PPIM Presents: Anti-Tank Guitar with Matt Schultz + Tristan Rudat

Join us as Matt creates extreme textures with the re-built Anti-Tank Guitar, plus visuals designed and provided by Tristan Rudat.

EVENT DETAILS:

We will be having an intimate event at PPIM featuring the Anti-Tank Guitar (ATG) played by Matt Schultz, and special visuals presented by Tristan Rudat! This already special performace will be audible to attendees through the recently-installed, specially designed pair of Paolucci engineering monitors. Come listen to the Anti-Tank Guitar, "a core sonic element of Lab Report," like you've never heard before!

Some of you may remember when Matt Schultz first created the Anti Tank Guitar in 1990. In Matt’s own words, “The ATG was not a novelty or a prop. It was a purpose-built instrument designed to generate extreme textures, low-frequency mass, and mechanical resonance that traditional guitars could not produce. That sound became a core sonic element of Lab Report and was used with Pigface. It shaped the dark ambient, industrial, and gothic landscapes. The ATG appeared on more than nine albums and helped define a very specific era of experimental music.”

“This project is about rebuilding the ATG from the ground up, matching the original design, materials, and intent as closely as possible. It is about preservation, reconstruction, and honoring a lost instrument that helped shape a genre. This project is not about nostalgia. It is about restoring a missing piece of industrial music history and letting that sound exist again, in the place where its story belongs.”

More about Matt Schultz :

Matt Schultz is a multimedia artist, musician, inventor, filmmaker, designer, and sculptor. His bodies of work cover a wide range from political satire to the healing Mandala Event, and he is the author of the book The Dark and the Light.

As a musician, Schultz is best known as the inventor of the acclaimed A.T.G., or Anti-Tank Guitar. In total, Schultz has appeared on over 35 cds with 10 solo productions. He was a founding member of Lab Report and an original member of Pigface. He composed two feature film soundtracks for Hollywood director Bernard Rose.

Schultz has built the entire world of The Exhibition for the History of The Division. This farcical hermetic order was conceived by Schultz and then painstakingly built by hand. With life-sized wax figures and CDs, the exhibition is presented as a museum exhibition replete with text plaques, audio tours, and over 50 unique works of art.

Schultz is also the author of several books, including a memoir, The Dark and the Light, and a children's book, Freddy Fox and Friends Fight Fascism. He is a lecturer and college professor of art and design.

More about Tristan Rudat:

Tristan Rudat is a boundary-pushing musician, video artist, and video specialist known for blending sound and visuals into immersive creative experiences. Tristan is the co-founder of Alien TV with Patrick Ryan, an innovative improvised performance project featuring original music and live video sampling. Alien TV transforms real-time video clips into dynamic performance art.

Over the years, Tristan has brought his creative and technical vision to projects with an impressive range of artists, including Pigface, Ministry, Motley Crue, Paul Barker’s Lead Into Gold, Puscifer, Killswitch Engage, Snoop Dogg, and numerous EDM performers. His work spans, tour visuals, live VJ, live event video, and LED stage design; often shaping the visual identity of powerful live events and shows.Tristan has also supervised and on going projection mapping project with legendary visionary artists Alex Grey, Allyson Grey and The Delta Process at C.o.S.M in New York.

In addition to his production and performance work, he has been involved in documentary projects including Martin Atkins: 16 Days in China and Code Name: Blast Off – The GI Joe Documentary. Tristan Rudat was a part of the 2 time Emmy Award winning X Games on ESPN.With a passion for innovation and a sharp technical eye, Tristan Rudat transforms raw creativity into compelling multimedia art, delivering high-impact visuals that amplify the energy of modern music and visual culture.

TICKET DETAILS:

• Earlybird Tickets are $40.
• Regular ticket price of $50 will begin 2 weeks prior to the event (May 23). All proceeds go directly to support the museum and help us do more cool shit!
• Admission is 50% for Founders, using code FOUNDERSROCK, or you can choose 25% off with code FOUNDERSROCKMORE !
  ** PLEASE NOTE: Founders codes are valid for 1 Founder + 1 Guest

MUSEUM LOCATION

• For traveling purposes, we are located near 33rd and Halsted in the Bridgeport neighborhood of Chicago.
• Exact address will be sent to attendees via your order confirmation email. We'll see you there!