Episode 659: Beatriz Santiago Munoz
Bad at Sports Center has a full house for today’s episode with hosts Jesse Malmed, Dana Bassett & the one and only DJ Super Older Brother in the studio with artist Beatriz Santiago Muñoz and Assistant Director of Exhibitions at SAIC Sullivan Galleries, Hannah Barco. Muñoz & Barco walk us through “Safehouse”, the culmination of a two-year project conducted in Puerto Rico and Chicago in partnership with Sullivan Galleries. Muñoz discusses her research into the history of the Puerto Rican Anti-Colonialist Movement, and gives our host some insight into her process and philosophy around the documentary and exploratory style of film and exhibition making. Not to be missed!
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TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (10/18-10/24)
1. Pastillage October 20, 2018, 6-9PM Work by: Yvette Mayorga Roman Susan: 1224 W Loyola Ave, Chicago, IL 60626 2. a, am, ami, amis, amiss October 20, 2018, 4-7PM Work by: Jenn Wilson free range: 3257 W Lawrence Ave, Chicago, II 60625 3. It’s Such a...
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Episode 658: Lit y Luz
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Dana hosts solo on this episode of Bad at Sports Center featuring curators Esteban King of Espac in Mexico City and Mia Lopez of the DePaul Art Museum, alongside artists Tamara Becerra Valdez and Alejandro Jiménez Flores. Our guests bring us into their textually inspired exhibition “So close, far away” (Tan cerca, tan lejos) which opens Saturday, October 13th at Sector 2327. Sector’s last ever exhibition, “So close, far away” is presented in partnership with the Lit y Luz Festival, celebrating and exchanging culture between Mexico City and Chicago. Our guests discuss the discursive and experiential aspects of the show, and Alejandro treats us to a short poetry reading. We threw in a little gossip at the end just for fun. More information about “So close, far away” and Lit y Luz can be found at https://www.litluz.org/.
Episode 567: Balas and Wax
On this illustrious episode of Bad@SportsCenter, Brian and Ryan chat with the collaborative, Balas & Wax, about their current project Settlement, sponsored by Chicago’s Threewalls. Susy Bielak is an artist, writer, curator, and educator, and Fred Schmalz is and artist, poet, and editor. Under their collaborative moniker, the partnership focuses on the peculiarities of contemporary cities, generated from a foundation of ethnographic and journalistic research and healthy touch of the absurd.
Episode 656: Brett Cook
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Live from the patio of the Oakland Museum!
Artist, organizer, spiritualist Brett Cook enlightens us on the structure of dialogue and how we as artists can provide platforms for others. we also stared towards the negotiation of power relationships within the visual and the social. We also wrestle with how an audience can more completely understand artists and their production.
All of us struggle with validation in the context of separation and exclusion.
Episode 655: EXPO Roundtable
KT Hawbaker and Susan Snodgrass join the cast of Bad at Sports Center for an epic EXPO breakdown. The good, the bad, the who wore it best. Everything you need to know to face your next dinner party.
In conjunction with a Marz Community Brewing event hosted by the galleries of 1709 West Chicago Ave. Were we also released our beer!
Episode: 654 Neeraja D and Ahmed Ozsever
On this episode of Bad @ SportsCenter, we speak with Neeraja D and Ahmed Ozsever about their transnational collaboration N/A. Their exhibit, N/A: An Architectural Ceremony, is currently on display at Carthage College’s HF Johnson Gallery, reuniting the duo for an immersive installation featuring photography, printmaking, sculpture, and video. We discuss the function of authorship and international mail and revel in the gentle cacophony of malapropisms, mispronunciations, and misspeak. And a good time was had by all.
Tonika Johnson and Natasha Ritsma Bring Englewood to the Magnificent Mile and Beyond
Tonika Johnson's Folded Map at the Loyola Museum of Art closes Saturday, October 20, 2018 Interview and photo essay by Lise McKean LM: Today we're going to be talking about Natasha's role as curator at LUMA and Tonika’s current exhibition, Folded Map. Natasha, could...
TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (10/11-10/17)
1. Echoes: Reframing Collage October 11, 2018, 5-7PM Work by: Derrick Adams, Krista Franklin, Wardell Milan, Ayanah Moor, Nathaniel Mary Quinn, Paul Mpagi Sepuya, and Xaviera Simmons Museum of Contemporary Photography: 600 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605 This is a...
TOP V FROM EXPO CHICAGO
Welcome to this week’s Top V from EXPO CHICAGO at Navy Pier. Also, don’t forget to check out this week’s Top V for a selection of provocative programs being exhibited in spaces both large and small around Chicago this weekend. 1. SAPAR Contemporary Booth #147...
TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (9/27-10/3)
1. …to take root among the stars. September 28, 2018, 6-8:30PM Work by: Krista Franklin (performances by Franklin, Aricka Foreman, Kara Jackson, and Jamila Woods. Music courtesy of DJ Rae Chardonnay) Poetry Foundation: 61 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60654 2. In...
Releasing New B@S Inspired Beer!
Hear ye, hear ye! On September 25, 2018 we, Bad at Sports, will become the world’s first (and best) podcast with its own line of beer. Released in conjunction with Mars Community Brewing the “Artist +/- Beer +/- Jerks = Bad at Sports” Sparkling Lager is ready to set...
TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (9/20-9/26)
1. Passing Time: Kim’s Corner Food with Thomas Kong September 21, 2018, 7-10PM Work by: Thomas Kong 062: 1029 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609 2. NoNonchalant: Abstraction by Ten Chicago Artists September 21, 2018, 6-9PM Work by: George Blaha, Daniel Bruttig, Jean...
TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (9/13-9/19)
1. Gut Rehab September 14, 2018, 5-8PM Work by: Edie Fake Western Exhibitions: 1709 W Chicago Ave Chicago, IL 60622 2. A Routine Trip Turns Into An Enchanting Escapade – Lucky #1, 7, 20, 34, 57, 44 September 15, 2018, 7-11PM Work by: Peppi Bottrop, Lukas...
TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (9/5-9/12)
1. Untitled (How Does It Feel) September 9, 2018, 3-6PM Work by: Esau McGhee GOLDFINCH: 319 N Albany Ave, Chicago, IL 60612 2. This Knot, This September 8, 2018, 7-10PM Work by: Kelly Kaczynski with Serafin Kaczynski Adler & Floyd: 3537 S Western Blvd, unit...
TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (8/30-9/5)
1. Windows, Doors, and Mirrors September 1, 2018, 6-9PM Work by: Gwendolyn Zabicki Roman Susan: 1224 W Loyola Ave, Chicago, IL 60626 2. I WANT YOU August 31, 2018, 6-9PM Work by: Jory Drew BAR4000: 2000 W Carroll Ave, Chicago IL 60612 3. Caution Children...