Ambient Artist Cinchel Invites His Audience To Play Along

The Sponsored Artist Program at Chicago’s High Concept Labs supports working artists in a range of disciplines for four months at a time, providing free equipment, logistical support, and access to HCL’s space in Mana Contemporary’s Pilsen warehouse at 2233 S. Throop. Each program ends with a send-off event at HCL, and on Friday, February 24, guitarist and composer Cinchel (aka Jason Shanley) takes his turn, hosting the site-specific performance Walking Into an Unfamiliar Place You Already Know. The piece combines his live guitar explorations with a sound installation that invites the audience to ring bells, play a xylophone, mess with a contact mike, sing, wander around, or just sit and contemplatively listen.