is currently supervising the installation of her public art commission and permanent sculptural installation at McCormick Place West in Chicago. "Curtain Wall" references both the architectural tradition of the glass curtain façade made famous by Mies Van Der Rohe as well as Chicago’s ‘Windy City’ moniker.

In 2007 the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority commissioned 30 contemporary artists to create public artworks for this 2.3 million square feet expansion. Raaf’s piece represents the largest and most visible of the commissioned works. The 40x12x16 ft. interactive sculpture is designed to respond to visitors in the space by reacting to voice volume and pitch. Moving with the sounds, the structure of Raaf’s virtual wall begins to bow like a true curtain blowing in the wind.

To accomplish the desired visual effects, Raaf collaborated with several engineers in UIC’s Computer Science Department.

will premiere her new film "O'er the Land" (2008, 16mm, 52 minutes) at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City Utah in January 2009, and it's European Premiere at the Rotterdam International Film Festival in the Netherlands, also in January.

O'er the Land - SYNOPSIS
A meditation on the milieu of elevated threat, addressing national identity, gun culture, wilderness, consumption, freedom and the possibility of personal transcendence. The film forces together culturally acceptable icons of heroic national tradition with the suggestion of unacceptable historical consequences, so that seemingly benign locations become zones of moral angst.

and her colleagues at Studio/lab are proud to announce the opening of Workspring, a new business venture of Steelcase, Inc., which introduces a new way to work away from work. Workspring was imagined by a team of work experience experts as a network of extraordinary spaces designed to inspire and support creative collaboration. The Studio/lab team worked with Steelcase WorkSpace Futures to develop the Workspring brand strategy and visual identity. The first location is in Chicago's Tree Studios complex at 12 E. Ohio Street in River North.

and Oliver Sann are part of "Who is Who?", a group exhibition at Gallery Carol Johnssen, Munich, Germany. 6. December Vernissage- 31. January

Galerie Carol Johnssen
Koeniginstrasse 27
D-80539 Muenchen/ Germany

will be featured in a solo exhibition at Donald Young Gallery. Opening reception: November 21st 5:30-7:30pm. 933 W. Washington, Chicago 60607. 312.455.0100.

and her husband Bruce Tharp, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter Isla Rey Tharp (pronounced EYE-lah), born at 3:58am. 5 pounds 14 ounces. 19 inches.

will give a public lecture "After the Invention of Clouds", part of the Artists Now! series of Peck School of the Arts in Milwaukee on November 19 and 20. Working in mixed media and installation, Frid's works are material responses to existing images, nomenclature systems, impressions, and things in the world. Her work alludes to the dual thoroughness and elusiveness of sensuality, to the agency and pleasure of thing-making, and to the irreducibility of art.

will give an artist's talk on November 18, 2008 at 6:30p in conjunction with his current exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago: USB 12x12 New Artists/New Work.

Chicago-based artist Harold Mendez, of Colombian and Mexican decent, focuses on concepts of both physical and psychological constraint through a floor-to-ceiling wall installation that changes from a solid iridescent glow to the patterns of fencing as the viewer gets closer. The gallery walls are covered with shimmering packing, strapping, and duct tape tape, used to symbolize contested borders, barren landscapes, and the politics that often segregate spaces.

The exhibition continues through November 30th.

is sneak premiering her new film "O'er the Land" along with three recent shorts that together make up "The Paranormal Trilogy" at the Gene Siskel Film Center next Thursday November 13th at 6pm.

"O'er the Land", 52 minutes, 16mm film
A meditation on the milieu of elevated threat, national identity, gun culture, wilderness, consumption, patriotism and the possibility of personal transcendence.

will perform his work Light Attack at the the third edition of Glow, the international Light Festival of the Netherlands, from November 7-16 in Eindhoven. The artworks are public and can be seen in the city center of Eindhoven. Light Attack is a media artwork takes place public urban spaces. While driving through the city, an animated virtual character is projected onto the cityscape of cities, i.e. Los Angeles, Florence, Hong Kong, Seoul, Mexico City, reacting to the architecture and passers-by. The piece wishes to illuminate the condition of the public sphere in contemporary urban spaces and investigates strategies of expression, communication and distribution.

will premiere her narrative feature film, Deliver, in Chicago at 4:30 pm on Sunday, November 2nd, at the Chicago Underground Film Festival.

