Artist Kim Alpert (ESS) joins art historians Delinda Collier (SAIC) and Bukky Gbadegesin (SLU) to discuss the technologies and thought forms that have laid the foundation for emerging crypto-cultures
On International Make Music Day, the Newberry is teaming up with Chicago’s Experimental Sound Studio, an organization dedicated to artistic evolution and the creative exploration of sound, to bring together groundbreaking musicians Terri Lyne Carrington and Nicole Mitchell for a talk with scholar Romi Crawford on experimentation, early jazz influences, and their latest work.
For the season wrap up, a discussion with musician, theorist, professor and author Michael Gallope on space, the avant garde, and the refrain.
Sam and Melissa speak with Jorge Juan B. Wieneke (AKA similarobjects) about opening the Philipines 1st Minecraft night club + DJ Culture and organzing in the Philipines! W Special guest cohosts Ion 1 + Ion 2 of the Ion Pack.
Cyprian Bus of Krakow's Front Row Heroes, curator Krzysztof Kowalczyk hailing from Gdansk, and Joanna Rzepka-Dziedzic + Łukasz Dziedzic of Szara Gallery based in Katowice speak about arts, culture, and organizing in Poland today.
Slovenia based Nina Hudej of Ljubljana's Pritlicje, and Zala Orel of the Carnica Institute based in Kranj, expound upon events, arts and culture in Sl.
Sam and Melissa discuss the dynamics of cultural production in Slovakia with Bratislava based curator Juraj Hoppan, Robert Repka of Liptovsky Mikulas based Diera do Sveta, and Zuzana Kotikova of the gallery KAIR in Kosice.
With Justin Murphy of Other Life And special guest cohost Charlie Looker, a talk about whether or not the internet achieves place-hood!
Blurring the lines between past and future in Chengdu through music art and culture with DJ Shannon of the legendary DRIP party. With cohost Allen Huang of Awesome Agency Asia
Sound, gathering, and community with Soundpocket and Hong Kong Community Radio. With cohost Allen Huang of Awesome Agency Asia.
Preserving a space without Venues with Katy Roseland of Shanghai community Radio. We are joined by cohost Allen Huang of Awesome Agency Asia.
On weed + psychadelic party spaces w/ Weed Rave Kween Michelle Lhooq
Sam and Melissa speak with leadership from three emerging arts organizations in the City of Hudson; The Tenth Magazine, Hudson Eye, and The Hudson Art Fair.
Co-host Sam and Melissa welcome Elena Siyanko of the stunning PS21 of Chatham NY back on POA along with board chair Marian Karaupskopf, to dig deeper on public space, socialism, and performance, regarding upstate praxis.
Upstate NY series co-hosts Sam Hillmer and Melissa Auf Der Maur talk to co-foudners Galen Joseph-Hunter and Tom Roe of Acra NY's WaveFarm about transmission and experimentation on air.
Place of Assembly welcomes Basilica Hudson co-founder Melissa Auf Der Maur for a four part series that digs deep into the cultural scene of upstate NY.
Legendary Chicago based writer, critic, space operator, thinker on improvised music, John Corbett of Corbett vs Dempsey talks with host Sam Hillmer.
Join Interdisciplinary Artist and Educator, Kamau Patton, with Experimental Sound Studio or a presentation of work from his post as Archive Artist in Residence – engaging the Sun Ra / El Saturn collection in the Creative Audio Archive at ESS.
This year's WAVE FRONT artist-in-residence is Brian Chu Yin-Woo (龢wo4) from Hong Kong. Before the end of his residency in Chicago, Brian will play a solo improvisation set, followed by a short presentation sharing insights into the underground music scene in his hometown and the ways in which it has inspired the ideas behind his creative process.
December 2, 2018 - ESS & CAA founder Lou Mallozzi presents a playlist of sound art and performance pieces that are “not music” - selected from the Creative Audio Archive’s ESS Collection.
This listening session explores the particular linguistic devices and manipulations used in two newly commissioned pieces by Fernanda Aoki Navarro and Pablo Santiago Chin as well as a virtuosic tour-de-force by composer Richard Barrett.
On October 28th, Ace Hotel and ESS welcome Steven Krakow for Sunday Sessions, presenting a playlist of rare recordings from the Malachi Ritscher collection of the Creative Audio Archive.
Option welcomes the legendary composer, percussionist, visual artist and educator Gerry Hemingway for a set of solo music followed by a discussion with Option programmer Tim Daisy.
Seattle based trumpeter Greg Kelley marks his Option debut with a solo performance. A discussion about his work follows.
Violinist, violist and vocalist LaDonna Smith makes a rare visit to Chicago where she'll perform a set of solo music. A discussion about her work follows.
Sound artist, visual artist and architect Sandy Ewen makes her debut on the Option stage with a set of solo music. A conversation about her work follows.
Unfortunately the concert with legendary saxophonist Don Dietrich is cancelled due to weather related flight delays.
The Ears Have Walls: A Survey of Sound Games is an interactive exhibition of sound games, presented in collaboration with the Video Game Art Gallery.
The Second Sexing Sound Symposium (SSSS!) is a series of public events in Chicago dedicated to ideas, research, performance, and conversation surrounding female and trans-identifying practitioners in and around the sonic arts.
Our final event of SSSS! is a concert with works by Lee Blalock, Jen Hill, Deidre Huckabay and Jenna Lyle.
World renowned drummer Michael Vatcher will perform a solo set followed by a discussion with Tim Daisy.
