The Intimate Register: Listening to Women and the Archive’s Lo-Fi Textures: POSTPONED
@ Experimental Sound Studio
5925 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Wednesday, August 20th, from 6PM - 8PM
This event has been postponed.
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Join us for an evening exploring the Experimental Sound Studio archives through conversation and performance.
As part of her Alba residency, Sarah Lutkenhaus shares discoveries from her time spent in the ESS archives, tracing sonic lineages to better understand Chicago — its past, present, and future.
Guided by an interest in female vocalists, Sarah’s research led her into unexpected terrain: intimate recordings, lo-fi textures, and voice qualities that reveal the personal and political resonances of underground sound.
The evening begins with Sarah sharing some of her reflections on working within the archives—thinking about not only what’s preserved, but how and why, and the significance of listening as a method for historical and cultural inquiry—accompanied by excerpts of archival recordings. She’ll continue the conversation with Carol Genetti, a key figure in Chicago’s experimental music community and in the archive.
The night concludes with performances: first by Carol Genetti, then by Sarah Lutkenhaus, bringing archival inspiration into the present moment.
Free and open to the public.
About Sarah Lutkenhaus
Sarah Lutkenhaus is an interdisciplinary artist working across sound, performance, and printed media to explore the instability of language, and emotional complexity. Using modular synthesis, field recordings, and vocal improvisation, she builds layered compositions that push speech to the edge of abstraction—where meaning and sense of time fracture. Her work embraces the fleeting experience of liveness, crafting emotionally charged environments that heighten the tension between control and vulnerability.
About the Alba Residency
The Alba Sonic Arts Residency is a three-month residency at ESS in which all of the organization’s resources and platforms are made available to a graduating MFA student from Art + Technology / Sound Practices (AT/SP) at the School of the Art Institute Chicago (SAIC).
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