Jeff Zimpel Jeff Zimpel

Soundscape of a Living Studio

This is how the studio speaks, listens, and learns. Seasonal studio soundscapes for the first two Gallery Night Happenings:

THIS STUDIO IS ALIVE!

JEFF ZIMPEL | HOLDEN SHERER | SAM KACALA |

EFRAT | ETHAN SORGE | HE WHO SEES | THE LIVING STUDIO

RECORDED AT SAINT KATE - THE ARTS HOTEL, MKE

FALL GALLERY NIGHT | 2022

THIS STUDIO IS DREAMING

JEFF ZIMPEL | HOLDEN SHERER | EFRAT | COE DOUGLAS |

SAM KACALA | ETHAN SORGE | MARK SORIANO | THE LIVING STUDIO

RECORDED AT SAINT KATE - THE ARTS HOTEL, MKE

WINTER GALLERY NIGHT | 2023

This is how the studio speaks, listens, and learns. Seasonal studio soundscapes for the first two Gallery Night Happenings:

THIS STUDIO IS ALIVE!

JEFF ZIMPEL | HOLDEN SHERER | SAM KACALA | EFRAT | ETHAN SORGE | HE WHO SEES | THE LIVING STUDIO

RECORDED AT SAINT KATE - THE ARTS HOTEL, MKE, Wisconsin

FALL GALLERY NIGHT | 2022

THIS STUDIO IS DREAMING

JEFF ZIMPEL | HOLDEN SHERER | EFRAT | COE DOUGLAS | SAM KACALA | ETHAN SORGE | MARK SORIANO | THE LIVING STUDIO

RECORDED AT SAINT KATE - THE ARTS HOTEL, MKE, Wisconsin

WINTER GALLERY NIGHT | 2023

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A Soundscape of a Living Studio

A Soundscape of a Living Studio

An artist residency on vinyl. Currently pressing the records - more to come (hopefully) sooner rather than later - then again, we’re running on artist time.

B&W Images by Ethan Sorge

An artist residency on vinyl. Currently pressing the records - more to come (hopefully) sooner rather than later - then again, we’re running on artist time.

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KASE + R.A.T.M.A.N

KASE + R.A.T.M.A.N

We invite you to join us for a one of a kind evening of musical improvisation, art and performance at The Ivy House on Sat Feb 17 2024!

Guests will be immersed in a fusion of musical experimentation as KASE's lo-fi Jazz inspired soundscapes blend seamlessly with R.A.T.M.A.N.'s experimental beats. The night will feature guest appearances from KASE founding member knowsthetime, as well as guests Jane Han with Ted King-Smith and Maaly Napoleon. The Ivy House will be transformed by multi-disciplinary artist Jeff Zimpel to create a truly immersive experience.

We invite you to join us for a one of a kind evening of musical improvisation, art and performance at The Ivy House on Sat Feb 17 2024!

Guests will be immersed in a fusion of musical experimentation as KASE's lo-fi Jazz inspired soundscapes blend seamlessly with R.A.T.M.A.N.'s experimental beats. The night will feature guest appearances from KASE founding member knowsthetime, as well as guests Jane Han with Ted King-Smith and Maaly Napoleon. The Ivy House will be transformed by multi-disciplinary artist Jeff Zimpel to create a truly immersive experience.

2023 collaboration installation at Saint Kate - The Arts Hotel. KASE with Father Sky & Tiffany Miller within the ARC Theatre.

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THIS STUDIO IS ALIVE

THIS STUDIO IS ALIVE

Currently working on a book - mapping the elements that make artist workspaces feel especially alive. This Studio is Alive explores these so-called elements, Inklings of these ideas came about during the writing of my graduate thesis, but most have become clearer in my post MFA journey. Elements span my 3-month Ecology of Marks residency at Arts@Large, my yearlong ARTServancy residency at Forest Beach Migratory Preserve - Forest Beach is a Living Studio, and my yearlong residency at Saint Kate - The Arts Hotel, Studio Ecology.

Compositions of Collaboration (below) are a few small fragments - it’s the step I’m on in this process. At this point, I’m mostly combing through the writings, documented images, sound, and video, to gather and layout the visual presence of each of the elements. It’s compositions all the way down.

Ethan Sorge (“To See and Be Shown”) was the Studio Ecology photographer throughout my yearlong residency at Saint Kate - The Arts Hotel.

My friend and wizard brother, Coe Douglas, has been a trusted collaborator on this creative odyssey - this art-life performance. This is Coe in front of our Sigil Wall collaboration: We - the creative spirits, conjure this Ecology of Marks.

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