About this Event
We’re excited to once again host the Elastro A/V festival, an event featuring audio and video installations and performances. This year we’ll consolidate into a single evening, so mark the calendar!
FRIEND LESS is a project by Jon Mueller. Its two recent EPs, Energy Rippers and Logic of Relics (with Bundy K. Brown and James Plotkin) aim to provoke the heart, mind and body through an unorthodox approach to rhythmic patterns. In performance, the pieces from Energy Rippers lean on a system of AIR (Acoustic Improvised Rhythm) using drums and voice to achieve a similar effect. Tonight Jon will perform alongside video work from video artists Kaveh Soofi.
Elastro AV Ensemble is a first time meeting of artists curated by the Elastro team. Tonight we’ll have Ayanna Woods, Norman Long, Ro Lundberg, Rin Peisert, and Camille Casemier on video.
Who is the Witness? is a psychedelic sound unit with Jenny Pulse, Whitney Johnson, Tim Kinsella, and Eli Schmitt.
$15 / $10 w/ Student ID
Artist Bios
Jon Mueller studied jazz drumming with Hal Russell at Columbia College in Chicago, and
singing with La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela at the Kirana Center for Indian Classical Music in New York. A prolific performer, he tours extensively and has appeared at festivals and venues throughout the United States, Canada, England, Europe and Japan.
In addition to his solo work, Mueller has collaborated and performed with groups such as Who is the Witness?, Mind Over Mirrors, Volcano Choir, Collections of Colonies of Bees, and Pele. He has also worked with artists including Olivia Block, Aaron Turner, Faith Coloccia, Timo van Luijk, Dawn Springer, Chris Hefner, Jason Kahn, Hal Rammel, Asmus Tietchens, Z’EV, Rhys Chatham, Jarboe, James Plotkin, Duane Pitre, and Raymond Dijkstra. He has released music on renowned labels such as Room40, Astres d’Or, American Dreams, Table of the Elements, Type Recordings, Important Records, Taiga Records, SIGE Records, and his own imprint, Rhythmplex.
More information about the project can be found at rhythmplex.com.
Presented with generous support from mediaThe foundation
Event venue & nearby stays
Elastic Arts, 3429 W Diversey Ave Unit 208, Chicago, United States
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