SRS (Silk Road Songbook): Opening, Artists Talk, and Book Launch
Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center (341 Delaware Ave., Buffalo, NY 14202)
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
SRS (Silk Road Songbook) is an audio-video installation that weaves songs of resistance into the land, broadcasting women’s distinct, unruly voices on an ancient Eurasian migration route between Istanbul, Tehran, Tashkent, Bishkek, and Xi’an.
The inaugural exhibition of SRS (Silk Road Songbook) by Millie Chen (Professor of Art, 2020-21 HI Faculty Fellow) and Arzu Ozkal (2005, M.F.A, University at Buffalo) will open at Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center in Buffalo, New York, on Sept 17, 2025, along with the launch of the SRS (Silk Road Songbook) book at the same time!
Publisher Minerva Projects will launch the SRS (Silk Road Songbook) book in multiple locations:
Buffalo: Wednesday, September 17, Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center (Opening of SRS installation), https://www.hallwalls.org/
Istanbul: Saturday, September 20 at 6:00 PM (Performance by Deniz Tasar). Location: Bilsar Arka Bina/ Back Building, Evliya Çelebi Mh., Kiblelizade Sk. No: 7, Beyoğlu /Istanbul
Brooklyn: Sunday, September 21, Brooklyn Book Fair at the CLMP table, https://brooklynbookfestival.org/
Baran Ehsaei (SRS Chubar) will join us in Buffalo for the Hallwalls opening.
Baran Ehsaei will also give a lecture in the Dept of Music, University at Buffalo on Sept 18 at 3:30pm, 250 Baird Hall.
Details
Opening Reception:
Wednesday, September 17, 2025, 7 to 10pm
Artists Talk and Book Launch (Minerva Press):
Wednesday, September 17, 2025, 7pm
Special guest: Baran Ehsaei (SRS Chubar)
Exhibition continues through October 30 • Tues to Fri 11-6, Sat 11-2
Hallwalls: 341 Delaware Avenue Buffalo, NY 14202
Acknowledgements:
SRS has been generously supported by:
Ontario Arts Council
American Turkish Society
Canada Council for the Arts
Office of International Education, University at Buffalo
Humanities Institute, University at Buffalo
Department of Art, University at Buffalo
United University Professions, Buffalo Center Chapter
San Diego State University
School of Art and Design, San Diego State University
Substantial Motion Research Network
School of Art, Design, and Art History, James Madison University
Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center
Hallwalls acknowledges the ongoing support of:
M&T Bank, The Margaret L. Wendt Foundation, Ralph Wilson Jr. Foundation, Erie County, New York State Council on the Arts, Community Foundation of Greater Buffalo, Merrill Lynch, Gross Shuman P.C., Hodgson Russ Attorneys, Abstract Architecture, Lehigh Construction Group, Five Points Framing, Flying Bison Brewing Company, New Music USA
