conditions. Moore has exhibited and performed across Chicago and the greater midwest, including exhibitions at Heaven Gallery, Compound Yellow, Experimental Sound Studio, Elastic Arts, Threewalls, The Museum of Contemporary Art, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Roots & Culture Gallery, Lula Cafe, The Star Media Group, Union Street Gallery, The Museum of Science and Industry Chicago, etc. He is a volunteer staff member for the A.C.R.E. Artist Residency and Comfort Station in Logan Square.
$15 - Tickets Available at the Door