Join us for day 2 of the epic DREAMSTREAM, a special online fundraiser honoring Laetitia Sonami.
Chicago based cellist and composer Liliana Zofia Wosko performs a solo set followed by a duo with rising star Ben Lamar Gay on cornet.
Boston-based percussionist Curt Newton returns to Chicago after a long hiatus, performing a set of solo drum set improvisations and a first-meeting duo with cornetist Ben LaMar Gay.
Join ESS for our summer gala! With performances by Tortoise, Helen Gillet with Kim Alpert, TALsounds, and Jeff Parker/Ben LaMar Gay/Tomeka Reid, this is a line up you do not want to miss. All proceeds go directly back into our programs, supporting the artists we work with and helping ESS continue to make space for creative experimentation.
In its sixth year, SUMMERSONIC is undergoing a metamorphosis: we've stuffed three weekends worth of concerts into one blow-out afternoon of music by some of the most fascinating musicians working in Chicago right now.
ESS has assembled an all-star crew of improvisers to play in the Maze of the You Are Here Festival. Players include: Tim Kinsella, Matt Lux, Alex Inglizian, Adam Vida, Ben LaMar Gay, Will Faber, LeRoy Bach, Ben Boye
Untitled (expeditions) is a series of images exploring moments on the periphery of the chaos of daily life. The work brings to the fore images of memories or reflections on the passage of time, and wanderings of not only place but mind. The photographs are an amalgam of moods, colors, and emotions—images steeped in the tones of memory, loss, and a visceral sublime. Hargrave injects the work with subjectivity through the liberal manipulation of color and color processes, investigating how fugitive photographic substrates literally color memory.
