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TUNING AWAY FROM MECHANIZED LISTENING: AN INTERVIEW WITH WHPK DJS
The first in a series of interviews highlighting the practices of sound artists in the Midwest, who develop deep and intentional relationships to music through their unique listening habits.
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Crystal Z Campbell on the Material Presence of Absence
Crystal Campbell shares a new dialectic body of work that whispers omissions of histories through lost “skins.”
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En ausencia, hasta el presente.
Un ensayo sobre cómo reaccionaron dos músicos a una exposición de arte en la Fundación Charlotte Street usando música, historias de migración, y una maleta.
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To Seed, To Sow
A review of the exhibition Seeds: Containers of a World to Come through the lens of Octavia Butler novel, “Parable of the Sower”.
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In Absentia, to the Present.
An essay on how musicians reacted to an art exhibition at Charlotte Street Foundation using music, migration stories, and a suitcase.
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Pausing to Listen: Embracing the Collective Wisdom of the Midwest
Reflections on the passion, playfulness, and resistance cultivated at Sixty’s Midwest Arts Writers Convening.
Sixty is a worker-led organization and publishing platform that produces collaborative projects about artists, archival practice, art history, and culture in Chicago and the Midwest. Learn more about our work.
Art Picks
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July Art Picks
Sixty’s selection of art exhibitions and events in Chicago and the Midwest for July 2025.
Sixty Bilingual
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En ausencia, hasta el presente.
Un ensayo sobre cómo reaccionaron dos músicos a una exposición de arte en la Fundación Charlotte Street usando música, historias de migración, y una maleta.
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In Absentia, to the Present.
An essay on how musicians reacted to an art exhibition at Charlotte Street Foundation using music, migration stories, and a suitcase.
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Una Pausa Para Escuchar: Agradeciendo la Sabiduría del Medio Oeste
Reflexiones sobre la pasión, curiosidad, y la resistencia cultivada en la reunión de escritores de arte del Medio Oeste organizada por Sesenta.
Interviews
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TUNING AWAY FROM MECHANIZED LISTENING: AN INTERVIEW WITH WHPK DJS
The first in a series of interviews highlighting the practices of sound artists in the Midwest, who develop deep and intentional relationships to music through their unique listening habits.
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We Become Less bound by / I miss outside: A reflection piece with Darryl Cowherd
Photographer Darryl Cowherd and archival images from the Chicago Park District tell a story about how Black youth in Chicago have historically transformed public space through presence, play, and protest, asserting their right to visibility, safety, and spatial justice amid systemic exclusion.
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Love For Printing
Take a walk with Bob McCamant, one of the founders of the Chicago Reader. This 8-page comic series explores his love for print media and credits those who helped shape the platform for Chicago’s cultural landscape since the 70’s.
On Archives
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When Clouds Roll Away: A Community Reflection on the Johnson Publishing Company Archives
A look at “When Clouds Roll Away: Reflection and Restoration from the Johnson Archive,” through reflections from attendees, artist Theaster Gates, and the author’s own insights.
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From Chicago to Montgomery: Connecting the North and South
Connecting Gwendolyn Brooks’ 1971 poem “In Montgomery” and photographs by Moneta Sleet Jr. with the legacy of the Civil Rights Movement for Great Migration-descendant people.
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2024 Chicago Archives + Artists Festival: Embodying the Archive
Join us for our 3rd Chicago Archives + Artists Festival, a three-day gathering that focuses on legacy preservation and archive nurturing for Chicago’s artists, curators, and cultural workers.
The Latest Sixty News
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Meet the 2025 Sixty x Bemis Center Critic-in-Residence!
This summer, Pia Singh will be traveling to Bemis Center in Omaha for our fourth annual Critic-in-Residence program!
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Replenishing Sanctuary: A Note on our Summer Slowdown // Una Nota Sobre Nuestro Descanso del Verano
Thoughts on putting people before productivity.
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Call-for-Submissions: Visual Contributors
Sixty is seeking submissions from photographers and artists to expand our Visual Contributor pool beyond Chicago to other Midwestern areas!