The psychoanalytic technique of dreamwork, says Gray Center Director and executive editor of Portable Gray Seth Brodsky, “is a kind of work that’s much weirder and more randomized and less censored than what goes into a lot of art-making. But nonetheless, there’s a will to create, and a will to assemble, and to cipher and to displace, or to condense, to create new metaphors.”
Read More“I’m going to show you a whole sequence of things that people now think of as art,” Canice Prendergast says to a group of staff, students, faculty, and arts appreciators in the lobby of the Harper Center. The regular tour led by the W. Allen Wallis Distinguished Service Professor of Economics is so well-attended that spots are raffled off, and with good reason—it’s a rare opportunity to explore the world-renowned art on display at the Booth School with the person perhaps most responsible for its presence in the building.
Read MoreA group of students sit in a white room filled with white art. The class clusters around a piece by Robert Ryman, who painted almost exclusively white paintings. Seated beneath the painting, co-teachers, Prof. Christine Mehring and Orianna Cacchione, gesture upward, prompting students to look closely. Look at the brush strokes. Is this really all white? What does the white allow you to see more of?
Read MoreDuring an Oct. 12 conversation with WBEZ’s Sasha-Ann Simons at UChicago’s Logan Center for the Arts, Ewing emphasized that learning about an important historical event for the first time isn’t a cause for shame. “It is a moment to ask yourself: ‘Who is invested in your not knowing? What systems are perpetuated by your not knowing?’”
Read More$625,000 grant recognizes work that illuminates contributions of Black filmmakers.
Read MoreDieter Roelstraete, Curator at the Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society and Lecturer, Division of the Humanities, Contemporary Art, doesn’t restrain his curatorial skills to the gallery. On his Instagram account, Roelstraete shares selections of his favorite book covers with his followers, treating what could be an endless scroll in an app as an opportunity for sharing personal reflections and aesthetic musings.
Read MoreAportal in the Regenstein Library. A rabbit hole to a mysterious alternate universe. Messages from the beyond—and the 1980s. This might seem like an alternate plot of Back to the Future, but you won’t find Marty McFly combing the library stacks. All of these elements were part of ECHO, the newest game launched by the University of Chicago’s Fourcast Lab.
Read MoreThis past Spring, when COVID-19 radically shifted the way we move—and yes, dance—through the world, TAPS Lecturer Julia Rhoads was not about to sit still. Through a collaboration with her own dance company, Lucky Plush Productions, and UChicago's Dance Program in TAPS, Virtual Dance Lab was born. During the initial onset of the crisis, Virtual Dance Lab brought free or low cost dance and movement workshops not just to the UChicago students in the TAPS Dance Program, but to the staff, faculty, and greater community, all of whom were adjusting to a life moved abruptly indoors.
Read MoreInteractive media has proven itself to be one of the most powerful forces in today’s world. A group of artists, designers, and technicians at the University of Chicago is pushing the boundaries of how this new media can be used to build community and shape our interactions.
Read MoreFrom soaring orchestra compositions to intimate home movie livestreams, University of Chicago scholars and artists are already exploring the arts in new ways and connecting to the public at a time when many are feeling increasingly isolated.
Read MoreThe Guggenheim Fellowship recognizes those with significant prior accomplishment and exceptional potential. We reached out to Professor Patrick Jagoda, an awardee in the arts field, to hear more about his work and plans for the Fellowship.
Read MoreIn early March, Hubbard Street Pro (HS Pro) collaborated with the Logan Center to present moving installations a stairway and a corridor, a site-specific performance that stretched from the ninth floor to the courtyard.
Read MoreFourth year English student Danielle Shi reviews faculty member Ling Ma’s award-winning book, Severance.
Read MoreThe school’s now 13-year-old collection includes more than 500 artworks by 150 emerging and established contemporary artists.
Read MorePlus a Q&A with DoVA lecturer Amber Ginsburg and Cecília Resende Santos, AB‘18 about the design-build process.
Read MoreThe UChicago assistant professor on Ironheart, Afrofuturism, and her own relationship with comic books.
Read MoreWatch faculty and staff discuss how the idea of experiment influences their work and research.
Read MoreGuess if each fact is about the internationally-acclaimed sculptor or famous car maker.
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