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Tone Glow is excited to announce "Hitching a Ride with the Devil," a showcase of four works on 16mm by filmmaker Michael Wallin (1948-2016).
We welcome Matt Blair from Madison, WI as he brings his trio. Erik Sowa and Robbie Lynn Hunsinger improvise as a duo.
Join us for the opening of quiet as its kept, the new group visual gallery exhibition curated by Harlem West!
This July Pleiades is excited to welcome Minneapolis-based composer and performer May Klug. May works primarily with Casio CZ101 synthesizer, feedback, and voice. Her work centers on deeply felt relationships with electronic instruments and collaboration with their glitches. May will be joined by Chicago-based improvisors Emily Rach Beisel (woodwinds + electronics), Tyler Wagner (bass) and Abhilasha Figueroa (guitar) for a night of different improvised configurations.
An evening of soundscapes with bows, brass, keys, samples and more!
July’s CLEAT Series features a new duo from RXM Reality and Rin Peisert along with a solo set from guitarist Jake Leech.
The Festival of Sufi Arts grew out of a dhikr circle in Chicago. For those unfamiliar with dhikr, the word means "remembrance of God." Sufis around the world practice dhikr through devotional music, chanting, and whirling. Throughout history, many Sufis have also been poets, visual artists, and musicians. We realized this was true in our dhikr circle too. While not strictly devotional, much of the art we create is informed by our experiences as Sufis. The Festival of Sufi Arts emerged from the desire to share music, visual art, and poetry from Sufi artists with a broader community.
Avreeayl Ra’s Dream Stuff is Avreeayl Ra (drums), Edward Wilkerson (reeds), Peter Maunu (strings), Jim Baker (keyboards), and Jason Roebke (bass). Dream Stuff exemplifies Spontaneous Composition and Arrangement.
Dream Stuff will perform two sets at 8:30 and 9:30.
$15 / $10 w/ Student ID - Tickets Available at the Door
Join us for the first of two Elastro series events this week, featuring Los Angeles musician Cate Kennan, Infrathin (Whitney Johnson + Lula Asplund), and Cleared (Michael Vallera + Steven Hess).
Chicago's most dynamic audio/visual series, Night School, presents an evening of experimental video and music for the first time here at Elastic Arts. Video artists are paired with improvising musicians, with each musician live-scoring the video for the first time. There are no aesthetic hierarchies at Night School, each show is about spontaneity and openness, you never know what you'll see and you won't believe what you hear!