In this all-female video remake of Deliverance, a cast of experimental filmmakers/academics (Peggy Ahwesh, Su Friedrich, Jacqueline Goss, Meredith Root and Montgomery) play mirages of themselves—urban artists looking to unplug in the unspoiled wilderness. The filmmakers follow John Boorman's original closely as the gender inversion complicates hegemonic notions of nature, power, and sexual violence, all on a stretch of river coincidentally called Beaverkill.

and her husband Oliver Roeger, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter Ella Vivian Roeger: 8 pounds 12 ounces. 22 inches long.

will be presenting his paper "Designer as Windbag: The Polemic of Visual Language" at the Sixth National Conference on the Book to be held in Washington DC, October 25-27.

Speakers will include some of the world’s leading thinkers and innovators in the areas of publishing, editing, librarianship, printing, authoring and information technologies, as well as numerous paper, colloquium and workshop presentations by researchers and practitioners.

The Book Conference is held annually in different locations around the world. The Conference was held in Cairns, Australia in 2003; Beijing, China in 2004; Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK in 2005; Emerson College, Boston, Massachusetts, USA in 2006; and the Spanish National Research Council, Madrid, Spain in 2007. The 2008 Book Conference will provide a forum for participants in the book publishing industry, librarians, researchers and teachers from around the world to discuss the past, present and future of the book, and with it, other key aspects of the information society, including publishing, libraries, information systems, literacy and education.

will present the story of Design for Democracy at GAIN: AIGA Business and Design Conference, October 23-25, in New York City.

When design and business work together, brilliant things happen. GAIN presents success stories from a select group of business and design leaders from a variety of industries, who will share their innovative approaches to generating return on investment, fostering emotional connections and providing positive experiences for customers.

Tom Kelley, general manager of IDEO, serves as moderator of this experience alongside diverse and inspiring speakers including Malcolm Gladwell, Brian Collins, Michael Conforti, Grant McCracken, Jonah Lehrer and Chris Hacker.

will premiere her new film, Deliver, at BAM in Brooklyn NY on Wednesday, October 22nd, at 7pm. Deliver will also play in Chicago at 4:30 pm on Sunday, November 2nd, at the Chicago Underground Film Festival.

In this all-female video remake of Deliverance, a cast of experimental filmmakers/academics (Peggy Ahwesh, Su Friedrich, Jacqueline Goss, Meredith Root and Montgomery) play mirages of themselves—urban artists looking to unplug in the unspoiled wilderness. The filmmakers follow John Boorman's original closely as the gender inversion complicates hegemonic notions of nature, power, and sexual violence, all on a stretch of river coincidentally called Beaverkill.

Montgomery will participated in a Q&A, with members of the cast and crew, moderated by Patricia White. Tickets can be purchased in advance from the BAM website.

will be attending the U.S. premier of his most recent video, 'brb' on Saturday, October 18, at the MIX Queer Experimental Film/Video Festival in NYC. Ischar's work was first screened at the Toronto Gay and Lesbian Film Festival in May 2008.

will present her paper, “The QAME of Trans-disciplinary Ethnography: Making Visible Disciplinary Theories of Ethnographic Praxis as Boundary Object” at the 2008 Ethnographic Praxis in Industry Conference. The fourth annual conference is held in this year in Copenhagen Denmark from October 15-18, 2008.

is presenting "Beyond the Perceptual: Color, Culture, and Communication," a paper accepted for the Conference Contemporary Color: New Trends In Color Theory, 2008 Mid-America College Art Association (MACAA), Biennial Conference, Herron School of Art & Design, Indianapolis, Indiana, October 15-18, 2008.

Additionally, Fraser is organizing an exhibition, "Meg Cranston," at he said-she said, Oak Park, IL, October-November 2008.

is participating "Public Address", a group show and fundraiser organized by Ellen Rothenberg for PHAiZ: a place where fashion and art merge. Fashions are one of a kind produced exclusively for PHAiZ by visiting designers. Art is site-specific installations created by visiting artists.

