The gallery exhibition of Ten x Ten 2020/2 at the Chicago Art Department closes next Friday, August 26th with a FREE book debut and live performance from 6-9 PM. Join us to explore ten original artworks and compositions created in partnership with Chicago Composers Orchestra and Spudnik Press.

Closing party live performance featuring quintet Origin Brass:

Joel Cantoran, trumpet
Sean Whitworth, trumpet
Momoko Hasselbring Seko, french horn
Colin Murasek, trombone
Akshat Jain, tuba

We are proud to present a gallery exhibition at Chicago Art Department of  Ten x Ten 2020/2, the sixth iteration of the artist-musician collaboration, in partnership with Chicago Composers Orchestra and Spudnik Press. All ten compositions were performed and recorded by Chicago Composers Orchestra between 2020 and 2022, and all (but one) screen prints were printed at Spudnik Press. Ten x Ten is a dialogue between visual artists and musicians exploring visual and auditory interaction. By challenging artists to conceptualize their work across media, Ten x Ten asks participants to stretch and expand their creative process. Through producing a limited edition compilation and public presentation of the resulting artworks, Ten x Ten documents, celebrates, and promotes Chicago’s artistic community. A suite of an art book, 12″ vinyl record, and digital download are available for pre-sale, and individual prints are available as well. 

Participating Artists (visual artists listed first, composers second)

• Alexandra Antoine with David Keller

• Azadeh Gholizadeh with Randall West

• Susan Giles with Amy Wurtz

• Katherine Lampert with Brian Baxter

• Rodrigo Lara Zendejas with Luis Fernando Amaya

• Carlos Matallana with Ben LaMar Gay

• Jessie Mott with Trevor Watkin

• Michelle Nordmeyer with Andrew McManus

• Yoonshin Park with Jonathan Hannau

• Selina Trepp with Janice Misurell-Mitchell
  
  

2nd Friday Opening – July 8, 6-10pm, featuring the ten screen prints and a listening station to hear the music

Duration – July 8-Aug 26 (with visits by appointment on weekdays, 12-6pm)

Closing Party – August 26 featuring a live performance and book debut

Saturday, June 4th, 2022

Ten x Ten 2020/2

Nature | Human

St James Cathedral, 7:30pm CT

Music performed by Chicago Composers Orchestra
and Beyond This Point 

premiering works by: 

Brian Baxter + Katherine Lampert
Luis Fernando Amaya + Rodrigo Lara Zendejas

Purchase tickets here.

In 2021-2022, the sixth iteration of Ten x Ten is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.

Ten x Ten 2020/2: Tactile | Spaces

Music performed by Chicago Composers Orchestra

Saturday, September 25, 2021

St. James Cathedral | 65 E Huron St, Chicago

6:45pm Discussion and Q&A | 7:30pm Concert

Presented by Chicago Composers Orchestra, Homeroom, and Spudnik Press

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Join us for the second concert and art exhibition in the Ten x Ten 2020/2 series to hear and see world premiers of musical compositions and screen prints.

For the second iteration of Ten x Ten 2020, composers Ben LaMar Gay, Jonathan Hannau, Andrew McManus, and Amy Wurtz will debut compositions for orchestra created in collaboration with visual artists Carlos Matallana, Yoonshin Park, Michelle Nordmeyer, and Susan Giles, respectively. The corresponding screenprints from each visual artist will also be on view at the concert, encouraging viewers to draw connections between the varied, multimedia compositions being presented. In 2022, the music and screen prints presented at this concert will be released as part of an art book and 12" vinyl recording documenting all of the works produced for Ten x Ten 2022.

Ten x Ten 2020/2 is a collaborative commissioned production featuring 10 composers writing symphonic work in collaboration with 10 visual artists producing screen prints. Presenting organizations Chicago Composers Orchestra, Homeroom, and Spudnik Press paired 10 visual artists with a composer. Together, the visual artist and composer are asked to write corresponding components of a single work, though each print and each composition may stand on their own as an independent work of art. 

Music and visual art are not typically presented or discussed as complementary art forms. Ten x Ten challenges this notion, asking participants to explore the common ground between one another's work. Collaboration is at the core of this process-driven project. Often, language is a starting point for the pairs: what adjectives might describe their work; how might narratives be embedded in their work; how do they organize and structure their compositions? From these discussions, the pairs develop a work plan and dialogue that allows their creative processes to influence one another.

Through this multimedia partnership, composers and visual artists are challenged to consider new factors and possibilities for creating work. Each artist is encouraged to cultivate a deeper understanding of their own creative process by delving into another, very different artist's approach to creating. 

