Programs
Our programming aims to cultivate thoughtful and inquiring technical practices in the non-academic sound, media arts and theory community.
Claire Fleming Staples: 'New Virtual Worlds' : Creating 3D spaces with New Art City
July 27th, 2026|6:00-8:00pm|ALMANAC Project Space, 3214 W Augusta Blvd, Humboldt Park, Chicago IL
Upcoming
Workshop
Gallery
"Codemoves: Body-Space-Time" : Movement and Coding Workshop
August 15th, 2026|6:00-8:00pm|ALMANAC Project Space, 3214 W Augusta Blvd, Humboldt Park, Chicago IL
Upcoming
Workshop
Gallery
"Zoe Butler: Virtual Mas" : Movement and Coding Workshop
September 21st, 2026|6:00-8:00pm|ALMANAC Project Space, 3214 W Augusta Blvd, Humboldt Park, Chicago IL
Upcoming
Workshop
Processing Community Day Chicago: Emergence and Improvisation
October 11th 2026|TBD|Co-Prosperity, 3219 S Morgan St, Chicago IL
Upcoming
Event
Past Programs
Maddie Brucker: 'Deconstructing the Image' : Creating Coding Workshop with p5.js
July 2nd 2026|6:00-8:00pm|Mouse Arts and Letters Club, 555 W 31st Street, Bridgeport, Chicago IL
Past
Workshop
Gallery
BADS_Lab 2026: Maroon Infrastructures: Black Arts & Decolonial Sciences
June 20, 2026|2:00-5:00pm|The Land School, 7200 S Dorchester Ave, Chicago, IL 60619
Past
Event
Creativity and (In-)Computability: Reading Group Sessions 2.1
April 19th, 2026|2-4pm|FLATLINE Gallery, 1925 N Milwaukee Ave
Past
Study
CCAM Estuary Workshop: Introduction to futurhythmachinic thinking-making
April 17th 2026|1:00-3:30pm|Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University Bloomington
Past
Workshop
Gallery
[We Don't Know Yet] What a Cinema Can Do III: Expanded Cinema Special Event
April 10, 2026|Doors @ 7pm / Performances @ 8pm|Public Works, 2141 W North Ave
Past
Event
Gallery
Minor Languages, Literatures, and Crafts: Reading Group Sessions 1.3
March 15th, 2026|2-4pm|MANA Contemprary, 2233 S Throop St
Past
Study
DO NOT TOUCH -- Scyborgs, Touch, and Cultural Objects: Reading Group Sessions 1.2
February 15th, 2026|2-4pm|Smart Museum of Art, 5550 S Greenwood Ave, Hyde Park, Chicago
Past
Study
The Study Group as War Machine -- Neither Royal nor Rogue: Reading Group Sessions 1.1
January 18th, 2026|2-4pm|Mana Contemporary
Past
Study
BADS_Lab São Paulo @ Black: Cite; Sight–Site: Black Arts and Decolonial Sciences
September 2 to September 9, 2025|00:00|Galeria Presidente, Rua 24 de Maio, 116, São Paulo
Past
Event
Closing Performances: How to See in the Dark
June 1st, 2025|7:00pm - 10:00pm|Co-Prosperity Sphere, Bridgeport Chicago
Past
Event
Symposium: How to See in the Dark
June 1st, 2025|11:00am - 3:00pm|Co-Prosperity Sphere, Bridgeport Chicago
Past
Event
Infopoiēsis: Future Rhythm Machines Workshop
May 24th 2025|12:00pm - 4:00pm|Co-Prosperity Sphere, Bridgeport Chicago
Past
Workshop
How to See in the Dark: Exhibition Opening
May 2nd - Jun 6th 202th|7:00pm - 10:00pm|Co-Prosperity Sphere, Bridgeport Chicago
Past
Event
[We Don't Know Yet] What a Cinema Can Do II: Expanded Cinema Special Event
April 4, 2025|7-11:00pm|Public Works, 2141 W North Ave
Past
Event
Gallery
ESTUARY Eurorack System: Workshop and Play Session
March 29th, 2025|12-2:30|Hairpin Arts Center, 2810 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Past
Workshop
Intro to Microsound: Gen~ and Processual Aesthetics
2.27.25, 3.6.25, 3.20.25, 3.27.25|6-8pm|Experimental Sound Studio // Ravenswood, Chicago
Past
Study
Ludic Sound Lab: Introduction to FMOD in 2D Game Environments
February 1, 2025|11-1:30|ONLINE
Past
Workshop
Gallery
I WANT AN AI FOR PRESIDENT: experimental LARP / immersive theater
August 22nd, 2024|19:30-21:00|Co-Prosperity Sphere, 3219 S. Morgan Street
Past
Event
Realtime Video Workshop: with Juliana Castro Duperly
June 18 and 19 2024|6:00-9:00pm|MANA Contemporary, 2233 South Throop Street, Chicago IL 60608
Past
Workshop
BADS_Lab: Black Arts and Decolonial Sciences
May 10 to May 20 2024|18:00|Watershed Art & Ecology, 1821 South Racine Avenue Chicago, IL, 60608
Past
Event
Gallery
Futurhythm Machines: Chicago House Music
May 11, 2024|12:00-20:00|Watershed Art & Ecology, 1821 S Racine Ave, Chicago, IL 60608
Past
Event
Gallery
DIY Synth Workshop no. 2, Alien Screamer: Electronics Faire, Philadelphia
April 26th, 2024|2:30-4:00pm|Charles Library at Temple University, Philadelphia
Past
Workshop
Gallery
OPEN CALL: BADS_Lab Fellowships
April 10 2024 [extended to April 12 2024]|23:59|Watershed Art & Ecology, 1821 South Racine Avenue Chicago, IL, 60608
Past
Event
[We Don't Know Yet] What a Cinema Can Do: Expanded Cinema Special Event
April 5, 2024|20:00-23:00|Public Works, 2141 W North Ave
Past
Event
Gallery
Synth Hackathon: w PTRG @ SAIC
March 14-17, 2024|10:00-15:00 daily|School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
Past
Workshop
Gallery
OPEN CALL: [We Don't Know Yet] What a Cinema Can Do: A Night of Live Sound and Moving Image
Closes March 1, 2024|23:59|Public Works, 2141 W North Ave
Past
Event
I WANT AN AI FOR PRESIDENT: experimental LARP / immersive theater playtest
February 15, 2024|19:00-21:00|Hammy Wammy, 4633 N Clark St #1, Chicago, IL 60640
Past
Event
Gallery
GESTURE-SOUND-SPACE: 16-channel sound workshop
November 11, 2023|10-1600|TriTriangle, Chicago
Past
Workshop
Weird Dreams, Weird Analysis: gallery exhibition
October 24-28, 2023|00:00-23:59|Design North, Phoenix Arizona
Past
Event
Gallery
ALL WATCHED OVER: Utopian Desire and the Computational Imaginary
September 10, 2023|17:30-20:00|2328 N Milwaukee, top floor / Logan square
Past
Event
Gallery
(in)formal (in)formations: tactics and infrastructure for participatory and collaborative study & making
July 3, 2023|1100-1800 ET|NEWinc
Past
Event
DIY Eurorack Synth Workshop: Envelope Follower & Random CV/Audio Generator
June 24, 2023|10-1400 CT|MANA Contemporary, 2233 S Throop St, Chicago IL 60608
Past
Workshop
dispersionology & other tales: transnational telematic audio performance
May 10, 2023|2-3:30 PM CT|telepresent
Past
Event
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