Christopher Reeves

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Christopher M. Reeves ia creative researcher and artist living and working in Chicago. He received his PhD in Art History at the University of Illinois at Chicago and is a lecturer in Art History at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and Columbia College. In 2020 he co-edited and authored his first book, "The World's Worst: A Guide to The Portsmouth Sinfonia" (Soberscove Press). www.theotherchrisreeves.com sundown towns

Absolute Beginners: On Re-Skilling Music Instruction Books

Music instruction books pack their pages with notes on how to stand and how to arrange your face—Christopher Reeves listens instead to an array of modernist artists who resist this “meticulous meshing” with the instrument in favor of experimental performance.

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