LOW END is Bemis Center’s music venue and an integral part of the Sound Art + Experimental Music Program. The unique artist-designed space located in Bemis’s lower level includes custom seating, theatrical lighting, an anamorphic perspective stage, and industrial-grade audio equipment. LOW END features free live shows by local, national, and international sound artists, composers, and experimental musicians. These performances aim to not only build new audiences and a greater appreciation for nontraditional forms of music but also to liberate artists to take risks and present truly avant-garde work.
To celebrate the five-year milestone of LOW END’s opening, Bemis Center presents a fall 2024 concert series reprising some of the program’s earliest performers: Moor Mother on September 7, Laura Ortman on September 12, Arushi Jain on October 3, Raven Chacon on October 17, and Pamela Z on November 14. All performances begin at 8 PM.
Bemis Center also presents a limited-pressing retrospective double album titled 5 Years @ LOW END. Featured artists include Laura Ortman, Ana Paula Santana, Juanjosé Rivas, Pamela Z, jaimie branch & Fly or Die, Marcus Fisher, Evicshen, Dereck Higgins, Glow in the Dark, Moor Mother featuring Mental Jewelry, Endlings featuring Micaela Tobin, Talsounds, and Tarta Relena. A complimentary copy of the album is available to Bemis Members at the Axial level or above; it is also available for purchase at LOW END performances starting September 7. Support for this album was provided by Mammel Family Foundation and New Music USA's Organization Fund in 2023–24.
Sound Art + Experimental Music Program Advisory Committee
Raven Chacon
Ami Dang
Marcus Fischer
Regina Greene
Molly Joyce
Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe
Juanjose Rivas
Rachel Adams, Bemis Center Chief Curator and Director of Programs
Chris Cook, Bemis Center Executive Director
Keith Rodger, Bemis Center Sound Program Technician
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LOW END Design
Graduate students participating in the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s design-build program, FACT (Fabrication and Construction Team), worked in close collaboration with Jeff Day, UNL professor and architect with Actual Architecture, artist and carpenter Sean Ward, musicians, sound engineers, mechanical experts, and Bemis staff to envision the facilities for Bemis’s Sound Art + Experimental Music Program. Under the guidance of Day, the students designed and helped build the Program’s custom facilities including a recording and rehearsal studio. In LOW END, amenities include a green room for performers, a custom bar, and pre-event lounge.
LOW END performances and Bemis Center's Sound Art + Experimental Music Program are made possible by:
The LOW END venue is made possible, in part, by:
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