Featured in the Gray Center’s online conceptual art exhibition, Another Idea, Chelsea A. Flowers’ work offers avenues for dialogue about race, abuse, power, and identity. With a practice encompassing installation, video, and participatory performance, Flowers presents a karaoke video and hosts a trivia night via Zoom as part of Another Idea, using comedy and gameplay to mediate empathy, cultural understanding, and critical conversations about race.
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 MoreSusan Hiller’s Dream Screens is among several works featured in the Gray Center for Arts and Inquiry’s Another Idea, an actual conceptual art exhibition. Jad Dahshan reflects on the pioneering artist’s virtual exhibition and the visions it creates.
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 MoreThough the current public health situation has scattered UChicago students around the globe, many RSOs (Registered Student Organizations) have carried on remotely. UChicago has a vast range of artistic student activities and the dedicated members of these organizations have found innovative ways to do what they love despite necessary physical limitations. Dancers, singers, and creatives of all creeds have utilized technology to stay connected with their peers and create collaborative art.
Read MoreStudents move plays produced in 24 hours to radio format for the quarter
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 MoreWe spoke with second year MFA student Madeline Gallucci about the effect that the pandemic has had on her practice as an artist and art student.
Read MoreThese PPE supplies would normally be used to clean mold spores from medieval manuscripts, protect researchers from particles of preserved skeletons, and reshape galleries to fit new exhibitions of modern art. Today, they’re helping to save lives.
Read MoreThey say not to judge a book by its cover, but sometimes the cover is good enough to make an exception. As life as usual is suspended and many people are working from home, it’s the perfect time to pick up a beautiful book and delve into the stories inside.
Read MoreWe sat down with Ron O.J. Parson and Aaron Mays to hear more about the Spotlight Reading Series at Court Theatre, a citywide program that connects the Court’s theatrical resources with community partners to present classic plays by writers of color.
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 MoreThe COVID-19 pandemic has placed unprecedented strain on the arts and cultural community. Listed below are a selection of initiatives offering support at the University and state level.
Read MoreIf you need more proof of the vast diversity of artistic interests at UChicago, look no further. In addition to singing, dancing, and visual arts, students take physical performance to the next level in the Le Vorris and Vox Circus.
Read More“The Water Project: Research and Cultural Production,” a University-wide program established by the Arts, Science + Culture Initiative (ASCI), intends to amplify the discourse around water-related concerns by bringing together natural and social scientists, humanists, students, curators, community members, and artists.
Read MoreTo celebrate the OI’s 100-year anniversary, we sit down with OI staff to learn about their favorite objects.
Read MoreA fiberglass grid scattered with flower petals. A galvanized steel rod, partially taken over by a tree. A “playfully ornate pot” that seems to be talking.
That’s because it is.
Read MoreIn ‘The Allure of Matter,’ Professor Wu Hung traces the concept of “material art," or caizhi yishu, through four decades of artistic development in China.
Read MoreUChicago Arts sits down with media artist and engineer Winfried Ritsch to discuss his recent collaboration, MUSIC’S OVER.
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