Experimental Sound Studio
5925 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago IL
April 17, 2026 - June 6, 2026
Audible Activations Saturdays from 1-4 PM
If you were going to guide someone around where you live, where would you take them? This exhibition is a showcase of projects in and about public space. Each week, a different artist is featured on the Audible Gallery sound system, amplifying work that is taking place across the City.
One’s Position (and a route) includes elements of:
Dear Human by Christa Donner
at West Ridge Nature Park
What is a Tree? by John-Michael Korpal
at Warren Park
1-833-NATR-XXX by Eliza Fernand
via Toll-free Hotline
Shore Land by JeeYeun Lee
on Lakefill into ᒥᓯᑲᒥ
mille tendresse-mille fleurs by J. Kent
as Worn Garments
Umwelt by Mark Alcazar Diaz
through Uptown Alleyways
A Girly Show by Jared Brown and AJ McClenon
at Berger Park Cultural Center
Experimental Sound Studio is a Chicago-based nonprofit organization dedicated to artistic evolution and the creative exploration of sound.
As an international hub for sonic experimentation, ESS nurtures artists, cultivates new works, and builds a broad, supportive community of makers, enthusiasts, and creative partners through production, presentation, education, and preservation. Collaboration and resource sharing propel ESS’s activities. Our Edgewater facility is home to a full-service recording, mixing, and mastering studio; Audible Gallery, a small public space for exhibitions, meetings, workshops, performances, and artists’ projects; a beautiful garden for performances and gathering; and the Creative Audio Archive—an invaluable collection of recordings and ephemera related to avant-garde and exploratory sound and music of the last seven decades. For more information, please visit ess.org.at West Ridge Nature Park
What is a Tree? by John-Michael Korpal
at Warren Park
1-833-NATR-XXX by Eliza Fernand
via Toll-free Hotline
Shore Land by JeeYeun Lee
on Lakefill into ᒥᓯᑲᒥ
mille tendresse-mille fleurs by J. Kent
as Worn Garments
Umwelt by Mark Alcazar Diaz
through Uptown Alleyways
A Girly Show by Jared Brown and AJ McClenon
at Berger Park Cultural Center
One’s Position (and a route) is supported by grants from the Illinois Arts Council Agency; Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation; Reva and David Logan Foundation; Teiger Foundation; with in-kind support from Chicago Park District. The individual projects featured in this exhibition are a part of Navigations. Roman Susan launched Navigations during the pandemic to support artists creating expansive works in Chicago neighborhoods. Navigations are designed to be open-ended, multisensory, and widely accessible. New projects for the Navigations program are selected through open proposals. If you have an idea for a project, tell us who you are, what you do, and the experience you want to share.
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