January, 2011

GSFF: The Mutual Artists’ Film Showcase

Posted in Current Grad Students, Events, News on Tuesday, January 25th, 2011

Kim Walker (MFA, Sound 2011) will have her single screen video Snap (2009) screened as part of the GSFF: The Mutual Artists’ Film Showcase at the CCA in Glasgow. Friday 18 February – Sunday 20 February 2011 // 11:00am – 6:00pm // FREE // Venue: CCA Foyer Formed in 2009, The Mutual was conceived as [...]



BREAKING THE SOUND BARRIER: Sonic Art 1860-2011

Posted in Events on Friday, January 21st, 2011

Interval by Lou Mallozzi (Faculty, Sound Dept) will be included in the exhibition Breaking the Sound Barrier: Sonic Art 180-2011 at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs. An anthology of the art of sound from the first audio recording of the French folk song Au Clair de la Lune by Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville to [...]



First Annual Chilli Synthesizer Cook-Off

Posted in Events, News on Thursday, January 20th, 2011

Chilli and Synths. What more could you possibly want? Featuring Andy Ortmann (MFA Sound, 2012) The Empty Bottle, Sunday 23rd Jan 2011, 7pm – $3.00 http://emptybottle.com/home.php http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/first-annual-synthesizer-chili-cook-off/Content?oid=3100699



2011 Indianapolis Museum Residency

Posted in Opportunities on Thursday, January 20th, 2011

For the next three summers, the IMA will be conducting a statewide call for proposals for a residency to take place on Andrea Zittel’s Indianapolis Island. A chosen applicant/s will be awarded a stipend to customize the interior of the island and test their proposal during a six week long summer residency. The Indianapolis Island [...]



MSAE 2011 meeting schedule

Posted in News on Thursday, January 20th, 2011

Midwest Society for Acoustic Ecology – exploring the role of sound in natural and cultural environments. The Midwest Society for Acoustic Ecology (MSAE), founded in 2009, is a chapter of the American Society for Acoustic Ecology (ASAE), a membership organization dedicated to exploring the role of sound in natural habitats and human societies, and promoting [...]



Text Sound Transmission (01/14/11 – 02/28/11)

Posted in Current Grad Students, News on Saturday, January 8th, 2011

Exploring sound, language, improvisation, field recording and text generation, Text Sound Transmission presents the audio experiments of Chicago-based artists and writers. All work was developed in the studio class Text Sound Transmission at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2010. Monica Hillermann Nickolai // Nick Jackson // Rae Langes // and more [...]



Sound in Context

Posted in Listen, News on Wednesday, January 5th, 2011

Sound in Context is a short documentary exploring the unique practice of sound within the visual arts world. Through conversations with a number of key art institutions/galleries, artists and curators working with sound in the UK, Sound in Context allows practitioners to discuss some of the issues of presenting and exhibiting sound in the gallery [...]