Author: eleon

January 9, 2020

Happy New Year 2020

A note from our President… Dear MSAE friends, I hope you have enjoyed a relaxing and restorative holiday, and enter the new decade with renewed energy.  At the conclusion of Michael Zerang and Hamid Drake’s 29th annual winter solstice percussion duo concert at Constellation Chicago, …

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April 30, 2019

Hear Below: Listening to Chicago Underground

While other sightseeing tours of the Chicago pedway are offered to the public, Christopher Preissing’s approach departed from the typical visual emphasis for the aural. Soundwalkers listened for the distinctive sounds and ever-present tones that define the pedway’s many rooms, corridors, and their occupants.

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September 17, 2018

“A Prairie In the Lake” with Anthony Janas & Sullivan Gallery Talk with Eric Leonardson

Join us for the final Night Out In the Parks soundwalk series, “A Prairie In the Lake” with Anthony Janas, including an early afternoon talk by MSAE founder Eric Leonardson, at 1-2pm Saturday, September 22 in the Faculty Projects Exhibition, in the Sullivan Gallery at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

From 7-10pm that evening, please join Janas and Leonardson who collaborate on “A Prairie In the Lake,” outdoor soundwalks and listening station at Northerly Island Park, 1521 S. Linn White Drive, south of Adler Planetarium and east of Burnham Harbor on the lakefront.

Leonardson’s presentation in the Faculty Projects Exhibition features a large drawing and newly built electronic instruments for his dance collaboration with Yoshinojo Fujima (Rika Lin). Her dance was recently was recently presented at Links Hall, MCA Chicago, and will be performed next month in Elevate Chicago Dance 2018, at the Chicago Cultural Center on October 21.

The Faculty Projects Exhibition runs until October 13 in the Sullivan Gallery, 7th floor, 33 S State Street, Chicago IL 60603.

by eleon