Remembering Kris Goralka, Ed Harrison, & Bill Talsma

For the most part my what’s new page announces and invites readers to my professional activities, most in the form of performances, recordings, broadcasts, publications, workshops, soundwalks, and conference presentations. There is another small set of posts that are of more personal nature that I feel it necessary to share. These posts memorialize the losses… Continue reading Remembering Kris Goralka, Ed Harrison, & Bill Talsma

Learning to love Chicago with your ears by Kerry Cardoza

Feb. 6, 2019 article by Kerry Cardoza published in the Chicago Reader today

New recordings from re:flexions sound-art festival

Listen to the release from my performance in the re:flexions sound-art festival with Anja Kreysing, on accordion and laptop from Muenster, and singer and actress Donatella Bartolomei from Milan; recorded live at Abraxas in Augsburg, July 20, 2018. Many thanks to Sascha Stadlmeier for recording and mastering, and for organizing, the inviting, and hosting my visit… Continue reading New recordings from re:flexions sound-art festival

HEAR BELOW: Listening to Chicago Underground

Hear Below: Listening to Chicago Underground will explore the east to west route from the lobby of One Prudential Plaza, passing through the South Shore Platform, Millennium Station, the Chicago Cultural Center, Macy’s, the Red Line station, Block 37, the Blue Line Station, and end near Starbucks below the Richard J. Daley Center.

Lunch Hour at Space p11 – February 8

Lunch HourFriday, February 8, 2019: 12:00PM-12:50PMMeet at Space p11, 55 E. Randolph Street, Pedway Level Join sound artists Eric Leonardson and Christophe Preissing as they discuss their soundwalking and listening practices leading up to HEAR BELOW: Listening to Chicago Underground, a jointly led soundwalk within the Chicago Pedway system taking place the following day. Register… Continue reading Lunch Hour at Space p11 – February 8

Open House Chicago | Aural Architecture

Join us 1-3pm Saturday, October 13 and 3-5pm Sunday, October 14 for Aural Architecture: Hearing is the Other Half of How We Know. Augustana Lutheran Church of Hyde Park 5500 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, IL 60637 free and open to the public On Saturday, I will be leading four brief tours with Katie Wood from… Continue reading Open House Chicago | Aural Architecture

Acoustic Ecology + DIY Hacking Workshop | The Global Composition 2018

During The Global Composition conference on sound, ecology, and media culture in Dieburg, Germany I gave three keynote workshops. Titled Acoustic Ecology + DIY Hacking, I introduced the hands-on approach I use with students based on my personal approach to live performance, field recording, and soundwalking among other methods for listening and sound making. Eric… Continue reading Acoustic Ecology + DIY Hacking Workshop | The Global Composition 2018

Balance-Unbalance 2018 New Value Systems | September 20-21

Balance-Unbalance 2018 New Value Systems is hosted September 20th and 21st 2018 by The Patching Zone, the City of Rotterdam and partners in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

Faculty Projects Exhibition 2018 | September 14 – October 13

Works on View at the Sullivan Galleries September 14 – October 13 Reception: Friday, September 28, 6:00–9:00 p.m. 33 S. State St., 7th floor Free and open to the public Tuesday–Saturday, 11:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m. Public Conversations and Activations Over the duration of the Faculty Project Exhibition, Sullivan Gallery will serve as a site for activities… Continue reading Faculty Projects Exhibition 2018 | September 14 – October 13

High Zero Festival 2018 | September 15

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