About the Works

Artist Michelle Nordmeyer made Work with Whatchya Got in pandemic lockdown, using found-objects to express the idea of “limitation”. Composer Andrew McManus responds with Feather, echoing the tactile quality of the visual objects, where a feather becomes a slowly blossoming, misshapen chorale for muted violins.

Exploring memory and gesture in recollections of the space of "home", artist Susan Giles and composer Amy Wurtz start from the same source: a recorded story capturing the gestures of a member of a choir for senior citizens with early-stage memory loss. Their dual works focus on how movement and sound connect to memory, place and emotion.

In Lapsus, artist Carlos Matallana and composer Ben LaMar Gay observe –instead of patterns– the spaces in between them: the repetitive divisions that interrupt a line, or define a beat's closing or opening. Their vehicle is the mouth: mouths that surround us among family and friends, each of them unique, either still or gesticulating.

In A River is Found on the Other End, composer Jonathan Hannau starts with a paper cadenza: shredding, tearing, and manipulating paper; until a solitary note finds its voice and a lush melody guides a lone traveler to the end of a river. Artist Yoonshin Park translates the soundscapes into colors, lines, and forms that resonate the dynamics and density of the sound.

We ask that all in-person attendees provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination upon entry. We are actively monitoring local health guidelines and will continue to update as needed.

Other Upcoming Ten x Ten 2022

January 22, 2022 

at Ganz Hall at Roosevelt University @ 430 S Michigan ave

Featuring:

Katherine Lampert with Brian Baxter

Lara Zendejas with Luis Fernando Amaya

Record + Book Release
Summer 2022
at Chicago Art Department
1926 S. Halsted

Previous Ten x Ten 2022
January 25, 2020
Alexandra Antoine with David Keller

Jessie Mott with Trevor Watkin

Selina Trepp with Janice Misurell-Mitchell

Azadeh Gholizadeh with Randall West

January 23, 2021

Virtual Sneak Peak #1
Susan Giles with Amy Wurtz
Carlos Matallana with Ben LaMar Gay
Michelle Nordmeyer with Andrew McManus
Watch the video of January’s live stream here .

February 20, 2021
Virtual Sneak Peak #2
Katherine Lampert with Brian Baxter 
Rodrigo Lara Zendejas with Luis Fernando Amaya
Yoonshin Park with Jonathan Hannau
Watch the video of February’s live stream here.

Access the livestream here:

chicagocomposersorchestra.org/events/ten-x-ten/

Saturday, February 20 at 7PM

Join Chicago Composers Orchestra, Homeroom, and Spudnik Press for a sneak peek of the next Ten x Ten!

Ten x Ten is a dual-media collaboration between visual artists and musicians that explores the collaborative process and the translation of artistic gestures across media. While COVID restrictions mean we’ll have to wait to debut the full orchestral compositions and the corresponding screen prints in person, we would love to give you a sneak peek with sketches of the musical compositions and images of the screen prints during a multimedia virtual event.

Join us online Saturday, February 20 at 7PM to see and hear the work of:

Katherine Lampert collaborating with Brian Baxter
Rodrigo Lara Zendejas collaborating with Luis Fernando Amaya
Yoonshin Park collaborating with Jonathan Hannau

In addition to hearing and seeing the works, the artists and composers will be in conversation discussing the collaborative process of Ten x Ten, followed by an audience Q&A with the artists and composers.

chicagocomposersorchestra.org/events/ten-x-ten/

Access the livestream here:

chicagocomposersorchestra.org/events/ten-x-ten/

Saturday, January 23 at 7PM

Join Chicago Composers Orchestra, Homeroom, and Spudnik Press for a sneak peek of the next Ten x Ten!

Ten x Ten is a dual-media collaboration between visual artists and musicians that explores the collaborative process and the translation of artistic gestures across media. While COVID restrictions mean we’ll have to wait to debut the full orchestral compositions and the corresponding screen prints in person, we would love to give you a sneak peek with sketches of the musical compositions and images of the screen prints during a multimedia virtual event.

Join us online Saturday, January 23 at 7PM to see and hear the work of:

Susan Giles collaborating with Amy Wurtz
Carlos Matallana collaborating with Ben LaMar Gay
Michelle Nordmeyer collaborating with Andrew McManus

In addition to hearing and seeing the works, the artists and composers will be in conversation discussing the collaborative process of Ten x Ten, followed by an audience Q&A with the artists and composers.

chicagocomposersorchestra.org/events/ten-x-ten/

POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE

nature | human : Chicago Composers Orchestra + Beyond This Point percussion ensemble + Ten x Ten Artists

6:30pm Discussion and Q&A | 7:30pm Concert

In the second of our Ten x Ten 2020 series, composers Luis Fernando Amaya and Brian Baxter will debut compositions created in collaboration with visual artists Rodrigo Lara Zendejas and Katherine Lampert respectively. The screenprints from each visual artist will be on view at the concert, encouraging viewers to draw connections between the varied, multimedia compositions being presented.

