Drive-By
10 minutes
Drive-by (2011) features Nick Cave’s Soundsuits in motion. Colorful textiles spin exuberantly across the screen as the Soundsuits somersault and roll, fall from the sky, bounce on pogo sticks, and dance across an endless white field. Amidst the energetic movement, a figure adorned with a stop sign appears, conveying an underlying sense of urgency in the jubilant expression of freedom.
© Nick Cave. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York. Videography: Robert Cauble, Andrew Benz and Yoni Goldstein Editing: Jeff Nolan, Nolan Collaborative
Submitted by Nick Cave, Facility Foundation
It Was A Rebellion has been in development for three years. An early version was performed as a pirate radio broadcast at Homan Square, a former Chicago Police Department black site. It mixes music from the Civil Rights Era and the Black Panther Party, news reports and political speeches, and ephemeral and symbolic sounds to articulate public expressions of Black rage.
It Was A Rebellion (House Mix) plays on the political roots of Black with a Chicago-style dance party vibe.
Cameron Esposito's memoir Save Yourself is a hilarious “queer-as-hell” story of how she came out and found comedy.
"Strata" is a duet that layers contemporary dance with arm-knitted textiles to evoke mysterious discoveries.
22 min
Experimental Sound Studio Quarantine Concert featuring artist Monette Sudler and presented by Ars Nova Workshop.
Fugal Systems, featuring Katie Ernst, Ben Lamar Gay, Macie Stewart & Ayanna Woods, is an umbrella project encompassing a variety of performance based works, including music and sound performances employing various collage tactics, as well as reading-performances that scramble, graft, or otherwise interpolate appropriated texts.
An electronic music, live performance by Bumbac Joe. Held at La Mesita, Yollocalli Arts (Pilsen).
Femi Ogebule performs "Clap Praise" from his album Arise live at the Praise Experience 2018 Chicago.
A retrospective of András Visky texts curated by Theatre Y Artistic Director Melissa Lorraine, experimenting with each of the 16 ensemble members in isolation on camera, in an effort to commune globally now.
43 min
Experimental Sound Studio Quarantine Concert featuring artist Monette Sudler and presented by Ars Nova Workshop.
This piece illustrates that balance for me between my Mexican roots, my love for the jazz tradition and western classical music.