Rewire 2011 – FACT, Liverpool and Liverpool John Moores University

Posted in Current Grad Students, News on Wednesday, April 27th, 2011

Kim Walker (MFA in Studio) has had her paper New Media Scotland: An Alternative Route accepted for the Rewire 2011 Media Art Histories conference at FACT, Liverpool and Liverpool John Moores University in September. www.fact.co.uk www.ljmu.ac.uk www.mediaarthistory.org



Art Chicago Talk Shop: SOUND STRUCTURE: Sound and Art in an Era of Flow

Posted in Events, News on Monday, April 25th, 2011

If you are in Chicago for ART CHICAGO (at the merchandise Mart, April 28-31), stop by to check out the panel discussion Shawn Decker (Faculty, Sound) will be participating in.  This event is part of the Talk Shop series, and is free of charge (one you have paid to get into Art Chicago). The event [...]



Jacques Demierre and Vincent Barras (04/20/11)

Posted in News, Visiting Artists on Monday, April 18th, 2011

Please join us for this week’s colloquium from Switzerland! Wednesday 20th April // 4pm // Sensorium // 4th Fl // Sound Department // MacLean Building // SAIC // 112 S. Michigan Ave // Chicago The Sound Department will be having two amazing sound poetry collaborators from Switzerland, Jacques Demierre and Vincent Barras, in the department [...]



Michael Vorfeld – Visiting Artist Program (04/06/11)

Posted in Events, News, Visiting Artists on Monday, April 4th, 2011

4:15pm // Sensorium // 4th Fl // Sound Department // 112 S. Michigan // SAIC // Chicago Michael Vorfeld, musician and visual artist, based in Berlin, plays percussion and self-designed stringed instruments and creates electro-acoustic sound pieces. He works in the field of improvised, experimental music and sound art and is often involved in site-specific [...]



Yan Jun, Li Jianhong and Wang Fan (03/31/11)

Posted in Events, Visiting Artists on Wednesday, March 30th, 2011

Yan Jun, Li Jianhong and Wang Fan 4.15pm // Sensorium // 426 4th Floor // SAIC // 112 S. Michigan // Chicago Yan Jun works with sound and language.  Born in Lanzhou in 1973.  Based in Beijing. B.A. in Chinese Literature.  Works with feedback noise, voice, field recording, site-specific sound installation, improvised music, writing, publishing [...]



Upcoming Events

Posted in News on Monday, March 21st, 2011

Eric Leonardson (faculty) will be the guest artist and visiting lecturer for the upcoming events featured below: OUTSIDE THE BOX MUSIC FESTIVAL (guest artist) Saturday // April 2 Southern Illinois University – Carbondale JUST LISTEN (guest artist) April 15 – 17 // 2011 National Sculpture Factory, Albert Road, Cork Ireland www.nationalsculpturefactory.com ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA [...]



Sonia Yoon, Todd Carter and Lou Mallozzi on the Sun Ra audio archive (03/16/11)

Posted in Events, Listen, Visiting Artists on Tuesday, March 15th, 2011

Wednesday 16th March // 4:15pm // Sensorium 417 // 4th Fl //  MacLean Building // SAIC // 112 S. Michigan // Chicago Experimental Sound Studio provides an inside look at the Sun Ra/El Saturn Collection and the preservation efforts of the Creative Audio Archive. Representing the work of iconoclastic composer and bandleader Sun Ra, the [...]



Viv Corringham @ MSAE and Columbia College

Posted in Events, News, Visiting Artists on Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011

Columbia College // 7 – 9:00 pm // Room 616 // 33 E. Congress Parkway //Chicago, IL // 60605 Viv Corringham comes to Chicago in March to talk about her Shadow-walks project. This began in 2003 and has occurred in 15 places in the USA, Canada and Europe. It is rooted in her interest in people’s [...]



Georg Essle – Visiting Artist Program

Posted in News, Visiting Artists on Monday, February 28th, 2011

Wednesday @ 4pm // 2nd March // 417 Sensorium // 4th Fl // 112 S. Michigan // SAIC // Chicago Building the Foundations for Mobile Art and Music Performance We are in the midst of what could be considered the second mobile revolution. Mobile technology has become smart and sensor-rich. This makes mobile devices much [...]



Susan Phillipsz – Visiting Artist Presentation (02/23/11)

Posted in Events, News, Visiting Artists on Sunday, February 20th, 2011

Susan Phillipsz (UK), the recent winner of the British Turner Prize will present her work and practice to students and faculty of the SAIC Sound Department. This will accompany her new installation and artist lecture at the MCA in Chicago. 4:15pm // Sensorium 417 // 4th Floor // MacLean Building // SAIC // 112 S. [...]



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