Image: Blank Box: THE ROBOT IS PRESENT by GoldGrrl, June 13, 2025 at Theatre Y, Photo by Lola Selby
Blank Box is an ongoing program presented by Homeroom to commission original multimedia work that is collaborative and performative, encouraging artists of multiple platforms and media to think, work, and create using structured improvisation.
Blank Box presents work by artists working in contemporary experimental time-based arts, including sound/music, video/projections, dance/movement, theater/lighting/scenery, puppetry/sculpture, and other performance-based and installation arts.
Artists are selected from an open call for proposals. Join our mailing list to learn about upcoming opportunities!
THE ROBOT IS PRESENT by GoldGrrl, June 13, 2025 at Theatre Y, Photo by Lola Selby
THE ROBOT IS PRESENT by GoldGrrl, June 13, 2025 at Theatre Y, Photo by Lola Selby
THE ROBOT IS PRESENT by GoldGrrl, June 13, 2025 at Theatre Y, Photo by Lola Selby
THE ROBOT IS PRESENT by GoldGrrl, June 13, 2025 at Theatre Y, Photo by Lola Selby
THE ROBOT IS PRESENT by GoldGrrl, June 13, 2025 at Theatre Y, Photo by Lola Selby
water%holding by Ro(b)//ert Lundberg, Nov 16, 2023 at Constellation Chicago, Photo by Ricardo E. Adame
water%holding by Ro(b)//ert Lundberg, Nov 16, 2023 at Constellation Chicago, Photo by Ricardo E. Adame
water%holding by Ro(b)//ert Lundberg, Nov 16, 2023 at Constellation Chicago, Photo by Ricardo E. Adame
water%holding by Ro(b)//ert Lundberg, Nov 16, 2023 at Constellation Chicago, Photo by Ricardo E. Adame
water%holding by Ro(b)//ert Lundberg, Nov 16, 2023 at Constellation Chicago, Photo by Ricardo E. Adame
water%holding by Ro(b)//ert Lundberg, Nov 16, 2023 at Constellation Chicago, Photo by Ricardo E. Adame
water%holding by Ro(b)//ert Lundberg, Nov 16, 2023 at Constellation Chicago, Photo by Ricardo E. Adame
Ben Zucker's "Our Everfraction" May 2023, Elastic Arts
Ben Zucker's "Our Everfraction" May 2023, Elastic Arts
Ben Zucker's "Our Everfraction" May 2023, Elastic Arts
Paul Giallorenzo’s “New Dimensions in Sense-uality” May 2021, Elastic Arts
Paul Giallorenzo’s “New Dimensions in Sense-uality” May 2021, Elastic Arts
Upcoming Events
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Past Events
Homeroom is proud to present the newest iteration of Blank Box, in conjunction with Experimental Station, featuring Julian Otis’s new work “Ritual,” a multimedia ensemble exploration.
Blank Box: Ritual
Friday, May 15, 2026
8pm doors, 8:30pm performance
$20-50 suggested donation
Experimental Station, 6100 S Blackstone Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Your Ritual Guides are:
Julian Otis
Naydja Burton
Paige Brown
Gabrielle Lochard
Scott Rubin
Kezia
Homeroom is proud to present the newest iteration of Blank Box, in conjunction with Theatre Y’s Sandbox Series and with generous support from Cliff Dwellers.
BlankBox will feature Gold Grrl’s new work “The Robot is Present,” a multimedia ensemble exploration of current intersections between race, technology, and identity.
7 pm doors, 8 pm show
FREE ($20 donation suggested)
BYOB
Homeroom presents the newest iteration of Blank Box at Constellation Chicago.
water%holding by Ro(b)//ert Lundberg
8pm doors, 8:30pm show
$15 General Admission, $5 Livestream
*masks strongly encouraged
Ro(b)//ert Lundberg with Nina Vroemen, Jasmine Mendoza, Jeff Kimmel, Lia Kohl, Sam Scranton & Zachary Nicol
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.
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New work for multimedia ensemble presented in a live performance at Elastic Arts.
Building on the energy, process, and discovery from their Feb 25th performance, join us to see the evolution of this work in progress.
“A subtle pageant for invisible energies, incorporating light projections, movement, sounding objects, and radio transmission, exploring entanglements and interactions of materialisms and compassions.”