University of Chicago
Saturn Ascends
An otherworldly drone wavers in and out of audible range, welcoming visitors to the show, "In a Saturnian World." The exhibit’s walls set up a loosely circular trajectory, throwing visitors into orbit as they enter the University of Chicago’s Renaissance Society. »
Float On
Working with his ChiArts students everyday after school and on weekends for the past few months, Jeremiah Hulsebos-Spofford has designed and begun to build usable rafts out of discarded construction materials from projects on the University of Chicago campus. »
On the Surface
In a 1980 journal entry Andy Warhol wrote, “I told them I didn’t believe in art, that I believed in photography.” This credo manifests itself in the Smart Museum of Art’s latest exhibition, “Warhol at Work: Portrait Snapshots 1973-1986.” »
Not to harp on it
With rougly 150 participants, the 26th Annual Midwest Convention presented a rare opportunity to sing “The Sacred Harp.” »
Ceramic Namelessness
Like "Age of Aquarius," the gallery’s previous show, “O’Brien” is a fun exhibition, wild, eclectic, and colorful. About a hundred ceramic pieces sit tightly arranged on a wooden, T-shaped table, and while a few terraced pyramids on the tabletop elevate some ceramics above the others, for the most part it’s pieces next to pieces... »
State of disbelief
Hosted by the Secular Student Association in the UofC’s Reynolds Club, the Spirit Week kickoff Superstition Bash was intended to be an irreverent reversal of rituals and a transgression of taboos. »
Hunting and gathering records
Delirious “whoops” only world record-breakers could produce emanated from the main quad of the University of Chicago campus at 5:40pm last Friday. Admittedly, the celebration was premature—the old record was still standing—but if the endless mass of individuals filling the quad stuck with the challenge, breaking the record was certainly imminent. »
You down with G-O-D?
Last Wednesday, in Hallowed Grounds, a University of Chicago coffee shop, a crowd slowly gathered for the Muslim Students Association’s (MSA) annual poetry slam. »
