OPTION: Kim Alpert with claire rousay

This OPTION performance is part of an ongoing collaboration in psychic dialog between claire and Kim which includes personal ephemera, field recordings, poetry, and new visualisations created in partnership with Nilor AI.

This performance and interview are presented in the ESS garden, and will be premiered online on ESS's YouTube.

The OPTION series is curated by Ken Vandermark, Lily Finnegan, and Andrew Clinkman.

Sunday, July 28

Doors at 2pm, Music at 3pm

Experimental Sound Studio Garden
5925 N. Ravenswood Ave., Chicago

Kim Alpert combines analog and digital technologies, movement, poetry and sound to create sculptural and performance-based systems. Kim's practice centers on humanism with inquisitions into psychology and spirituality - understanding and translating the impact of visual and sonic languages into meaning making. Kim uses digital and analog techniques, feedback, and found material to weave dream tapestries both recorded and performed.

claire rousay is a singular artist, known for challenging conventions in experimental and ambient music forms. rousay masterfully incorporates textural found sounds, sumptuous drones and candid field recordings into music that celebrates the beauty in life’s banalities. Her music is curatorial and granular in detail, deftly shaped into emotionally affecting pieces.

OPTION is an ongoing music salon curated by Chicago musicians Andrew Clinkman, Lily Finnegan, and Ken Vandermark and presented by Experimental Sound Studio. Its programming explores contemporary perspectives on improvisation and composition in a 'salon' format, enabling local, national, and international artists to publicly discuss their practice and ideas as well as perform. Click here for past OPTION performances.

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