This spring, Deem presents its second live symposium: Designing for Dignity 02: A Convening of Possibilities. In continuation with last year’s inaugural gathering, this hybrid in-person/online event will be co-hosted by the MCA Chicago on May 17, 18, and 19, 2024. Deem will expand on the guiding premise of dignity as the intrinsic lens for liberatory design practices with two days of presentations and conversations, as well as interactive workshops and on-site experiences happening both at the museum and throughout the city of Chicago. This year’s program will bring together innovative and acc ..read more

Witness personal redemption through public humiliation in a refreshing show that is equal parts comedic, cathartic and voyeuristic. Presented by WBEZ at the Studebaker Theater on September 23rd, Mortified stars everyday people reading aloud their most embarrassing and private teenage diary entries, poems, love letters, lyrics and locker notes… in front of total strangers. Join us as we celebrate our past with Mortified Live: Summer Vacation. Mortified is the largest and longest running project of its kind featuring a cast of Chicago’s bravest souls. Share the shame. NO Refunds The post WBEZ Pr ..read more

Mooove Voice combines classical vocal techniques with fundamental Butoh exercises, exploring the physical sensations of vocal sounds in our bodies and in the space around us. We work up to group improvisational scores by playfully passing sound and movement in simple patterns. No experience necessary, all are welcome! RSVP now to ensure a spot via romansusan.org/Mooove-Voice Walk-ins are encouraged as well; if we are at capacity, you will be placed first for the next event. Mooove Voice will last 90 minutes. As with all Roman Susan events, this event is free at no cost to participants. The mov ..read more

Fiber is not only artistic in practicum, but holds a necessity in its utility in our lives. How can we learn from textiles to weave our communities more strongly? In a place like South East Michigan, where so many holes have been torn, reaching for a hand without the tools to stitch us back together – fiber art is helping piece together a vibrant community, reminding ourselves that we all hold vibrancy in our individuality. Piece by Piece explores what contemporary fiber making in the area looks like today, and where it will take us in the future. The exhibition features work by Yeager Edwards ..read more

Monday, May 13, 6PM Logan Center for the Arts, Penthouse Room 901 “Sitting in a Room” The Open Practice Committee in the Department of Visual Arts is pleased to invite Rachel Harrison to the University of Chicago to deliver this year’s Deborah Goodman Davis and Gerald Davis Lecture on the evening of May 13th at the Logan Center for the Arts. Harrison will discuss “Sitting in a Room”, her 2022 solo exhibition at the Astrup Fearnley in Oslo, Norway, as well as other things. Rachel Harrison (b. 1966) graduated from Wesleyan University in 1989 and lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. She makes s ..read more

Join artist Sandra Binion and artist and writer Corey Postiglione in Audible Gallery for a discussion of the cultural, historical, and social contexts that have influenced the development of Binion’s work, personal accounts of artmaking from the inside, and assessments of Binion’s contributions to the history of performance and interdisciplinary art. This event is presented as part of: Sandra Binion: Autobiography of Looking Curated by Mariana Mejía April 12—June 9, 2024 throughout Chicago Sandra Binion: Autobiography of Looking is a retrospective survey of five decades of the artist’s interdi ..read more

A fictional/documentary tone-poem, making for a kind of portrait of the town of Walkerville, Montana, and of the lead actor, Gary Winterholler, who had suffered a severe stroke several years earlier and was in a process of recuperation. There is no “story” or “narrative”, rather a kind of atmosphere and ambience in which a feeling for the town and its present and former inhabitants, and compassion for Gary, are generated by means more akin to music and poetry than narrative/story-telling. The post Jon Jost: WALKERVILLE first appeared on The Visualist ..read more

Opening Saturday, May 11 at 4 PM with performances by: Jordan Knecht, Leana E Allen, DC Caldwell, with Madeleine Aguilar bex ya yolk hemlock Saturday, May 18 at 4 PM Sandra Binion with Tara Aisha Willis and Ben Lamar Gay Saturday, May 25 at 4 PM Elizabeth Flood Mauricio López PEEJAYEL yard model is a modular, multi-functional platform outside of the street facing windows of ROMAN SUSAN. The platform will be a site of activation, collaboration, and play throughout the duration of this exhibition. It will be host to a series of performances and workshops, while also serving as a space ..read more

Thanks to drum machines, sound systems, repurposed warehouses and basements, 1980s Chicago House Music opened up a future that was black, brown and queer. DJs invented new ways of keeping and marking time in community. In the years since, computation has made music-making more accessible. What kinds of collectivities are still to come? Combining complementary modes of thinking, making, and performing, Futurhythmachines: House (FRM:House) is a daylong public event organized during the BADS_lab, featuring a DIY synthesizer workshop, a panel discussion, and a DIY synth performance + reception. FR ..read more

Complacency Presents May 10th 2024 Permutations: duos, trios, and quintet improvisations With Jim Baker (piano, Viola, ARP), Jeb Bishop (trombone, electronics), Daniel Burke (Bass VI, Piano, Synth), Jeff Goulet (Guitar, Sticks), Thymme Jones (Trumpet, Piano, sticks) Jim Baker has been playing in and around town and elsewhere for decades, mostly on piano and ARP synthesizer—and mostly as an improviser, teaming with Fred Anderson, Ken Vandermark, Michael Zerang, Mars Williams, Brian Sandstrom, Steve Hunt, Edward Wilkerson, Jr., David Boykin, Rob Mazurek, Guillermo Gregorio, Nicole Mitchell, Tort ..read more