Jun 27th 2024

Jem Cohen: Aerie

@ Corbett vs. Dempsey

2156 W Fulton St, Chicago, IL 60612

Opening Thursday, June 27th, from 6PM - 8PM

On view through Saturday, August 10th

Jim White and Marisa Anderson’s music asks questions so we don’t have to. Collaboration? Improvisation? Song structure? None of it has to be tied down. They are out on the road somewhere, luckily heading for my town. Playing hard, driving hard, a lot of experience. Meanwhile, a boy, Alexander, is up on a mountain and has to do something with sticks. It is important , requires effort. How can they be combined, will they balance, and what about the wind? He is improvising, concentrating. He is less experienced, will soon be 8. The boy and the sticks, it turns out, are on an aerie in early spring, high above an old trestle, houses and cars tiny below…

––Jem Cohen

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