Exploding Star Orchestra

Rob Mazurek Exploding Star Orchestra Live at the Adler Planetarium (concert film screening) TWO SCREENINGS: 2:00pm-3:00pm; 3:15pm-4:00pm (first session includes 15 minute talk back with filmmakers) VENUE: Logan Center Screening room. 915 E 60th Street, Chicago On March 24 of last year, Rob Mazurek’s Exploding Star Orchestra used Chicago’s Adler Planetarium as a launch pad for a multimedia spectacle that broadcast a transcendental message to the cosmos. This video documents this singular performance, which featured original images by Mazurek projected onto the planetarium’s domed ceiling and the Orchestra’s hypnotic interpretations of music from the most recent Exploding Star Orchestra album, Lightning Dreamers (International Anthem, released 2024). Rob Mazurek - director, trumpets, bells, voice, compositions Nicole Mitchell - flute, voice, electronics Damon Locks - voice, samplers, electronics Tomeka Reid - cello, electronics Craig Taborn - Wurlitzer electric piano, moog, electronics Angelica Sanchez - Wurlitzer electric piano, Moog Ingebrigt Håker Flaten - bass Chad Taylor- drums Gerald Cleaver- drums Recorded Live in the Grainger Sky Theater of Adler Planetarium, Chicago, March 24th, 2023. Video images by Rob Mazurek with technical assistance from Mathieu Constans and Brian Ashby. Video directed by Brian Ashby. Produced by Experimental Sound Studio & International Anthem. Warning: Strobing light effects are used throughout this film that may affect photosensitive viewers.