OPEN CAPTIONS Produced as a series of distinct episodes, Alison O’Daniel’s stunning multi-part film weaves together the story of Deaf drummer Nyke Prince, a marching band coming to terms with the loss of its most sonorous instruments, and a number of historic concerts, including the premiere of John Cage’s&nbsp;4’33”&nbsp;in 1952. Exploring a range of sonic experiences, the project has grown&nbsp;in part out of&nbsp;collaborations with Deaf sound artist <a href="http://christinesunkim.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Christine Sun Kim</a>, hearing painter and musician <a href="http://www.inbetweennoise.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Steve Roden</a>, and the late hearing composer <a href="http://ethangreene.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ethan Frederick Greene</a>. This screening features six sequences from O'Daniel's overarching project. In English and ASL with English captions. Presented in partnership with the Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago, in conjunction with the exhibition&nbsp;<a href="https://renaissancesociety.org/exhibitions/540/nine-lives/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Nine Lives</a>, on view September 12–November 15. -- ABOUT THE ARTIST Spanning film, performance, sculpture, and installation, <a href="https://alisonodaniel.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Alison O’Daniel’s</a> body of work explores sensory experience, legibility, and access. She writes that "the intersection between poetics and activism is where I’m most interested and inspired." O’Daniel has screened and exhibited in galleries and museums internationally, including the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow; Centre Pompidou, Paris; Centro Centro, Madrid; Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha; Shulamit Nazarian, Los Angeles; Art in General, New York; Samuel Freeman Gallery, Los Angeles; and the Centre d’art Contemporain Passerelle, Brest. O’Daniel is a recipient of the 2019 Louis Comfort Tiffany prize. She has also received grants from Creative Capital; the Rema Hort Mann Foundation; the Center for Cultural Innovation; and the Franklin Furnace Fund. Her film, The Tuba Thieves, was supported by the 2019 Sundance Creative Producing Lab. She was named one of Filmmaker Magazine’s 2019 25 New Faces of Independent Film. She is an assistant professor of film at California College of the Arts in San Francisco. -- RELATED EVENT﻿<a href="https://watch.eventive.org/gsfc/play/5f6967a37ad0ae0063fdf73f" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Alison O'Daniel</a>October 30, 2:00 p.m. CTTune in for an in-depth conversation with the artist.

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