Time & Location
Jul 22, 2017, 7:00 PM CDT
Constellation, 3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618, USA
About the event
July 22nd, 2017 ESS Gala 2017 @Constellation 7PM| General Admission: $50 online, $65 at the door, VIP: $100 | Facebook Event
Featuring performances by: TortoiseHelen Gillet / Kim AlpertTALsoundsJeff Parker / Ben LaMar Gay / Tomeka Reid
Experimental Sound Studio (ESS) celebrates another year of incubating, presenting, and documenting innovative work in the sonic arts with our biggest gala yet at Constellation Chicago on Saturday, July 22, 2017.
Founded in 1986, ESS is a non-profit, artist-run organization focused on sound in all its exploratory cultural manifestations. Each year ESS incubates, facilitates, presents, documents, and archives work by some of today’s most innovative artists—in 2016 alone we worked with over 300 artists, presenting nearly 100 programs. Proceeds from the Gala go directly back into these endeavors, providing tangible support for artists and contributing to a stable environment for radical experimentation.
This year’s gala features an all-star line-up of performances. Headlining the evening is the undefinable, highly influential experimental band Tortoise in two sets. Joining them…