Blank Box: water%holding
Homeroom presents the newest iteration of Blank Box
by Ro(b)//ert Lundberg
Featuring Ro(b)//ert Lundberg with Nina Vroemen, Jasmine Mendoza, Jeff Kimmel, Lia Kohl, Sam Scranton & Zachary Nicol
Thursday, November 16, 2023
8pm doors, 8:30pm show
$15 General Admission, $5 Livestream
Constellation
3111 N Western Ave
Chicago, IL 60618
*Masks strongly encouraged
water%holding is an interdisciplinary performance of sound, movement, and visual elements taking inspiration from the curb stop--a small access point in sidewalks and lawns to shut off water pipes. Using pre-composed and improvised elements, the project explores complex entanglements of settler-colonial property and promises of health and purity embedded in water infrastructure.
Ro(b)//ert Lundberg makes sound and image, thinks about and drinks water. They have performed a wide range of music throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe both solo and with outfits such as JOBS, Skeletons, Nestle, In One Wind, and Leverage Models at venues and festival such as Carnegie Hall, JVC Jazz Festival, Newport Folk Festival, and Big Ears Festival. Their photography, video, and multimedia work often focuses on the interaction of human infrastructure and the spaces it inhabits. They earned a BFA in jazz performance from The New School (New York) and graduate degrees in science studies and environmental art at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
This program is partially supported by a generous grant from The Cliff Dwellers Arts Foundation.