These works will be presented In collaboration with Chicago Composers Orchestra and Beyond This Point percussion ensemble, as part of a unique program that speaks to the human impact on the natural world.

Additionally, hear Viet Cuong’s Re(New)al, a work inspired by renewable energy, with the percussionists performing on “invented” instruments, including crystal glasses and compressed air cans.

Also hear the world premiere of a new commission by Canadian/Icelandic composer Fjóla Evans and a performance of James Falzone’s immersive work in a world of one color . . . the sound of wind.

Ten x Ten 2020 is a collaborative commissioned production featuring 10 composers writing symphonic work in collaboration with 10 visual artists producing screen prints. It is presented in partnership by Chicago Composers Orchestra, Spudnik Press, and Homeroom. 

About Ten x Ten 2020: 10 visual artists have each been paired with a composer. Together, they are asked to write corresponding components of a single work, though each print and each composition may stand on their own as an independent work of art. 

Collaboration is at the core of this process-driven project. Ten x Ten asks each participant to explore the common ground that informs their work with another’s. Music and visual art are typically presented and discussed in very different manners. Language is often a starting point for the pairs: what adjectives might describe their work; how does a narrative inform their creation; how are compositional structures developed? From there, the pairs are required to develop a work plan and dialogue that allows their work to be influenced by the other’s and their work to influence the other’s.  

By working with an artist in a different media, artists are challenged to consider new factors in the process of creation. By delving into another, very different artist’s approach to creating, an artist can deepen the understanding of their own process.

chaos | composed : Chicago Composers Orchestra + Origin of Animal

6:30pm Discussion and Q&A | 7:30pm Concert

Join us for the first concert and print debut in our Ten x Ten 2020 series.

Composers David Keller, Trevor Watkin, Randall West, and Janice Misurell-Mitchell will debut compositions created in collaboration with visual artists Alexandra Antoine, Jessie Mott, Selina Trepp, and Azadeh Gholizadeh respectively. Each of the visual artists will debut their corresponding screenprints as well. The prints and music recorded at this concert will culminate in an art book and 12” vinyl record released in early 2021. .

Ten x Ten 2020 is a collaborative commissioned production featuring 10 composers writing symphonic work in collaboration with 10 visual artists producing screen prints. It is presented in partnership by Chicago Composers Orchestra, Spudnik Press, and Homeroom. 

About Ten x Ten 2020: 10 visual artists have each been paired with a composer. Together, they are asked to write corresponding components of a single work, though each print and each composition may stand on their own as an independent work of art. 

Collaboration is at the core of this process-driven project. Ten x Ten asks each participant to explore the common ground that informs their work with another’s. Music and visual art are typically presented and discussed in very different manners. Language is often a starting point for the pairs: what adjectives might describe their work; how does a narrative inform their creation; how are compositional structures developed? From there, the pairs are required to develop a work plan and dialogue that allows their work to be influenced by the other’s and their work to influence the other’s.  

By working with an artist in a different media, artists are challenged to consider new factors in the process of creation. By delving into another, very different artist’s approach to creating, an artist can deepen the understanding of their own process.

Functioning as both a retrospective of prior iterations of Ten x Ten and a rekindling of Ten x Ten 2017, this event will invite the audience to enjoy musical performances from 2017 artist pairs Allen Moore & Sadie Woods and Melina Ausikaitis & Ambrosia Bartosekulva while taking in Ten x Ten screen prints from the beginning of this program to now.

Ten accomplished artists and three Chicago arts organizations are uniting to present Ten x Ten 2017: Dual Practices, an artistic project that commissions and presents new audio and visual artworks on Saturday, September 9 at Experimental Sound Studio (5925 N. Ravenswood, Chicago).

Ten x Ten, a project established in 2010, fosters collaboration between visual artists and musicians, explores the collaborative process, and presents artistic concepts and gestures across media.

The 2017 roster of artists all produce compelling work as both visual artists and musicians, and are interested in experimentation and collaboration. The participating artists are Melina Ausikaitis, Ambrosia Bartosekulva, Mark Booth, Cathy Hsaio, Deidre Huckabay, Damon Locks, Lou Mallozzi, Joseph Clayton Mills, Allen Moore and Sadie Woods.

