Chicago History Museum Welcomes DJ Spooky

Presented in collaboration with the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), this premier concert performance is part of the Link City Chicago project. Miller has created a rich tapestry of sound and images that explore the idea of "the city" as a form in constant flux, an energy force continually changing over time. Tickets for the concert performance are $30/$25 for Chicago History Museum members.

A reduced admission price for students has been set at $15. Link City Chicago is featured as an installation at SAIC's Betty Rymer Gallery, 280 S. Columbus Drive, opening on November 14. A collage installation projection in four sections (City of the Past, City of the Future, Third World City, and Industrialized City) examines the idea of the urban landscape as a legible text, and looks at the global city from the viewpoint of how form and function are evolving in the radically accelerated information economy.

In Miller's own works he describes the Link Chicago project, "I wanted to look at how Chicago – a city at the heart of the American experience – resonates with many issues that I think exist at the core of the early 21st century. Information overload, a city made of a composite of almost every major ethnic group on the planet, and the massive concentration of economic and political power that has accrued in Chicago over the course of the last two centuries – all of these make the idea of doing a portrait of Chicago incredibly compelling."

Miller is known for his contributions to the multicultural digital arts scene in Manhattan, as well as remixing and recording with a variety of artists and sounds ranging from Metallica to Kool Keith a.k.a Dr. Octogon; from Killa Priest of Wu-Tang Clan to Steve Reich and the Kronos Quartet; to major figures of reggae and jazz.

Miller composed and recorded the music score for the Cannes and Sundance Award winning film Slam, starring critically acclaimed poet Saul Williams. Recently, Miller has traveled the world playing individual performances and festivals. His work is currently exhibited at the Venice Biennale, and his first DVD is scheduled for release in early 2008. Miller also lectures at various universities and cultural institutions, including SAIC on November 14 at 6:00 p.m. in the School auditorium, located at 280 S. Columbus Drive. -- www.chicagohs.org