Out of Site is a series of twelve unexpected encounters of performance in public spaces in Wicker Park and Bucktown throughout the summer to early fall months. Wicker Park/Bucktown Arts Committee, Walkabout Theater Company and Defibrillator Performance Art Gallery have collaborated to fund and curate a series of twelve performances in Wicker Park/Bucktown every Friday evening from 5 p.m. – 7 p.m. from July 29 to October 14.

Out of Site is the brainchild of Whitney Tassie (Director of Monique Meloche Gallery) and Carron Little (Artistic Director of Walkabout Theater Company). They were thinking about how amazing it would be if when people come home from work on a Friday night there would be an orchestra playing in the Polish Triangle or some strange spectacle like Martine Viale from Canada slowly assembling an installation and then becoming a sculptural element. The magic of coming across something unique is what makes Wicker Park/ Bucktown so special. We hope you enjoy!

Wicker Park/ Bucktown SSA NO.33 (WPB)

WPB aims to sustain and promote the prosperity, diverse character, and unique qualities of life within the WPB neighborhood for the benefit of its residents, visitors, and businesses. WPB is excited to celebrate and support the arts by directly funding the artists. This project has been devised in conjunction with the WPB Mural Project. Press for this endeavor will be out shortly, but keep an eye open for orange walls to go up around the WPB neighborhood. Visit www.wickerparkbucktown.org

Walkabout Theater Company

Walkabout  Theater Company works with artists, writers and performers to create site-specific projects and devise new theatrical productions. Our current productions include Within (www.withinrooms.wordpress.com) and Crow by Jeremy Sher. Visit www.walkabouttheater.org

Defibrillator  Performance Art Gallery

Defibrillator Gallery is proud to curate this series. Defibrillator has a strong interest in exposing Chicago artists and audiences to work from around the world while at the same time providing opportunities for local artists. Defibrillator champions public performance, performance art, and other time-based or ephemeral forms of expression. Visit DFBRL8R.org