Rob Mazurek behind the screen show + film
Musical boundaries redefiner Rob Mazurek is coming from Chicago for a Behind The Screen solo concert. The show will be preceded by a special screening of The Farnsworth Scores, a cinematic and sonic meditation on Mies van der Rohe’s iconic Farnsworth House located in Plano, IL. The film was created by Mazurek in collaboration with filmmaker Lee Anne Schmitt.
•Rob Mazurek
(piccolo trumpet, electronics and voice)
•Garrett Wingfield+Thomas Helton+Stefan Gonzalez
(a trio of saxophones, bass and drums)
•Derek Rogers+Adam Pacione
(first time ever duo of live processing and modular synthesizer)
$10 door cover.
ROB MAZUREK
American electro-acoustic composer, cornetist, improviser and multi-media artist. Known as one of today’s most intrepid and sought after sound explorers, Mazurek works within a multitude of stylistic contexts. He first rose to prominence in the fertile mid-1990s Chicago creative music scene, quickly venturing beyond the traditional tenets of the jazz idiom to become one of the most compelling improvising composers of his generation.
His expansive vision and vast catalogue of over 350 compositions and 65 recordings have kept him on the cutting edge of creative music for the past three decades. Mazurek leads and composes for a wide variety of ensembles, including Exploding Star Orchestra, Chicago Underground Duo, São Paulo Underground, Black Cube SP, Pharoah & the Underground (featuring Pharoah Sanders), Alternate Moon Cycles, Jeff Parker + Rob Mazurek, Thollem / Mazurek and his newest project Chicago / London Underground (featuring Alexander Hawkins and John Edwards). His collaborations include a wide cross section of leading figures and ensembles in jazz, electronic, rock, and improvised music, including the late Bill Dixon, Yusef Lateef and Fred Anderson, Pharoah Sanders, Roscoe Mitchell, Naná Vasconcelos, Mike Ladd, Jim O’Rourke, Kevin Drumm, Emmett Kelly, Sam Prekop, Stereolab, Tortoise and Isotope 217.
GARRETT WINGFIELD
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THOMAS HELTON
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STEFAN GONZALEZ
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ADAM PACIONE
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DEREK ROGERS
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THE FARNSWORTH SCORES
An experimental film and musical composition that captures the interaction between humans, nature and architecture at Ludwig Mies van der Rohe’s iconic Farnsworth House. With its steel frame and walls of uninterrupted glass, the Farnsworth House stands as a contemplative, sculptural dwelling intended by the architect to give nature “a more profound significance than if viewed from outside.” The glass, which simultaneously delineates and joins interior and exterior space, acts as catalyst for this expanded dialogue. The film explores the intimacy of the artistic process and questions architecture’s role in reconnecting humanity with nature.
Production of The Farnsworth Scores was supported by a generous grant from the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts (Chicago, IL).
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