Meg Duguid
August 12, 2011 from 5 pm – 7 pm at Polish Triangle, 1200 N. Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago IL 60642 My work is about relationships—relationships between me and the viewer, a viewer and a video, a photograph of the viewer and the video. I am not a painter, a photographer, a sculptor, or a performance artist;...
Rachel Bunting & The Humans
August 19th, 2011 at 5 pm – 7 pm, Polish Triangle, 1200 N. Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago, IL 60642 Rachel Bunting is a 2001 graduate of Columbia College, Chicago. Here she received a B.A. with a major in dance, but more importantly discovered her instinct for combining image with motion. Since then, Rachel has formed a...
Joseph Ravens
creates time-based art works that encompass text, movement, installation, technology, costume, and object. He completed his undergraduate degree in theater, studied audio/visuals at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam, Netherlands; and is a graduate of The School of the Art Institute of Chicago with an MFA in Performance Art. Ravens is a recipient of numerous...
The New Colony
September 2, 2011 from 5 pm to 7 pm. The New Colony strives to contribute original material to the American artistic canon, and develop a new theater going audience. Through active collaboration with emerging artists of all disciplines, The New Colony continually develops fresh perspectives and aesthetics. With the goal of exploring enticing subject matter...
Martine Viale
is a Montreal based performance artist. In her work she employs the “process action” and a physicality of the space and time that allows her to develop many perspectives at once. Pursuing a reflection on the sense of time she creates installations using the process of performance. She has presented her work in numerous performance...
Industry of the Ordinary
Through sculpture, text, photography, video and performance, Industry of the Ordinary are dedicated to an exploration and celebration of the customary, the everyday, and the usual. Their emphasis is on challenging pejorative notions of the ordinary and, in doing so, moving beyond the quotidian. Their projects exist in temporal terms but have also been conceived...
Pretty Dirty
on October 7th at 5 pm – 7 pm will be performed by Hanh Pham, Eden Unluata, and a Wicker Park artist committed to bringing beauty to waste and fascinated by how creativity can bridge that gap. Performance location starts at Damen L- Station and to head south on Milwaukee Avenue ending at The Polish...
Walkabout Theater
is a collective of writers, performers, directors, designers and visual artists that have come together out of a mutual desire and compulsion to develop original work through the collaboration and exploration of varied mediums. We believe that theater at its best is a transformative experience for both audience member and performer. Through theater we grapple...
Collaboraction
Dome of Doom. 2 Dancers enter, 1 Dancer leaves… Inside a Geodesik Dome, competitors of all ages dance-battle in front of a panel of judges and a raucous crowd of on lookers! Collaboraction & James Kennedy, author of Order of the Odd Fish, present the Dome of Doom an audience participatory dance battle zone, in...
Environmental Encroachment
EE is a costumed brass and drum “marching” band from Chicago that uses brass and drum marching brass band instruments, their own costumes, circus-style antics and performance theatrics to create entertainment environments. EE is diverse, performing at parades, stage shows, children’s shows, and festivals. Their music ranges from Moroccan folkloric-trance, to rock/funk, and New Orleans-infused...
Ginger Krebs & Andrew Braddock
Ginger Krebs is a Chicago-based performer and director whose work probes the problem of being embodied and wonders at the body as our means of redemption. She has presented work locally at Links Hall, The Cultural Center, The Hyde Park Art Center, Epiphany Episcopal Church and the Dance Center of Columbia College. Her ensemble performance,...
Meg Duguid
August 12, 2011 from 5 pm – 7 pm at Polish Triangle, 1200 N. Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago IL 60642 My work is about relationships—relationships between me and the viewer, a viewer and a video, a photograph of the viewer and the video. I am not a painter, a photographer, a sculptor, or a performance artist;...
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