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SUMMARY:The Gift is Present Presence – Sara Zalek and Norman Long
DESCRIPTION:How do we know what to recover\, and when are we ready to take 
 action? The moment between knowing and not knowing leaves us more in the p
 resent\, where we discover our unifying force in silence and reverence to 
 the listening.\nJoin us as we walk Big Marsh’s expansive and recovering 
 landscape. In this simple act of slow walking\, we find our presence toget
 her\, immersed in subtle soundscapes often lost to our agenda and veracity
  of speaking. As a silent mass\, we listen outward and inward for layers o
 f sounds most often tuned out or discounted\, such as points of unity\, re
 sonance\, dissonance\, and divergent noises.\nBig Marsh Park is located at
  11559 S Stony Island Ave. Meet at the pavilion or covered meeting areaThe
  rain date for this event is September 12\, 2026 5:00 PM → 7:00 PM. RSVP
  here: https://forms.gle/2qpo22hmizPHRSEz5\nAbout Sara Zalek\n\n\n\nShark
 ey (Sara) Zalek is an interdisciplinary artist. Rooted in physical investi
 gations of the intersections of personal\, ancestral\, and cultural trauma
 \, resilience\, and collective transformation. Their work is intimate\, ra
 w\, and poetic. They make the lived moment stand at attention through perf
 ormance\, workshops\, and the poignant everyday moment to encourage though
 tful interpersonal connection.\nThe City of Chicago named Zalek an Esteeme
 d Artist Award in 2022\; Elastic Arts Foundation awarded them a Curatorial
  Grant in 2020 for Hot Mess! 10 events featuring over seventy artists who 
 engaged with them in interdisciplinary tactics using live performance\, au
 dio\, video\, and spatial mixing for live and virtual audiences.\nZalek ha
 s been conducting somatic research and teaching for fifteen years and curr
 ently works with the Japanese Culture Center\, Roman Susan\, and Chicago A
 rts Partnerships in Education. They were a Chicago Dancemakers Forum Lab A
 rtist in 2015\, 3Arts Make a Wave Awardee in 2017\, and a Ragdale Foundati
 on Fellow. They have performed and curated performances at the Chicago Cul
 tural Center\, High Concept Labs\, Elastic Arts\, Experimental Sound Studi
 o\, Links Hall\, Lumpen Radio\, dfbrl8r\, Boston Center for the Arts\, Urb
 an Guild in Kyoto\, Japan\, and many more.\nAbout Norman Long\n\n\n\nNorma
 n W. Long (b. 1973\, Chicago\, IL) is an artist/composer. His practice inv
 olves walking\, collecting\, performing and recording to create objects\, 
 environments and situations in which he and the audience are engaged in di
 alogues about memory space\, value\, silence and the invisible. He earned 
 a Master’s Degree in ”New Genres” while attending the San Francisco 
 Art Institute and Master’s of Landscape Architecture degree in 2008 from
  Cornell University.\nIn 2008\, Norman relocated to Chicago where he has p
 erformed and exhibited at Experimental Sound Studio\, Kavi Gupta Gallery\,
  Hungryman Gallery\, Harold Washington College\, Chicago Artists Coalition
  Gallery\, Links Hall\, Elastic\, and the Arts Club for the 2015 Chicago H
 umanities Festival.\nNorman has received 3Arts Award for Sound Art in 2012
 \, 3Arts Djerassi (Woodside\, CA) Artists Residency Fellowship in 2014\, B
 OLT Artist in Residence at the Chicago Artists Coalition in 2014-2015\, 3A
 rts Fellowship at AS220 (Providence\, RI) 2017 Artist in Residence program
 \, ThreeWalls RaD Lab Fellow for 2017-2018 and Guest Composer at EMS Elekt
 ronmusikstudion\, Stockholm\, Sweden made possible in part by the City of 
 Chicago’s DCASE grant.
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LOCATION:Big Marsh Park\, 11559 S Stony Island Ave\, Chicago\, IL\, 60617\,
  United States
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