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Guitarist extraordinaire Luke Polipnick brings a new quartet. Mark Nagy performs with his interdisciplinary ensemble.
Tone Glow and Employees Only are excited to present “Grin and Bear It: Cinema of the Dark Clown,” a multimedia event centered on the figure of the dark clown in experimental moving image. The festivities will take place on Friday, May 16th at 7PM and will be broken into three programs: 1) an analog film showcase of iconic works from Jack Smith and Luther Price, 2) videos highlighting the dark comedy of Hester Scheurwater, Ximena Cuevas, Anne McGuire, and Paul & Marlene Kos, and 3) a series of lyrical 16mm films from Jean Sousa, Donna Cameron, and Fred Worden. The evening will also include two live clowning and puppetry performances from local artist Justin D’Acci. Throughout the event, the clown is found in conceptual, queer, and feminine forms, in criminality and pranksterism, in metaphorical explorations of the circus’ beauties and sorrows.
HEAVENSWARE is an audio//visual experience in Logan Square, Chicago, featuring the best in live hardware music.
In conjunction with Experimental Sound Studio and the CLEAT Series we continue our series of artist-led introduction workshops exploring spatial audio.
The workshops are approximately 2 hours and will begin with a demonstration and discussion of each individual artist’s approach to multichannel sound. In the second half of the workshops, participants will have an opportunity to experiment with multichannel sound techniques on the 16-channel CLEAT system installed at Elastic.
No prior experience with multichannel sound necessary! You will need to bring your own laptop to actively participate in the second half of each workshop, however you are also welcome to simply listen and observe without a laptop.
Scott Rubin’s Digital Hands presents the imaginary exploration of a solo masked performer traversing questions of identity, meditation, and control through use of a camera-instrument.
The Dysnomia duo (James Ilgenfritz and Teerath Majumder) emerged from a need to critique received notions about machine learning, intellectual labor, and conceptual autonomy. Using a 5-string contrabass in a just intonation scordatura together with transducers and machine learning, the duo explores sound through the lens of trans-humanism, investigating the agency of the interface itself.
$15 / $10 w/ Student ID - Tickets Available at the Door
Join us for The Ooze, a night of dance curated by J e l l o curator Mya McClellan! Witness talented artists sharing their unique solo works, then dive into guided improvisation led by Mya. We’re thrilled to have Drew Lewis DJ again.
In conjunction with Experimental Sound Studio and the CLEAT Series we continue our series of artist-led introduction workshops exploring spatial audio.
The workshops are approximately 2 hours and will begin with a demonstration and discussion of each individual artist’s approach to multichannel sound. In the second half of the workshops, participants will have an opportunity to experiment with multichannel sound techniques on the 16-channel CLEAT system installed at Elastic.
No prior experience with multichannel sound necessary! You will need to bring your own laptop to actively participate in the second half of each workshop, however you are also welcome to simply listen and observe without a laptop.
Two duo acts forefronting improvised approaches to avant-rock and electronic music, with special visiting (returning) guest Dave McDonnell.
Join us for a late spring afternoon of crafts and zines! In conjunction with the current exhibition of Serena Hocharoen's TV FOR A BUG at Elastic Arts, we're excited to announce an indie zine + craft fair as our closing celebration. Along with the craft fair, Hocharoen will be inviting people to contribute to the online World of Text live. There will also be a communal craft table for people to make zines and crafts together.
In conjunction with Experimental Sound Studio and the CLEAT Series we continue our series of artist-led introduction workshops exploring spatial audio.
The workshops are approximately 2 hours and will begin with a demonstration and discussion of each individual artist’s approach to multichannel sound. In the second half of the workshops, participants will have an opportunity to experiment with multichannel sound techniques on the 16-channel CLEAT system installed at Elastic.
No prior experience with multichannel sound necessary! You will need to bring your own laptop to actively participate in the second half of each workshop, however you are also welcome to simply listen and observe without a laptop.
