Episode 691: Goat Island
Bad @ Sports Center fans gets a double-header this week when director Lin Hixon and dramaturg Matthew Goulish deliver on their current performance collaborative Every house has a door, and their formative history with Goat Island performance ensemble. Building from the ground up, Dana and Ryan discuss the acquisition of the Goat Island archives by the SAIC’s John M. Flaxman Library, the ongoing Goat Island retrospective at the Chicago Cultural Center, and their concurrent Every house performance at Regards, in coordination with Chicago painter, Matthew Metzger. This conversation is G.O.A.T.
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TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (5/23-5/28)
1. Spirit of the Waves May 23rd, 2019 6-8PM Work by: Nelly Agassi Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts: 4 W Burton Pl, Chicago, IL 60610 2. My Last American Dollar Performance May 24th, 2019 6:30-7:30PM Work by: Keijaun Thomas Wrightwood 659: 659...
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Episode 690: Pooja Pittie
On this episode of Bad at Sports Center, Dana and Brian are joined by abstract painter, Pooja Pittie. Pittie discusses the new work in her upcoming exhibition, Moon Illusion, at McCormick Gallery as well as her fascinating journey from entrepreneur to full time artist.
Episode 689: BFAMFAPhD Group Agreement
BFAMFAPhD, Making and Being, teaching tools, installation detail, exhibition at the Dekalb Gallery, Pratt Institute, PROJECT THIRD residency, summer 2018. Photograph by João Enxuto.
Event 6: Group Agreements
What group agreements are necessary in gatherings that occur at residencies, galleries, and cultural institutions today?
Friday 4/19 from 6-8pm
Sarah Workneh, and Danielle Jackson
Sarah Workneh has been Co-Director at Skowhegan for nine years leading the educational program and related programs in NY throughout the year, and oversees facilities on campus. Previously, Sarah worked at Ox-Bow School of Art as Associate Director. She has served as a speaker in a wide variety of conferences and schools. She has played an active role in the programmatic planning and vision of peer organizations, most recently with the African American Museum of Philadelphia. She is a member of the Somerset Cultural Planning Commission’s Advisory Council (ME); serves on the board of the Colby College Museum of Art.
Episode 688: Jeffreen Hayes
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Join Bad at Sports Center for a summer-facing conversation with Threewalls Director and independent curator, Jeffreen M. Hayes, Ph.D. We speak with Haynes following the announcement that AFRICOBRA: Nation Time, the second iteration of her recent exhibition at MoCA in North Miami will travel to Italy as an official Collateral Event at the 2019 Venice Biennale. Hayes discusses the process of curating the landmark exhibition, and her intentions for staging a new version in Venice. All this & more on this weeks episode of Bad at Sports Center on Lumpen Radio!
Episode 687: Michael Rakowitz and the Whitney
In this episode we welcome back three long lost friends. We pull Richard Holland and Christian Kuras out of retirement to speak deeply and profoundly about the complexities of museum funding. We visit the studio of Michael Rakowitz to talk about what it’s like to be considered for the Whitney biennial and to choose not to participate. Then to have that choice forced to become a public act and to find the people wanting for a conversation about the future of our museums.
Episode 686: BFAMFAPhD When Projects Depart
This week bad at sports presents a event on When Projects Depart presented at Hauser and Wirth by our partners BFAMFAPhD.
Event 5:
When Projects Depart
What practices might we develop to honor the departure of a project? For example, where do materials go when they are no longer of use, value, or interest?
TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (5/16-5/22)
1. Mie Kongo and Norman W Long: Without Within May 17th, 2019 6-9PM Work by: Norman W Long and Mie Kongo (curated by Ruth Hodgins) Experimental Sound Studio: 5925 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60660 2. Loa’s Promise May 17th, 2019 8-10PM Work by: Joshua A Dawson The...
TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (5/9-5/15)
1. Danielle Dutton and Laura Letinksy: Reading and Conversation May 11th, 2019 4-5PM Work by: Danielle Dutton and Laura Letinksy Document: 1709 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622 2. Kang Yoo A: i.m.migration - Why we are Here May 10th, 2019 6-8PM Work by: Kang Yoo A...
TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (5/2-5/8)
1. Chicago No Wave May 4th, 2019 7PM-12AM Work by: Jodi Mechanic, Kelly Kuvo, Rose, Jim Newberry, Shane Bugbee Co-Prosperity Sphere: 3219 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608 2. Root & Rise May 4th, 2019 4-6PM Work by: Zuri Washington and Jamila Kinney Roman Susan:...
TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (4/25-5/1)
1. Double Bind April 27th, 2019 3-5PM Work by: Melissa Pokorny and Julia Hechtman Space P11: 55 E Randolph St, Pedway Level, Chicago, IL 60602 2. moves on human scale April 26th, 2019 6-9PM Work by: Alberto Aguilar Gallery 400: 400 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607 ...
TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (4/18-4/24)
1. Maria Gaspar: Speech Acts April 23rd, 2019 6-7:30PM Work by: Maria Gaspar Gallery 400: 400 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607 2. Perpetual Motion and the Control Grid: A Nokiawave Primer April 20th, 2019 7-9PM Work by: Jacob Lindgren and Till Wittwer Filmfront: 1740...
TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (4/11-4/17)
1. Egle Budvytyte: Intermissions April 13th, 2019 7-8PM Work by: Egle Budvytyte The Renaissance Society: 5811 S Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL 60637 2. Huong Ngô: In the Shadow of the Future April 14th, 2019 4-7PM Work by: Huong Ngô 4th Ward Project Space: 5338 S Kimbark...
TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (4/4-4/10)
1. Sissy No Fool April 5th, 2019 6-9PM Work by: Marcel Alcalá Mickey: 1635 W Grand Ave, Chicago, IL 60622 2. Chapter 3: T.U.T’S Room April 5th, 2019 6-10PM Work by: Armani Howard AdventureLand Gallery: 1513 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60622 3. Perpetual Help...
TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (3/28-4/3)
1. Throw-Ups and Night-Moves: A Herstory of Chicago's Synergy Crew March 29th, 2019 7-9 Work by: Isela Estrada, Delilah Salgado, Gloe One, Rocio Vargas Rootwork Gallery: 645 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60616 2. Tomorrow Never Knows March 30th, 2019 8-10PM Work by: Adam...
TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (3/21-3/27)
1. Out of Nowhere March 21st, 2019 6-9PM Work by: Tomasz Szrama, Gabriele Longega, and Vicente Ugartechea Defibrillator Performance Art Gallery: 1029 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609 2. Yvette Mayorga: American Badge of Honor March 23rd, 2019 7-10PM Work by: Yvette...