The 2008 Artists Residency Program Application is now available online. Since 1999, the ESS Artists Residency Program has facilitated the creation of 37 new works involving the exploration of sound. Audio art, experimental music, installation, cinema, performing arts, and radio art have all been represented in the roster of former ARP recipients.
Experimental Sound Studio (ESS) will offer four 30- to 40-hour residencies through the 2007 Artists Residency Program (ARP). At least three of these residencies are for Chicago area artists, and, for the first time, one residency will be open to non-Chicago US artists. Each residency includes access to the ESS recording facilities with engineering assistance.
Click here to view and download the application form: http://www.exsost.org/artist-development/artist-residency-program-2008-details/
Or download a .PDF of the application form here: http://www.exsost.org/downloads/ARP%2008%20App.pdf
Chicago-based artist Jeff Abell will be presenting two works at ESS in February. The first, Clarity, is an exhibition of photographs and a sound installation and opens Friday, February 1. It will be shown until March 9. The second work is a performance entitled Confusion, a “lip-synch opera” about fan-dom. There will be two performances, Friday, February 8 and Saturday February 9, at 8 PM. For more details on both works, please visit:
http://www.exsost.org/public-presentation/audible/
The Crosscut Library at ESS is open every Saturday and Sunday, from 1 PM to 5 PM. More information can be found on the Crosscut page and the Links Hall website.
