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Deer in Headlights: A Review of Archiving Edging at Roots & Culture
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In this exhibition, artists olivier and Martín Wannam explore ‘anarchiving’—or, producing new and generative relationships with public records of queerness past and present.
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Weapons of Mass Distraction: A reflection on Difference Machines, an exhibition at Wrightwood 659
Tech and its evolution from tools to wearable devices, its nano privacy disruption, its future without us is presented in a dream from el Tío. A dream illustrated by Carlos Matallana in response to ‘Difference Machines: Technology and Identity in Contemporary Art’ at Wrightwood 659.
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Black fugitivity beyond the trenches of genocide: a response to J’Sun Howard’s The Righteous Beauty of the Things Never Accounted For
Black Fugitivity is not about escape, but knowing where one is at, where one will break away to in collective liberation. Aaliyah Christina reflects on the performance of J’Sun Howard’s Righteous Beauty.
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“Even if we don’t know its name”: an interview with Benji Hart on World After This One
In anticipation of the Chicago premiere of Benji Hart’s experimental dance piece, World After This One, Tara Aisha Willis meets with Hart to discuss the development of the piece and themes within the(ir) work.
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“Aunque no sepan su nombre”: una entrevista con Benji Hart sobre World After This One
En anticipación de la obra de baile en Chicago de Benji Hart, World After This One, en su iteración final, escritora, artista de baile y curadora, Tara Aisha Willis, platica con Hart para hablar sobre el desarrollo de la actuación y los mundos que lo inspiro todo.
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SAMO
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In the finale of a three-part series, Paloma considers their name’s origin and Jean-Michel Basquiat’s infamous graffiti tag to reflect on a recent breakup.
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Art Picks
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March Art Picks
Sixty’s selection of art exhibitions and events in Chicago and the Midwest for March 2024
Sixty Bilingual
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Deer in Headlights: A Review of Archiving Edging at Roots & Culture
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In this exhibition, artists olivier and Martín Wannam explore ‘anarchiving’—or, producing new and generative relationships with public records of queerness past and present.
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Weapons of Mass Distraction: A reflection on Difference Machines, an exhibition at Wrightwood 659
Tech and its evolution from tools to wearable devices, its nano privacy disruption, its future without us is presented in a dream from el Tío. A dream illustrated by Carlos Matallana in response to ‘Difference Machines: Technology and Identity in Contemporary Art’ at Wrightwood 659.
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“Even if we don’t know its name”: an interview with Benji Hart on World After This One
In anticipation of the Chicago premiere of Benji Hart’s experimental dance piece, World After This One, Tara Aisha Willis meets with Hart to discuss the development of the piece and themes within the(ir) work.
Latest Updates
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Call-for-Proposals: Sixty’s Midwest Arts Writers Fellowship
What are the unique working conditions and challenges facing arts workers in the Midwest? Sixty is launching a Midwest Arts Writers Fellowship for two writers to explore these issues and more. Applications are now open!
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A Statement of Solidarity
“The will of the people can’t fail. If we can’t shape the world we live in, if we can’t stop a genocide so miserable is our life.”
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Two Back-to-Back Events Celebrating the Chicago Archives + Artists Project Book!
Celebrate the release of Sixty’s debut book Chicago Archives + Artists Project: Case Studies in Collaboration with two back-to-back events with the recent archive + artist pairings!
Interviews
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“Even if we don’t know its name”: an interview with Benji Hart on World After This One
In anticipation of the Chicago premiere of Benji Hart’s experimental dance piece, World After This One, Tara Aisha Willis meets with Hart to discuss the development of the piece and themes within the(ir) work.
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“Aunque no sepan su nombre”: una entrevista con Benji Hart sobre World After This One
En anticipación de la obra de baile en Chicago de Benji Hart, World After This One, en su iteración final, escritora, artista de baile y curadora, Tara Aisha Willis, platica con Hart para hablar sobre el desarrollo de la actuación y los mundos que lo inspiro todo.
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Reimagining Reparations with Raja’Nee Redmond
In this interview, Raja’Nee Redmond discusses her new film, “A Long Way From Holmes,” and how she transforms her love of history, ancestry, and storytelling to document her family’s legacy, collapsing the past and the present.
On Archives
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Rejecting Neutrality: Reparative Description at the Johnson Publishing Company Archive
A look at the process of reparative description undertaken by the Getty Research Institute’s team at the Johnson Publishing Company Archive.
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Two Back-to-Back Events Celebrating the Chicago Archives + Artists Project Book!
Celebrate the release of Sixty’s debut book Chicago Archives + Artists Project: Case Studies in Collaboration with two back-to-back events with the recent archive + artist pairings!
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The Cookout: A Community-Based Archiving Conversation
Join us for a virtual conversation with the Black Panther Party, Lawndale Pop-Up Spot, alt space Chicago, and the Heaux History Project about archiving and preserving the history of Black Chicago.