into_the_breaks

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 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...

DATE:                         Saturday, October 11, 2014                                     Doors open at 7pm                                     Music starts at 8pm LOCATION:                Experimental Sound Studio 5925 N. Ravenswood Ave. Chicago, IL   60660 You are invited to attend Myth/Science Dubcology, an electro-acoustic improvised performance event that features Norman W. Long (field recordings, samples, electronics), Angel Elmore (piano, clarinet), Dan Go...

TONIGHT EXPERIMENTAL SOUND STUDIO 5925 N. RAVENSWOOD AVE CHICAGO, IL DOORS OPEN AT 7PM LIVE PERFORMANCE FEATURING NORMAN W. LONG - ELECTRONICS DAMON LOCKS - VOCALS TODD CARTER - ELECTRONICS Thanks to everyone who support the funding to make this event happen!

             In June 2011 I started recording the sounds of Washington Park, 1) to continue my Electro-Acoustic Dubcology series, 2) because I was inspired by the compositions and writings by Sun Ra 3) I was inspired by the park itself and it ’ s designer Frederick Law Olmsted.  Having accrued considerable amount recordings of the park, I am asking for your support in helping me carry out my first concert series called “ Myth/Science Dubcology ” . “ Myth/Science ” referring to Sun Ra ’ s Arkestra and his studies of religion, numerology and science and “ Dubcology ” referring to ecology, the science of the relationships between organisms and their environments and a recording method made popular in Jamaica in the early 1970's called dub. The recording and composition processes are a combination of acoustic-ecology, electro-acoustic composition and dub sound practice.          ...

Experimental Sound Studio | Florasonic2014: Norman W. Long: Electro-Acoustic Dubcology III