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
Lampo is thrilled to present the U.S. debut of Czech artist Slavek Kwi (aka Artificial Memory Trace). Here, he performs Orgenviron, a live manipulation of acoustic and amplified objects played within a sound environment created with a special speaker set-up. He also premieres a new multichannel piece made for Lampo, using sounds he recorded when building his new house.
While in Chicago, Slavek Kwi also will perform live on the radio with Jennifer Walshe.
Slavek Kwi (b. Prague, Czech Republic) is a sound artist, composer and researcher who has operated under the name Artificial Memory Trace since 1990. Fascinated by nature from an early age, his organic compositions layer natural acoustics, found sounds and field recordings, which in their detail show his ongoing preoccupation with space and perception. He creates radio broadcasts, film and theater soundtracks, multichannel sound and audio-visual installations, and performances, and he has released several recordings. He also facilitates experimental sound workshops with autistic children and those with learning disabilities. Kwi left his homeland in 1986 and lived in Belgium for 14 years, before settling in Ireland in 2000.