At Bridgeport’s Co-Prosperity Sphere, locals sell North Side entrepreneurs on a neighborhood’s future.
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Panels on the Wall
by Nathan Worcester •
It’s strange to see comics up on gallery walls—not because they are somehow unworthy of a gallery setting, but because they seem to live and die in the books, newspapers, and portable electronic devices on which a single pair of…
Dungeons, Dragons, and Design
by Jeanne Lieberman •
“I was thinking about turning the implicit interactivity of gaming into something viewers could be a part of,” muses Jesse Avina, contemplative artist, while adjusting the reflectors on his tripod. This sentiment was shared by his fellow exhibitors at the Co-Prosperity Sphere’s LVL Eater 3 exhibition on Friday.
Striking Shades
by Andrew Yang •
“This artist used to have a lot of trouble with repetition,” Monika Neuland-Kimrey explained to me, as we looked at four variations on a single portrait of 80s pop star Boy George. All four iterations were done in the same bright, thick blocks of color, duplications that once confused Monika and the other staff who worked with Derrick Collins, the artist behind the piece.
Growing SMALL
by Zachary Goldhammer •
At Bridgeport’s Co-Prosperity Sphere this past Friday, two DJs occupied the center of the room, trading off tracks from a stack of Beastie Boys LPs in honor of MCA, the group’s recently deceased co-founder. Yet neither the avid scratching of…
The Culture Connection
by Jason Huang •
A crowd reached about forty, all gathered April 24 to speak about their visions for the growth of Chicago’s cultural future at the Bridgeport Co-prosperity sphere.
Atypical Type
by Lily Ye •
The third annual “Typeforce” opening at Bridgeport’s Co-Prosperity Sphere is bustling. More than 500 people are expected to attend tonight. The crowd is a mix of fashionably-dressed twenty-somethings and an older set dressed more suitably for the weather. They are…
Decked Out
by Amanya Maloba •
The kids wore loose beanies, boots, and the occasional snapback—the expected skateboarder uniform. But gathered together Saturday night at the Co-Prosperity Sphere, the skaters’ boards were up on the walls rather than under their feet. Throughout the gallery, skateboard decks…
