Bad at Art Forum #3: Buckets as Well as Jewels

Bad at Art Forum #3: Buckets as Well as Jewels

As an artist-cum-mad-scientist and avid recycling nerd, folks often come to me for answers to their frustration and confusion about plastics. If I recycle them, do they end up in landfills anyway? Does it take more energy? How do I navigate my local system? Why is it...
Chicago Art in Pictures: SAIC Fashion 2013

Chicago Art in Pictures: SAIC Fashion 2013

A graphic, editorial overview of art, artists, and visual art events, found in and around Chicago over the course of the preceding month. All artwork copyright original artists; all photography copyright Paul Germanos. On Friday, May 3, 2013, within a...
Public Art That’s Truly Public

Public Art That’s Truly Public

Preface This week the Fashion Institute of Technology held a panel on scale and spectacle called “Size Matters” (apparently unaware that they were in danger of ripping off and thereby angering curator Shaquille O’Neal, also a basketball player apparently, who...
Time Bound: An Interview with Mark Jeffery

Time Bound: An Interview with Mark Jeffery

We are in the midst of a winter festival. Its occasions take place at a variety of locations across the city, featuring a variety of performance artists from all over the world. In each case, the art work at hand is dynamic and ephemeral; the culmination of...
Two Will Enter But Only One Will Leave

Two Will Enter But Only One Will Leave

Well that’s not true, in the end both of the new Millennium Park pavilions will be deconstructed and recycled. The Burnham Plan in Chicago has announced two new pavilions that are going to be installed June 19 through October 31, 2009 in Millennium Park. The...