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The Garbage Transmissions

Special Programs
13:00Monday, April 14th, 2025

One artist’s trash is another’s treasure. Rubbish, refuse, leavings, litter, trash and basura. The things leftover and left behind. The discarded and disused. UIC’s Sonic Sorcery presents to you a soundscape of these forgotten bits and pieces reassembled into a beautiful mess. Welcome to The Garbage Transmissions.

Created and Produced by:

Salma Abdelhady, Mary Amelia, Star Barrios, Michael Cunningham, Carson Day, Aaron Estrera, Jean Herard, Mo Hersh, Yuky Konno, Danny Lugo, Erin Lynch, Naeemeh Naeemaei. Josephina Opsenica + exhm.nwhr, Melissa Ragusin, Sal Ramirez, Ramin Takloo-Bighash. Billy Tucker, Mando Vergara, Justyna Wąsik, featuring Julio Ledezma

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