Monday, December 21, 6:30pm – 8:30pm
The Opportunity Shop, 1613 E. 55th St., Chicago 60615 (map)
Gino Robair returns to Chicago and presenting a new composition/conduction for large ensemble. Friday’s and Saturday’s performances are a part of the Fourth Annual Chicago Calling Festival. The concert will be preceded by a panel discussion beginning at 1:00 p.m. Please visit the Chicago Calling website for details.
I am creating an installation and five performances in Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art with Chad Clark, Brett Ian Balogh, and fellow members of Chicago Phonography for the MCA’s Here/Not There series.
Opening at 7 p.m., Tuesday, July 21 Chicago Phonography in “Here/Not There”
I perform in the GBO: Homelistening series with Carol Genetti (voice), Friday, June 19 at…
The Green Bicycle Organization 1626 N. California, #2 (top buzzer) Chicago, IL 60647 Please BYOBPLASTICENE 13th ANNUAL PHYSICAL THEATER INTENSIVE: JUNE 13—18, 2009
When:
Where: UIC Studio Theater, 1044 W. Harrison Street, Chicago
Fee: $195 early registration (before 5/26) $225 thereafter. Send a check and contact info to Plasticene, 1849 N. Damen Avenue #1, Chicago IL 60647
What: 24 hours of physical theater training, improvisation, and creation for anyone who wants to move, innovate, develop, and play…
I perform at Enemy with Daniel Fishkin, daxophone player extraordinaire. The Green Pasture Happiness will open: Aaron Zarzutzki (no-output turntable), Daniel Fandiño (electronics), and Brian Labycz (electronics).
EnemyThis 8-minute video excerpt has just posted today, from last Saturday’s performance I played in with John Berndt (from Baltimore – electronics), Asimina Chremos (movement), Jim Baker (viola), and Carol Genetti (voice) at Silverspace, in Wicker Park.
On Friday, December 5 Jérôme Joy played “Sobralasolas! Episode 1” on Free Radio SAIC. This 80-minute radio-opera was created in collaboration with Dinahbird, Caroline Bouissou, Björn Eriksson, Kaffe Matthews, and Gregory Whitehead. Afterward, I joined Jérôme for a wonderful 30-minute performance on my Springboard. Jérôme played lapotop. This programs ran for two hours. Listen here on the Free Radio SAIC archives: http://freeradiosaic.org/radio/archives/125/
“Sobralasolas! Episode 1” is to be released soon as a CD on Avatar.
The Chicago Phonography broadcast on Philip von Zweck’s Something Else radio program, performed live on August 3rd, 2008, has just been posted in it’s entirety on archive.org. Listen to it here:
Chicago Phonography is a loose collective of artists interested in promoting creative activity in listening by producing and broadcasting unprocessed field recordings as an ensemble in a context of live improvisation. Motivated by the maxim “nature performs and we provide the secretarial services” (R. Murray Schafer The Tuning of the World). This is a four-hour continuous performance by Chicago Phonography broadcasted live from WLUW 88.7 Independent Community Radio studios for the experimental music program Something Else hosted by Philip Von Zweck.
Performing on this evening were Todd Carter, Chad Clark, Chris Hammes, Eric Leonardson, Joshua Manchester, Patrick Scott, and Aaron Zarzutzki.