High Zero Festival Friday & Saturday, September 14 & 15 (7:30pm doors, 8:30pm showtime) Elastic Arts 3429 W Diversey Ave #208 Chicago, IL 60647 Baltimore’s High Zero Collective are taking my favorite festival for experimental improvised music on the road. I’m honored to be part of its Chicago iteration on September 15, at Elastic Arts.… Continue reading High Zero Festival 2018 | September 15
Category: Instruments & Hardware
Moving Between Two or More Places | Broadcast Sunday, September 2
Moving Between Two Or More Places, a work for Radiokunst – Kunstradio Sunday, September 2. 11:03 pm – 11:59 pm (CEST) / 4:03 pm – 4:59 pm (CDT) Listen to the stream online at ÖRF (Austrian Public Radio) This work for Kunstradio reimagines and reflects the diversity and relationships of acoustic communications I personally hear… Continue reading Moving Between Two or More Places | Broadcast Sunday, September 2
Splice Series: Stephen Dorocke At Beat Kitchen, May 9
Please join Stephen Dorocke and me, along with hosts Peter Maunu (guitar, mandolin, violin), Carol Genetti (vocals) and Julian Kirshner (drums), for this week’s installment of Splice live improvised music series. Wednesday, May 9 at 8:30 p.m. Address: Beat Kitchen 2100 W Belmont Ave Chicago, Illinois Tel: 773-281-4444 Admission: FREE! Among Stephen Dorocke’s many talents… Continue reading Splice Series: Stephen Dorocke At Beat Kitchen, May 9
Eric Leonardson, Chris Reilly, Ben Miller at Light Box, Saturday April 28
Saturday April 28 I am honored to perform with local sound artists and instrument makers, Chris Reilly and Ben Miller. Light Box 8641 Linwood St. Detroit MI 48206 Facebook Event This will be our first public performance for us three together. Chris Reilly works with similar devices to my Springboard plus software-based instruments and visual… Continue reading Eric Leonardson, Chris Reilly, Ben Miller at Light Box, Saturday April 28
Flying Monks for Rika Lin Version 2
Following last April’s performance of Quantum Monk II at Link’s Hall, choreographer, Rika Lin and I have been working a new variation for live performance. “Flying Monks” are the set of suspended amplified oscillators I built last year for Rika Lin’s performance, in which I also performed live with the Springboard. The idea of… Continue reading Flying Monks for Rika Lin Version 2
Workshop: Eco-sensing and the Soundscape at Light Box
Eco-sensing and the Soundscape Workshop Saturday, April 28 at 10 AM – 1 PM EDT Light Box, 8641 Linwood St, Detroit, Michigan 48206 Facebook Event Description
DIY Eco-sensing Workshop ISU College of Design
Amazing workshop! Ear cleaning exercise and DIY eco-sensing w/ Eric Leonardson @ericleonardson @designonmain203 @isugd @isucollegeofdesign #SusE #MDesSE #iowa #midwest #acousticEcology #soundart #art #listening #design #isugd A post shared by Alex Braidwood (@formalplay) on Mar 26, 2018 at 4:12pm PDT
Ragdale Residency | February 2018
The start of this new year brings a special time for peaceful reflection, planning, performing, production, and fellowship during my 25-day residency at Ragdale. This is my third residency here since 2015. Ragdale is an interdisciplinary artists’ community established in 1976 in Lake Forest, Illinois by poet Alice Judson Hayes, the granddaughter of architect Howard… Continue reading Ragdale Residency | February 2018
Birgit Ulher, Elastic Arts | February 8, 2018
Birgit Ulher with Carol Genetti and Eric Leonardson + Ulher and Katherine Young Join us at 9:00 PM Thursday, February 8, 2018 Elastic Arts, 3429 W Diversey Ave, 2nd Floor Chicago, IL 60647 Birgit Ulher is an exquisite sound artist and improvising electroacoustic trumpeter. We have performed together on several occasions in Chicago and Hamburg… Continue reading Birgit Ulher, Elastic Arts | February 8, 2018
Between Air and Electricity | The Springboard by Eric Leonardson
Today, Cathy Van Eck, author of the wonderful book, Between Air and Electricity: Microphones and Loudspeakers As Instruments, posted about the Springboard. She describes my playing techniques, materials, and construction through the process of discovery. My new detailed drawings help describe its construction. Many links to a range of publications, audio, and videos are included,… Continue reading Between Air and Electricity | The Springboard by Eric Leonardson