Ten x Ten 2017: Dual Practices is guest curated by Experimental Sound Studio (ESS), a non-profit, artist-run organization focused on sound in all its exploratory cultural manifestations. ESS is working in partnership with Homeroom and Spudnik Press Cooperative, the Ten x Ten founding organizations. Through the collaboration of these three distinct and accomplished organizations, Ten x Ten offers a truly unique opportunity for ten Chicago artists to produce new collaborative artworks.

Ten x Ten 2015 Exhibition & Performance

Screen prints from the 2015 artists are exhibited. Ben Remsen from the Now Is podcast DJ's and Spudnik Press hosts a screenprinting station. 

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The musicians of Ten x Ten 2015 give a live performance of their new works which will be recorded and released on vinyl in September. The collaborating artists will present their works in a gallery format at the same event. 

The long-running Improvised Music Series from Elastic Arts makes a guest appearance at Constellation as part of Ten x Ten 2015’s eight-month production pairing ten musicians with ten visual artists to create collaborative recordings and fine art prints. The Improvised Music Series: Working Performance is a rare opportunity for the public to witness the creative and collaborative process as it happens. Relying heavily on improvisation, each musician-artist pair will workshop their ideas and experiment with how to translate ideas from sound to image, and vice versa.  Each musician will direct the ensemble as they develop their compositions. At the same time, the audience will be able to watch projections of the artists visually responding and refining their designs in real time.

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Witness the entire artistic process by following us at tenxtenchicago.com

Musicians

• Josh Berman

• Paul Giallorenzo

• Anton Hatwich

• Keefe Jackson

• Peter Maunu

• Eli Namay

• Ryan Packard

• Cameron Pfiffner

• Jason Stein

• Phil Sudderberg

Visual Artists

• Salvador Andrade Arévalo

• Jerome Bryerton

• Uriel Correa

• Rob Funderburk

• Trevor Goosen

• Andrew Holmquist

• Hannah Ireland

• Vesna Jovanovic

• Alexander Stewart

• Cynthia Weiss

Ten x Ten is a collaborative project between visual artists and musicians under the curatorial guidance of three distinct Chicago organizations: Elastic Arts, Homeroom, and Spudnik Press. Now in it’s fourth iteration, the project has expanded to include four innovative events. With Elastic Arts Foundation as guest curator, the project highlights the genre of jazz and investigates how artists across media interpret improvisation. Curators Dave Rempis and Paul Giallorenzo have selected ten musicians to create an ensemble that will perform the new works commissioned through this project. Each musician will compose one track, each created in partnership with a visual artist. Homeroom curator Colin Palombi has invited ten visual artists to design a corresponding 18” x 18” artwork that will be produced in an edition of ten hand printed serigraphs. A limited edition catalog of the prints will be paired with the vinyl record and distributed as a collectable compilation. 

Saki Records hosts a Ten x Ten listening party. Stop by to hear the ten brand-new compositions on vinyl and look at the corresponding prints made by ten Chicago artists. 

Ten x Ten 2013 investigates the relationship between color and sound. Through exploring the underlying concepts of synesthesia, both academically and intuitively, artists and composers have worked together to produce artwork that takes the form of both a fine art print and an original score. 

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Featuring:

Lilli Carre and Michael Miller
Edie Fake and Andrew Tham
Jo Dery and Jude Mathews
Aaron Renier and Brain Baxter
Chad Kouri and Marjorie Rusche
Craig Hansen and Betsy Start
Aaron Maurer and Tim Corpus
Ann Worthing and Amos Gillespie
Angee Lennard and Randall West
Renee Robbins and Seth Boustead

Ten X Ten 2013

Saturday, November 16

Exhibition of Prints 6:00
Performance by Palomar Ensemble 7:00

Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art
2320 West Chicago Avenue
Chicago, IL 60622

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Ten x Ten is a collaboration between 10 visual artists and 10 composers that investigates the relationship between color and sound. Through exploring the underlying concepts of synesthesia, both academically and intuitively, artists and composers work together to produce a single two-part artwork: a fine art screenprint and a composition for small ensemble. This work represents the direct dialogue between the artists and the artforms.  

Each visual artist has created one 10 inch by 10 inch scale print, published by Spudnik Press Cooperative. Each composer wrote a piece performed and recorded by Palomar Ensemble that has been pressed onto 12” vinyl.

The final package will be a suite of 10 prints and a record with 10 corresponding compositions and will be released, presented and performed on Saturday, November 16, 2013 at the Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art.