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Inspired by Black Monument Ensemble's performance earlier that day and the experimental/industrial/noise history of the space now known as TriTriangle Sounds: field recordings from VanVlissingen Prairie and Big Marsh 0-coast synth   microbrute  pocket operator Thanks to: TriTriangle Galaxxu Sip Mezzanine Swimmers Corery Lyons for the video

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

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...

Sara Zalek  and I performed a live set of field recordings, improvised music and dance for Todd Carter's"BelAir Presents" on Lumpen radio. The recordings come from Steel Workers Park on the South Side of Chicago, once called US Stee,l one of several Steel Mills that were located on the South East Side of the city. What found were urban ruins of ore walls and giant boulders of slag, large factory components to giant machines in a public space seeming to be a park and a memorial. In these actions  and recordings, we reflect on industry and imagination in the context of a terrain vague and a recovering landscape. 

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SoundwalkSeptember 29, 2018 Experimental Station Environmental Concerns Event From Farmers Market to William Hill's Garden at Hyde Park Academy to 63rd St. Metra Public Newsroom Artists Talk "We’re teaming up with City Bureau; The Fest, curated by Third Coast International Audio Festival; and the Smart Museum of Art to bring contemporary local artist Norman Long to the Public Newsroom (hosted weekly by City Bureau).Long, born and raised Chicago’s South Side, will create a captivating experience that ties sound and place. We’ll be kicking off the evening early at 5:30pm with a soundwalk around Woodlawn. Long’s walks develop over time as well as space and engage audiences by reorienting their sense of site through active listening. Following the walk, Long will lead a discussion about his work and its connections to living in a neighborhood, as well as how the walks tie in with journalistic practices. Then he'll wrap up with a live sound mixing de...

Thanks to 6018N and Roman Susan Gallery for having us! We closed out the day with our version of Pauline Oliveros' "Environmental Dialogues". Our revised text: "Observe your breathing. Gradually begin to focus on the sound and rhythm of an element in the soundscape. Support the sound vocally, mentally or with an object. If you lose touch with the source, wait for another." We began with breathing and movement exercised lead by Sara Zalek. The group then, prompted by signs made by Gwyneth Anderson moved to different interactive installations created by, Gwyneth and Sara, on the beach where the participated in the composition. It's important to mention that even as we were standing, listening, moving that we were part of the soundscape, part of the beach regardless of physical or sonic color lines. And perhaps the best way to challenge them, and to decolonize our listening according to Jennifer Lynn Stoever is to listen to and out for each other and...