The Impending Behavior Orchestra — Rhino Fest 2024

THE IMPENDING BEHAVIOR ORCHESTRA: improvised sound / movement / projection performance based on the festival’s theme… Endangered Species

Music and projections by GRAPE JUICE PLUS:
Barry Bennett
Eric Klotz
Tony Churchill

Movement Invention by:
Mindy Meyers
Chloe Bigelow
Kristina Fluty
Robert Welcher

ABOUT IBO:

The Impending Behavior Orchestra is a modular sound / light/ movement performance group based in Chicago led by musician/composer/sound designer Barry Bennett and originally founded with video artist Kristin Reeves in 2006.
IBO is modular in the sense that it can manifest itself in many forms and purposes. As few as two or as many as 10 collaborators. IBO can manifest as a concert in a club, an interactive piece of dance theater, a component of a full theatrical production, full on frenzy or as still as a gallery installation.
IBO is interested in the impulse of the artist and how it makes them behave in the ritual of live performance. Does the idiosyncratic impulse of the artist/musician/dancer create the vision / behavior, or does the behavior create the idiosyncrasies? Chicken or Egg? Symbiosis?
IBO believes in improvisation.
IBO believes in chaos and synchronicity walking hand in hand.
IBO believes in action / reaction.
IBO believes in simultaneous play.
IBO believes in ritual.
IBO believes in crossing disciplinary boundaries.
IBO believes we are members of a tribe.
IBO believes in IBO.
IBO believes in YOU.

Venue Notes: Facility Theatre is located at 1138 N. California Ave, just south of Division in the Humboldt Park neighborhood. Metered street parking is usually possible nearby, and the California and Division buses also stop close to the building. Facility is a first-floor venue with a wheelchair-accessible entrance and two accessible bathrooms. Beverages will be available at a concession stand before performances.

Note: The Puerto Rican Festival will take place one block north in Humboldt Park on June 6-9. This will make the neighborhood more crowded and lively than usual! Parking may be a challenge. Please budget extra travel time if you are seeing shows at Facility this weekend.