Join us for the release of Slow Dances, a multi-player dance game by Sonnenzimmer and Matt Mehlan. The game consists of a series of prompt cards intended to guide each player through choreographed dances based on chance and their own interpretations.

The evening will include Matt Mehlan & Sonnenzimmer with slow dancers Lia Kohl, Jamal "Litebulb" Oliver, Ayako Kato, Ed Clemons, Corey Smith, David Hall, and more...

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.

Shinyoko / Artist Pool present a concert featuring artists for artists, curated by Matt Mehlan.

ESS presents Shinkoyo / Artist Pool, curated by Matt Mehlan.

Chicago native musician and filmmaker Matt Mehlan and guitarist and composer Cyrus Pireh perform solo and in duo for their debut performance on the Option stage. Not to be missed!

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.

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.