Today Lampo announces its WS20 season, which begins in late February with new work from Chicago artist Whitney Johnson (aka Matchess) and concludes in June with a special performance by the Jessica Pavone String Ensemble, as we also celebrate 10 years of Lampo at the Graham Foundation. In between, we bring you new projects from … Continued
Lampo director Andrew Fenchel and musician Steve Hauschildt will talk about experimental music and conduct a hands-on workshop at Apple Michigan Avenue on Saturday, January 25 at 2:00 p.m. Steve also will perform a short set. Music Lab: Sonic Landscapes with Lampo and Steve Hauschildt. Details here.
Lampo is very pleased to announce its FW19 season of programs—with special new projects from artists Sarah Davachi, Laura Steenberge, Roc Jiménez de Cisneros, Caterina Barbieri, Catherine Lamb and Rebecca Lane. On October 5, Sarah Davachi premieres a new long-form composition for pipe organ and two French horns, in the soaring interior of Rockefeller Chapel. … Continued
Lampo director Andrew Fenchel looks back at Resonance: A Sound Art Marathon at the Walker Art Center, in this review for the Walker Reader. The May 2019 festival, organized by Pavel Pyś and Doug Benidt, included artists Philip Blackburn, Christine Sun Kim, Walter Kitundu, … Continued
Today Lampo announces its WS19 season, featuring projects by artists Florian Hecker, Peter Rehberg, James Hoff, Jon Davies and DeForrest Brown Jr., and Anthony Pateras—with five special performances across Chicago, at the Poetry Foundation, the Graham Foundation, and the new Green Line Performing Arts Center in the city’s Washington Park neighborhood. Lampo WS19 begins in … Continued
Jean-Philippe Gross in his U.S. debut performance.
Jean-Philippe Gross (b.1979, Lorraine, France) is part of a rising generation of French improvisers. He plays electronic music using a mixing board, cheap microphones, small speakers and analog synthesizer. Before turning to electronics he played drums in different rock bands. His work focuses on manipulating feedback sounds. Collaborators include Will Guthrie, Ferran Fages, Xavier Charles, Arnaud Rivière, Norbert Möslang, Jean-Luc Guionnet and Clare Cooper. In 2003 his work was part of the exhibition 33 RPM: Ten Hours of Sound from France at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Festival appearances include Les Instants Chavirés with Guionnet (Montreuil) and Festival Musique Action with Charles, Lionel Marchetti and Franz Hautzinger (Nancy). Gross lives in Metz, France.
Support provided by the Cultural Service at the Consulate General of France in Chicago