SUS: the long thin wire is a performance-installation for suspended string trio, long tuned wires and piano resonator. Inspired by a collaboration with Pia Cruzalegui, SUS was conceived by composer, intermedia artist and producer Christopher Preissing. Working with Hugh Sato—an interactive data processor—the two collaborated to develop a musical instrument we can all play simply by moving in the Popular Library. (Ground Floor of the Chicago Public Library’s Harold Washington Library Center)

SUS is short for SUStain—to support from below; SUSpend—hang by attachment from above; and SUSpension—to sustain one note or harmony while another changes.

Stop by “Pop” ANYTIME and swing your arms, lift your legs, walk in front of the long thin wire and see what happy noise you can make! Or, join us on October 6 at 2pm for three 15-minute performances of SUS, an excerpt from Preissing’s opera, Thunder, Perfect Mind, with performers Myra Hinrichs, violin; Carrie Frey, viola; and Lia Kohl, cello.

Chairs designed and built by Marcus Bosch and Andrew Tyson. Chair structure design and carpentry by Christopher Haite. Special thanks to Augusta Read Thomas and Ear Taxi Festival.