Every Tuesday in March, Homeroom Residency presents SPECTRALINA: The audio-visual performance project of Dan Bitney and Selina Trepp.
Special guests will join Spectralina for four multidisciplinary performances at Elastic Arts. All shows are $15 at the door + BYOB. Doors open at 8 PM, performance at 8:30 PM.
March 26, 2024 at 8PM at Elastic Arts featuring Spectralina + Chér Jey / Mabel Kwan
Spectralina
SPECTRALINA is the audio-visual performance project of Dan Bitney and Selina Trepp: collaborators, lovers, and magicians.
Working in an improvised format, Spectralina creates an image-sound relationship that treats each medium equally, resulting in performances in which projection and sounds come together as visual music.
In Spectralina, Dan uses a computer, synthesizers, drums, voice, and analog processors to create sounds. Selina sings, animates, and plays the videolah, an instrument that creates real-time animated projections.
Chér Jey
Chér Jey is a Chicago based, multidisciplinary artist, performer and educator from Baltimore, MD. She investigates expression through sound, movement and line. Her research explores improvisational and vocal styling elements of storytelling through Black classical music, world music (with emphasis on Afro Cuban Lucumi song/dance), stream of consciousness writing, hand crafted collage and jewelry design. Chér Jey has written and performed two one woman shows: SOME GIRL (2012) and FULL MOON CIRCLE (2021). She has also created, launced and produced two tributes to vocalist/composer/actress Abbey Lincoln- Chér Jey & The Abbey Project presents: THE MESSAGE (2018) and ANCESTRAL VENERATION (2023). Chér Jey is vocalist, conceptualist and intuitive composer for groups LUA, Sekhmet RISING and Chér Jey & The Spirit Investigators. She has collaborated as vocalist and dancer for a diverse set of well known innovators in the creative/improvisational/experimental music scene in Chicago, Baltimore and the DMV areas. She is a 2023 DCASE Individual Artist Program recipient for Performing Arts and 2013 Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Awardee for Solo Theatrical Performance. Chér Jey is in a constant state of renewal and self exploration.
Mabel Kwan
Chicago-based, Austin-born pianist Mabel Kwan performs with Ensemble Dal Niente, Restroy, big TEEN's Mega Laverne and Shirley, and Uluuul. She is fascinated by sound, contradictions, and what we perceive to be familiar or strange. With a style that is detached and objective but highly personal, Mabel brings a quiet intensity and playfulness to her live performances.
About Homeroom Residency
Homeroom Residency is an ongoing initiative to provide reliable, paid performance work to Chicago artists. The residency gives artists space to develop existing collaborations and explore new ideas. Residency is directly supported by individual donors.