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Thank You: Chicago Artists Coalition Teresa Silva Jacqueline Chao Todd Carter Chad Clark Thomas Bey William Bailey Denise Iris Monica Ryan Norma P. Long John W. Long + YOU!

'scapes | Chicago Artists Coalition

                                                     'scapes | Chicago Artists Coalition Friday, January 9, 2015 to Thursday, January 29, 2015 Opening Reception: Friday, January 9, from 6-9 pm The Chicago Artists Coalition is pleased to present, ‘scapes, a solo exhibition featuring new works by BOLT Resident, Norman W. Long. Long’s body of work and soundscapes create an opportunity to "slip into the breaks and look around," to think about who we are and our relationship to these sounds and each other.‘scapes offers an alternative way of moving through private and personal spaces, and through digital sound processing in the context of multiple cultural meanings. Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man has been an inspiration to Long's practice of working with sound. In the book, the protagonist's experiences with sound (mainly through jazz) parallel his interest in the relationship of sound to identity or Black subjectivity. The artist uses th