You are invited to join us on August 2nd for the closing reception of Dispatch by Connie Noyes and Walking: Lost and Found by Rachel Epp Buller with Natural Pressure by Maia Rauh and Caroline Branch!

2pm to 6pm

At 2:30 there will be a very special performance by Victor Sanders!

Victor Sanders has been called “A master of mystery guitar.” His electric guitar and well-equipped pedalboard create sounds hard to believe are coming from a six-string guitar. His playing strives to combine playful imagination with atmospheric textures, and a well-honed technique.

Victor was a founding member of the legendary Electro-Folk-Experimental ensemble, “Care of the Cow,” sharing stages with Tom Waits, John Fahey, Tom Rush and many more. As a composer, he worked with Body Parts, an ensemble he created

to work with the many talented choreographers and dancers in the Chicago Modern Dance scene. He has been a member of the bands Straightface, Night on Earth and The Hannah Frank Group.

Currently, Victor is known for his work accompanying singer/songwriters, playing with contemporary artists such as Susan Abelson, Rachel Drew, Naomi Ashley, Heidi Serwer, Al Day, Ava Brennan, Christina Trulio, and guest artist with The Gunnelpumpers, The Neo-Psychedelic group, Whitewolfsonicprincess, and the eclectic Susan & Sons. When not playing music, he can be found recording and producing other artists at his recording studio, Lakeside Media.

Victor loves collaborating with visual artists and is happy to be performing alongside this installation by artist Connie Noyes.

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Dispatched is a site-specific, immersive installation that invites viewers to question perception and reflect inward. Blending physical and emotional narratives, the work incorporates sculpture, video, and sound to create a layered sensory experience. Discarded chairs—wrapped in yards of elastic thread and encased in wax—are stripped down to their essential forms, transformed into cocoon-like structures that suggest both absence and metamorphosis. Suspended at varying heights, these enigmatic forms hover in front of a shifting video projection, where presence dissolves into waves, light, and emptiness—blurring boundaries and inviting contemplation on what is seen, felt, and remembered.

During the exhibition, Connie will offer public talks, artist-led tours, and panel discussions to foster community connection, creating space for collective reflection on grief, renewal, and resilience.

An interactive workshop will invite participants to make cocoons and fill them with memories, keepsakes, or symbols of personal significance. The work will transform the YZ gallery into a
shared space for conversation, introspection, and collective healing through these encounters.

Connie Noyes is a multidisciplinary artist working with water as a conduit for exploring grief, cultural memory, and collective emotional growth. Her practice examines how bodies—both human and water—hold history, loss, and transformation. Born in Washington, DC, she earned an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and an MA in psychology from Notre Dame de Namur University. Her work is shaped by training as a death doula and her studies in psychology and Butoh. Noyes received the Cabins Haystack Residency Fellowship and two artist grants from the City of Chicago, she exhibited internationally in Paris, Innsbruck, Munich, Dubai, and Bangi and participated in Art Abu Dhabi, Art Bahrain, and the Biennale Internationale d’Art non-objectif. In the U.S., she exhibited with the Harvestworks Team on Governors Island, NY, and presented solo exhibitions at Evanston Art Center, Wedge Projects, and Abel Contemporary. Her work is held in collections at The Museum of Contemporary Photography, The Ekstrom Library, RISD, and the Greenville County Museum. She currently
lives and works in Chicago.

* In conjunction with Connie Noyes’ “Dispatched”, GalleryX presents: “Walking, Lost and Found” + “Natural Pressure”: sound installation by Rachel Epp Buller and designed seating by Maia Rauh and Caroline Branch

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