CHICAGO
Caterina Barbieri
An evening of mind-altering sound + light from the Italian synthesist
Tuesday, September 24, 2024
Epiphany Center for the Arts
7pm (doors) 8pm (performance)
featuring KMRU (support) and MFO (visuals)
with Empty Bottle Presents
Ages 21+
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Reflections is honored to present Italian composer Caterina Barbieri for a night of spellbinding sonic intensity at this historic former church. She’ll open portals of sound and light via her modular synth and celestial lighting design.
“Music is a way for me to channel energy and cultivate the cosmic vastness of the inner world,” says Barbieri. She’s joined by opener KMRU on a mesmerizing ambient set, with immersive visuals by Berlin-based designer MFO.
Caterina Barbieri
CATERINA BARBIERI uses vivid modular synthesis to explore how sound can induce both metaphysical and psycho-physical responses in the listener.
Her full-length debut album Patterns of Consciousness (Important Records, 2017) was named one of the best releases of the year and the decade (Resident Advisor, Noisey, Fact Mag, The Wire). Her 2019 release on Editions Mego, Ecstatic Computation, has been critically acclaimed and is record of the year on Bleep.
Her music is rooted in the relationship between technology and its impact on the creative process, and her use of modular synthesizers doesn't simply aestheticize the machinery, it examines its consequences on human perception and the psychedelic potential of complex generative sequencing techniques. Pitchfork has described her music as “a mind-altering journey” and “a dreammachine for the ears.”
Barbieri holds a Master’s degree in classical guitar and a Bachelor’s degree in electroacoustic composition from the Conservatory of Bologna, Italy, alongside a Bachelor’s degree from the Faculty of Humanities and Philosophy of Bologna with a thesis in Ethnomusicology about Hindustani music and minimalism.
KMRU
KMRU is Nairobi-born, Berlin-based sound artist Joseph Kamaru. For him, sound is a sensorial medium through which social, material and conceptual interpretations are manifested in his works. KMRU carries with him a repository of listening experiences from Nairobi and beyond expanding his sonic practices, bringing an awareness of surroundings through creative compositions, installations and performances.
He has earned international acclaim from his performances at the Barbican, Berlin Atonal, Présences électronique, and releases on Editions Mego, Subtext, Seil Records. KMRU has carved out a serious and definitive space on the list of essential authors in ambient experimental music – one of the most prolific and innovative artists in his field.
Epiphany Center for the Arts
This evening’s venue is a former Episcopal church located in Chicago’s West Loop neighborhood. Constructed in 1885, designed by architects Edward Burling and Francis Whitehouse it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. The building is an ADA accessible space.
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
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