<b>NORMAN W. LONG: Electro-Acoustic
Dubcology III</b><br><br><b>September 20 – October 25, 2009 <br><br>Opening
reception: Sunday, September 20, 3-5pm</b><br><br>When entering the Fern Room of
the Lincoln Park Conservatory, you hear "Electro-Acoustic Dubcology III," a
sound composition by Chicago artist and designer Norman W. Long. The
sources for the composition are location recordings made in the neighborhood
around the Lincoln Park Conservatory. Combining his interest in acoustic
ecology, the study of the sounds of environments, and his interest in 1970s
Jamaican dub music, in which recorded songs were “recycled” and remixed into new
versions, Long has created a sound composition from electronic transformations
of the everyday sounds of the Lincoln Park neighborhood. His work invites
us to pay new and closer attention to our environment and the ways in which we
constantly reshape it.<br><br><b>About Norman W. Long</b><br><br>Norman W. Long
is a local sound artist, designer and composer, born and raised on the South
Side of Chicago. He studied art and sound composition at the San Francisco
Art Institute and then earned a Masters degree in Landscape Architecture at
Cornell University. Combining his interests in sound, music and designed
environments, he has made numerous performances and installations at galleries
and public spaces in the Bay Area, Ithaca and Chicago.<br><br>"Electro-Acoustic
Dubcology III" was commissioned by Experimental Sound Studio with the generous
support of the Argosy Foundation Contemporary Music Fund. It was composed for
the Florasonic sound installation series, curated by Lou Mallozzi. Spanish
translation by Noé Cuellar. Design by Daniel Marsden at JNL Graphic Design.
Technical assistance by Alex Inglizian. Special thanks to the staff and
volunteers of the Lincoln Park Conservatory.<br><br>Experimental Sound Studio
presents as part of the ongoing Florasonic program, Norman W. Long:
Electro-Acoustic Dubcology III, September 20 – October 25, 2009 at the Lincoln
Park Conservatory, 2391 N. Stockton Dr. Opening reception: Sunday, September 20,
3 – 5pm. The Lincoln Park Conservatory is open daily, 9am – 5pm, 312.742.7736.
Admission is free. For more information visit <a href="http://www.exsost.org/" target="_blank">www.exsost.org</a>.<br><br>***<br>Experimental Sound Studio (ESS)
is a nonprofit organization founded in 1986, dedicated to the promotion,
production, presentation and preservation of innovative and diverse approaches
to the sonic arts, and to the integration of these art forms into the
public.<br>ESS is funded by its members and benefactors, and by the generous
support of the DEW Foundation, the Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation, the
Argosy Foundation, the Alphawood Foundation, the MacArthur Fund for Arts and
Culture at the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation, the Illinois Arts Council, a
state agency, and the Chicago Department of Cultural
Affairs.