Side Yard Sounds presents:

No Below Editions with Edward Breitweiser + Swim Ignorant Fire + Allen Moore

5pm to 7pm

$5-$15 to the artists

BYOB

Join us to celebrate the launch of a new record + art label, No Below Editions. No Below is an artist-run boutique label that celebrates the collaborative spirit of our Central Illinois art and music community through handmade artist editions of new sonic projects spanning free improvisation, drone/minimalism, exquisite corpse exchanges, and more.

This summer, label co-founders Edward Breitweiser and Stephen Holliger (Swim Ignorant Fire) will tour throughout Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, and Missouri. No Below’s first release, Swim Ignorant Fire’s I dont know how much longer I can hold this will be available in limited-edition cassette and artist editions. At Compound Yellow, they will be joined by Chicago artist Allen Moore.

Artist bios

Edward Breitweiser

Edward Breitweiser is an Illinois-based artist, musician, electronic instrument builder, and writer. In 2018, Breitweiser founded and serves as Director of pt.fwd (www.ptfwd.org), a contemporary music and sonic arts performance series featuring new work by local and regional artists in Bloomington-Normal, Illinois. Breitweiser will perform new compositions and improvisations for modular synthesizers, electro-acoustic feedback loops, and handmade electronic instruments. He describes these compositions as "ecosystems" in which simple sonic elements are enmeshed in one another, taking on new, unexpected qualities through interaction. Minimal instruments and drones slowly evolve - sometimes subtly, sometimes catastrophically.

https://edwardbreitweiser.com

https://edwardbreitweiser.bandcamp.com

Instagram: @ed.breitweiser

Swim Ignorant Fire - (Stephen Holliger)

Supporting No Below's first tape release, "I dont know how much longer I can hold this", which includes new drone studies with recycled church tape loops and Nate Hahn on pedal steel guitar.

https://swimignorantfire.bandcamp.com/

Instagram: @swimignorantfire

Allen Moore

Allen Moore is a Black American Interdisciplinary Painter, Experimental Sound Artist, Educator, Youth Mentor and Curator born and raised in the Historic Village of Robbins, IL. Moore holds a Bachelors of Arts from Chicago State University, a Masters in Arts from Governors State University and a Masters of Fine Arts from Northern Illinois University in 2016. His work examines both visual and experimental music, emphasizing the importance of nurturing the Black Imagination with social representation. His educational and curatorial practices focus on building spaces for advocacy, creative representation and healing. His work converses with the signifiers of African American and popular culture, bringing to view the underlying themes of racial, emotional and socio-economic conditions.

Moore has exhibited and performed across Chicago and the greater midwest, including exhibitions at Heaven Gallery, Compound Yellow, Experimental Sound Studio, Elastic Arts, Threewalls, The Museum of Contemporary Art, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago , Roots & Culture Gallery, Lula Cafe, The Star Media Group, Union Street Gallery, The Museum of Science and Industry Chicago, etc. He is a volunteer staff member for A.C.R.E. Artist Residency and Comfort Station. His recent curatorial projects include GATHER and the P.O.W.E.R. Project. His work has been featured in publications including Sixty Inches From the Center, (Gather), Movement Matters, Bad at Sports Contemporary Art Talk (ANX 2015 Roots and Culture) and featured work in the Netflix Original Series “Easy” Seasons 1 and 2.

http://allenmooreart.net/

Instagram: @allen_moore_127