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Mie Kongo and Norman W. Long: Without Within May 17, 2019 - August 18, 2019

Without Within Performance May 17, 2019 @ Experimental Sound Studio ROMANSUSAN.ORG/WITHOUT-WITHIN a Above, Visual Art by Mie Kongo

Presencing - Performance w/Vocals by Cher Jey and Video Projection by Jonathan Woods, Experimental Station, Chicago, IL March 2019

LIVE - Experimental Station, Chicago, IL March 8, 2019 Live mix of field recordings from Jackson Park, 63rd St. Beach, Chicago, IL and just outside of Experimental Station, over which musician and performer, Cher Jay, will read excerpts from Ida B. Wells's “ The Reason Why The Colored American is not in the World’s Columbian Exhibition .” Jackson Park was an integral part of the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893. Ida B. Wells published “THE REASON WHY The Colored American is not in the World's Columbian Exposition. The Afro-American's Contribution to Columbian Literature” This pamphlet protests the absence of African-Americans at the fair and also protests the booming prison industrial complex and lynching of black men all across America. She also highlights the progress of African Americans since the emancipation as equally important and intertwined with the progress of America. Recently, there has been an effort to restore the dune ecology at the 63rd St...