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El Sonido Es Mi Brújula
In this bilingual comic, young Chilean sound artist Mauricio Lopéz F. invites us to explore labor and housing practices through sound, kinetics, and new technologies. Some of his work will be exhibited at Comfort Station from June 7-29, 2025.
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Speculative Figuration: A Review of SK Reed’s The Unreal
Who can definitively read a plant’s body? These organisms are complexly self-involved and resist easy prettiness, easy grotesqueness, or easy legibility of any kind.
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The Luck of the Ironlak: a “Somewhere in Chicago” Story
A shipment of Ironlak spray cans arrives with a scavenger hunt map that leads to pots of spray cans protected by duendes at Senka park, but will luck be on the Vandal’s side?
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I am whispering to you
The point at which dances, candles, hymns, shrines, all charged with varied meanings converge and become something new. How did this happen? What has changed?
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A Review of Freedom in Form: Richard Hunt at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
Freedom in Form is a significant retrospective of the late Richard Hunt about how he creates his marvels amidst periods that were more focused on figuration.
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The United Colors of Robert Earl Paige: A Reflection on Community, Glamour, and Style
Is Chicago a glamorous, fashionable city? Writer Jared Brown turns to the colorful textiles and fabrics of designer and artist Robert Earl Paige for answers.
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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November Art Picks
Sixty’s selection of art exhibitions and events in Chicago and the Midwest for November 2024.
Sixty Bilingual
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Somewhere in Chicago: The Vandals
Every year, somewhere in Chicago, the top graffiti crews in each part of the city battle for the hottest spot to get up on. Which crew will earn bragging rights as the illest crew around?!
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The Day We Are All Included
A personal essay on Taiwanese artist Chang-Ching Casper Su’s recent photography series “The Day We Are All Included.”
Interviews
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Six Artists from the Dayton Black Women’s Film Festival
Janyce Denise Glasper talks to six filmmakers about creativity, agency, and collaboration for Black women in the film industry.
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Medusa: Not a Monster, nor a Goddess
Liv Rose reflects on her recent play “They Are All Our Sons,” which retells the myth of Medusa and Athena through the lens of a modern strip club.
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A Future What? Detroit-Based Queer Sci-fi Drama Makes History
Marc Arthur’s play, “Memories of a Supernatural AIDS Crisis,” casts Detroit, queerness, and choreography in new lights.
On Archives
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Chicago Archives + Artists Project: Interview with Dino Robinson
The founder and director of Shorefront Legacy Center discusses the importance of preserving the legacy of Black life on the North Shore.
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Activating the Archive: A Panel Discussion
A panel discussion hosted by The Blackivists highlighting archival documentation projects in and beyond Chicago.
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Make it Last Forever: A Digital Preservation Workshop
Join archivist and memory worker Zakiya Collier for a workshop on low-cost and free tools and services for your digital preservation needs.
The Latest Sixty News
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Sixty Literary: Call for Creative Non-Fiction & Poetry
Sixty invites writers based in the Midwest to submit their creative non-fiction and poetry!
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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.”