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All my life, I've yearned for the freedom of the open road.
Here is a fantasy based on that desire.
Michael Herzovi is a featured player with Small Fish Radio Theatre, and an ensemble member of Tellin' Tales Theatre. You can find out more about Michael at www.herzovitalks.com.
This recording was made at NON:op's 2017 salon, FEED: to play, to be happy, and to dream.
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Broad Contagion, BettyJoyce Nash and Christophe Preissing with Jay Kuhlmann
Clogged
bathtub. Cosmo-reading old woman. Pandemic. Enough to push this Boston
landlord over the edge—of himself. A short story in the time of
pandemic.
Story by BettyJoyce Nash, sound composition by Christophe Preissing, with Jay Kuhlmann as Jack/Chip and BettyJoyce as Margo. Listen to it here.
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HEAR BELOW: Listening to Chicago Underground
February 14, 2020
A Pedway Soundwalk led by NON:op's Christophe Preissing and Eric Leonardson of the Midwest Society of Acoustic Ecology, with Alex Braidwood of Listening Instruments.
Here's the report, complete with images and sound. And read Sharon Hoyer's personal account of HEAR BELOW as a soundwalker here. 
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Coming Soon
Statues, jewelry, grilled meats.
Statues, jewelry, grilled meats.
And the wind open to mathematical allusions.
So opens Tristan Tzara's Dada classic, The Gas Heart.
Watch for this three-act video performance featuring Arlene Malinowski,
Michael Herzovi, Hal Cosentino, Andy Slater, Clare Brennan, and KG Price with percussion by Steve Butters, in upcoming issues of NON:onLINE.
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Other NON:op News
SPREAD at the Design Museum of Chicago?
NON:op just submitted a proposal to the Design Museum of Chicago for SPREAD, a new long wire installation using sonification of data to track the spread of COVID-19. Based on 2019's BLOOD LINES installation at Augustana Lutheran Church of Hyde Park, SPREAD features sound design by Christophe Preissing, fabrication and programming by Hugh Sato, and a sculpture by David Sundry.
Other upcoming projects
- A new collaboration with Andy Cohn and Andy's Music
- Cantos of War and Peace; only the dead have seen the end of war, for chamber ensemble and 10-speaker audio system
- Here not There, a game piece for four performers and four video projections
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Board and Artist Opportunities
Do you enjoy immersive performances that are fun AND intellectually
challenging? Want to become more involved? There are exciting board and
artist opportunities as we build a more diverse and nimble organization
to respond to the critical times. Please contact Christophe at non [at]
nonopera [dot] org for more information.
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Support NON:op by purchasing HPSCHD@50 merch!
Also available are Musicircus T-Shirts, John Cage CDs, HPSCHD@50 buttons, and souvenir programs. Click here to order and support NON:op and its artists.
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