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Spain/Chicago Artist Exchange 2023

The Spain/Chicago Artist Exchange is a collaboration between Experimental Sound Studio (ESS) in Chicago, the Embassy of Spain, and Acción Cultural Española (AC/E) to connect sound artists working in each respective location. Two exchange artists participate in a series of self-directed virtual studio visits over the course of a two month period, with the option of support for a collaborative project beyond the residency.

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Regina Martinez Commissioned for Site-Specific Sound Installation

ESS, Monira Foundation, & Mana Contemporaryare pleased to announce a joint commission to Chicago artist Regina Martinez to create a site-specific sound installation responding to the peregrine falcons who call Mana Contemporary home. 

Martinez’s installation centers the idea that what we know about the peregrine falcon is what we imagine the falcon to be. This multichannel sound installation will open to the public in September 2023,  in conjunction with the Chicago Architecture Biennial.

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Olivia Junell
Veronica Anne Salinas & Clara de Asìs Residency

This October ESS partnered with the Cultural Office of the Embassy of Spain for a residency exchange with Spanish artists Clara de Asìs and Chicago artist Veronica Anne Salinas. For the culmination of their residency Clara and Veronica performed ‘tiny sounds’ which incorporated processed organic and electronic sounds and frequencies inspired by the wildness and infinitesimal sensualities floating within Lincoln Park Conservatory’s Fern Room.

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