Episode 765: Stephanie Burke
On this harrowing episode of Bad at SportsCenter, we talk with photographer Stephanie Burke. Her ongoing series of photographs is a visual exploration of lost opportunities at Parks College. Founded in 1927 by Oliver “Lafe” Parks, Parks College was a nexus of aviation development throughout the 20th century. When the Parks College program was moved to SLU in 1997, the Cahokia Il campus was left empty, and has subsequently gone to ruin.
TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (4/15-4/21)
1. Cydney Lewis: Suspended in the Realm of Possibility April 17, 12-4PM Tiger Strikes Asteroid Chicago: 2233 S. Throop St, #419 2. Maryam Faridani & Li-Ming Hu: Art Drips From Each Of Her Fingers April 16, 4-9PM Roots & Culture: 1034 N Milwaukee Ave...
Episode 764: Haig Aivazian
Image c/o the Renaissance Society of Haig Aivazian’s “All of the Lights”
In a wide ranging discussion with Haig Aivazian we start with the exhibition at Chicago’s Renaissance Society and we reach toward the history of fire, policing, data visualization, sports and art, and why artists should not be afraid of making propaganda!
Episode 763: Paul Mpagi Sepuya
This week Ryan and Brian enter the dark room with Paul Mpagi Sepuya. The conversation floats along the inseparability of images and subcultures, the ritual of working an image in an analog dark room, and seeing exactly what is happening in the moment.
Episode 762: Naomi Beckwith Naomi Beckwith form the MCA Chicago
On today’s episode of Bad at Sports Center, Dana and Duncan have the distinct pleasure of speaking with Naomi Beckwith, the current Museum of Contemporary Art Manilow Senior Curator and incoming Deputy Director and Jennifer and David Stockman Chief Curator of New York’s Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. We discuss Beckwith’s curatorial style, vision for her new position and and her recent work on the exhibition “Grief and Grievance: Art and Mourning in America,” originally conceived by the late Okwui Enwezor at the New Museum. All this and just a little bit of “T” to round out our latest. We hope you enjoy it, friend.
Episode 761: Mairead Case
This week Dana and Jesse are joined “in the studio” by Chicago’s native sun and brilliant author, Mairead Case. Case joins us on the show to discuss her latest novel, Tiny, and a slew of other topics ranging from grief to the dance floor and how those two are not as far apart as you might think.
Episode 760: Nicole Marroquin
This week Bad at Sports Center welcomes Nicole Marroquin participant in the DePaul Art Museum exhibition LatinXAmerican and Faculty at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Marroquin’s practice ranges from social justice to community organizing to educating public school teachers to archiving microhistories and the work of the photographer Diana Solís. Ryan and Duncan trace her practice through a ruckus and bouncy chat that eventually finds its root in Marroquin’s history as a printer and ceramicist.
TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (4/8-4/14)
1. Seven Openings April 9 - May 26, 2021 062: 1029 W 35th St By Limited Time Engagement (Kate Conlon and Boyang Hou) 2. Corran Shrimpton: Surface Tension April 10, 1:30-4:30PM Lillstreet Art Center: 4401 N Ravenswood Avee 3. Suzanna Zak: Flesh of Earth...
TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (4/1-4/6)
1. Mayumi Lake / Brothers Juguilon April 3, 6PM Ignition project space: 3839 W Grand Ave 2. Richard Rezac: Cast April 2-May 8, 2021 Rhona Hoffman Gallery: 1711 W Chicago Ave 3. Renee Baker: COLLECTIVE TIMBRE April 2, 4-7PM TRIANGLE: 42 East Ave,...
Sub-rural
By Paul Krainak “Sub-rural” extends a column I wrote for a regional journal over the past four years. Titled “Inland Art”, it was an outgrowth of the Inland Visual Studies Center founded at Bradley University in 2008. The center was a cultural and programmatic...
TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (3/25-3/31)
1. Haerim Lee: Site-Specific Memories March 27, 3-8PM Parlour and Ramp: 2130 W 21st St 2. Richard Yu-Tang Lee: I Come In Peace March 26, 7-10PM Firecat Projects: 2019 N Damen Ave 3. “Very Well, Thank You”: The Arts as a Means to Well-being March 26- May...
TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (3/18-3/24)
1. Let Us Vote! Voting Stations for Those Who Legally Can’t March 19, 5-6PM (opening online) Ralph Arnold Gallery: 1131 W Sheridan Rd Organized by Aram Han-Sifuentes 2. Survey 2 March 19, 3-8PM Chicago Artists Coalition: 2130 W Fulton St Work by: Katie Chung,...
TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (3/11-3/17)
1. Kioto Aoki: Breathe, Fibres of Papers Past March 12- June 13, 2021 International Museum of Surgical Science: 1524 N Lake Shore Dr 2. Seeds In My Pocket March 12,6-9PM Chicago Art Department: 1926 S Halsted St, #100 Work by: Dorian Sylvain, Pablo Serrano,...
TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (3/4-3/10)
1. Megan Diddie & Jacquelyn Carmen Guerrero with ColectivoMultipolar: Bodies Immersed March 5, 4-9PM Roots & Culture: 1034 N Milwaukee Ave 2. Madeline Gallucci: i am flowering March 6,12-4 Space & Time: 3307 W Irving Park Rd 3. John Neff: 101...
TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (2/25-3/3)
1. SaraNoa Mark: 36° 15’ 43” N 29° 59’ 14” E February 27-28, 12-4PM (by appointment) Goldfinch: 319 N Albany Ave 2. Katy Cowan: winds glow unceasing February 27-April 10, 2021 DOCUMENT: 1709 W Chicago Ave 3. 11 February 27, 1-6PM and February 28, 1-5PM...
TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (2/18-2/24)
1. Millee Tibbs: Mount Analogue February 19, 6-9PM Filter Photo: 1821 W Hubbard St 2. Wen Liu: On Longing February 20, 12-4PM Tiger Strikes Asteroid Chicago: 2233 S. Throop St, #419 3. Derrick Adams: The Last Resort February 19- March 27, 2021 Rhona...