Joseph Ravens
Joseph Ravens creates time-based art works that encompass text, movement, installation, technology, costume, and object. He completed his undergraduate degree in theater, studied audio/visuals at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam, Netherlands; and is a graduate of The School of the Art Institute of Chicago with an MFA in Performance Art. Ravens is a recipient...
Fereshteh Toosi
In the 1920s and 30s, analogue listening devices were developed for military reconnaissance. Inspired by these hearing aids, Fereshteh Toosi will guide participants in deep listening while wearing parabolic reflectors created from household items like umbrellas and bowls. Those who join the walk will have the opportunity to enhance their sense of hearing by trying...
Walkabout Theater
‘Follow Me To The Sea’ written and directed by Emma Stanton choreography by Jeremy Sher design by Carron Little Walkabout Theater Company is a collective of writers, performers, directors, designers and visual artists that have come together out of a mutual desire and compulsion to develop original work through the collaboration and exploration of varied...
Follow Me To The Sea
a Walkabout Theater Company performance at Defibrillator Performance Art Gallery The Red Gown 2. Julie Laffin & Dolores Wilber, N.A.M.E. Gallery. 1996 photo: Andrew E. Cook Follow Me To The Sea Sunday, 10.16.11 @ 6PM – 9PM as part of the Sixth Annual Chicago Calling Arts Festival Julie Laffin has devised an unexpected performance in...
Dome of Doom
Dome of Doom. 2 Dancers enter, 1 Dancer leaves… Inside a Geodesik Dome, competitors of all ages dance-battle in front of a panel of judges and a raucous crowd of on lookers! Collaboraction & James Kennedy, author of Order of the Odd Fish, present the Dome of Doom an audience participatory dance battle zone, in...
The Magic Circus Band
EE is a costumed brass and drum “marching” band from Chicago that uses brass and drum marching brass band instruments, their own costumes, circus-style antics and performance theatrics to create entertainment environments. EE is diverse, performing at parades, stage shows, children’s shows, and festivals. Their music ranges from Moroccan folkloric-trance, to rock/funk, and New Orleans-infused...
Ginger Krebs & Andrew Braddock
Ginger Krebs is a Chicago-based performer and director whose work probes the problem of being embodied and wonders at the body as our means of redemption. She has presented work locally at Links Hall, The Cultural Center, The Hyde Park Art Center, Epiphany Episcopal Church and the Dance Center of Columbia College. Her ensemble performance,...
Rachel Bunting & The Humans
Rachel Bunting is a 2001 graduate of Columbia College, Chicago. Here she received a B.A. with a major in dance, but more importantly discovered her instinct for combining image with motion. Since then, Rachel has formed a company named “The Humans.” The Humans are housed by the Hamlin Park Fieldhouse Theater, in which Rachel has...
Joseph Ravens
Joseph Ravens creates time-based art works that encompass text, movement, installation, technology, costume, and object. He completed his undergraduate degree in theater, studied audio/visuals at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam, Netherlands; and is a graduate of The School of the Art Institute of Chicago with an MFA in Performance Art. Ravens is a recipient...
Fereshteh Toosi
In the 1920s and 30s, analogue listening devices were developed for military reconnaissance. Inspired by these hearing aids, Fereshteh Toosi will guide participants in deep listening while wearing parabolic reflectors created from household items like umbrellas and bowls. Those who join the walk will have the opportunity to enhance their sense of hearing by trying...