Opening reception, October 17, closing on November 9
673 N. Milwaukee Ave. 312-226-9070

will present The Emergence Project, an artwork commissioned by the 2008 Chicago Humanities Festival, at the Hyde Park Art Center on Oct. 11, 6 pm. Artists Sauter and Hereld (Senior Fellow, Computation Institute Argonne National Laboratory) work together to create a digital artwork based on the ideas produced from the 2008 Chicago Humanities Festival. The contents of the day’s presentations, performances and panel discussions will be captured, analyzed and processed into a dynamic visualization that evolves from minute to minute to express “big ideas.” This innovative, real-time art installation will explore how complex systems and patterns arise out of simple interactions. Opening reception: Sunday, October 26, 3 - 5 pm.

was selected to participate in the Chicago Art Open 2008 Exhibition taking place at the Merchandise Mart October 3rd through 19th. He is among 285 artists participating the exhibition, and he is one of 21 artists selected as "Curator's Choice."

"The Chicago Art Open is now able to highlight Chicago's diverse aesthetics and mediums, and work with the city's many groups to create a comprehensive survey of our community's creative and artistic output."

222 Merchandise Mart Plaza, Chicago
Exhibit hours 11 am - 5 pm

Pictured is Back Stairs Elegance: 2007, Uptown Theater Chicago, 24x36"

will be participating in the Marfa Sessions: a series of sound projects embedded within the public spaces and private corners of Marfa to create a sonic portrait of this unusual West Texas town. Ballroom Marfa, the exhibition's headquarters, will feature a visitors center sound hub, hosting artworks and providing information and maps that point to the sound projects throughout the town. The eleven works in the exhibition include already extant pieces adapted for installation in public spaces throughout Marfa, and five new site-specific works specially commissioned by Ballroom Marfa and created by: KAFFE MATTHEWS; NINA KATCHADOURIAN; CHRISTINA KUBISCH; DEBORAH STRATMAN & STEVEN BADGETT; STEVE RODEN & STEPHEN VITIELLO; and STEVE ROWELL WITH SIMPARCH. In some cases artworks will occupy frequented public venues such as Marfa Book Company, the local grocery store and Marfa Public Radio airwaves; others will be discovered in natural settings near the outskirts of town.

Pictured is "Caballos de Vigilancia" by Deborah Stratman & Steven Badgett.

is showing Cubby, a project designed in collaboration with Bruce Tharp, as part of the Modern + Design + Furniture: Past and Present exhibit this weekend. Cubby was first awarded and exhibited in MDF as Best in Show in 2006.

The Cubby coat hook challenges traditional form. As a volume rather than a linear hook, the center space offers storage for keys, wallets, gloves, sunglasses, mobile phones, and other small items. The outer surface offers a more collar-friendly support for coats as well as purses and scarves. Many cubbies can be attached to the wall in an even row, or randomly, allowing each family member to have their own space.

DWR North Ave and Chicago Arts District are pleased to present winning designs from the last four Modern + Design + Function – Chicago Furniture Now competition, during the annual PilsenEast Artists’ Open House. Organized by the Studio and juried by respected creative professionals in the design, architecture, art, and fashion worlds, the MDF exhibitions uncover and promote innovative modern furniture by emerging Chicagoland designers. Plus, we are proud to hold the first exhibition at the brand new 1936 S Halsted Gallery. Wine, snacks and Borba Skin Balance Water will be served.

MDF: Past and Present
Design Within Reach + Chicago Arts District
1936 S Halsted Gallery
Opening, Friday, September 26th, 6-10p, continuing through the weekend.

and four of her students were selected as winners in the 2008 American Graphic Design Awards competition for work that was completed in Oiga's classes. This national competition awards approximately 15 percent of 10,000 entries annually.

Sharon Oiga and exchange students Octavio Acosta-Carlock and Karime Castillo Ramírez were recognized for their work on the Lotéria de la Clínica campaign for the Community Health Partnership of Illinois (funded by a Sappi Ideas That Matter Grant). Hannah Kim, BFA 2008, was awarded for the Negative Poster that she created in AD412 Senior Thesis class. Christopher Kalis, MFA 2008, was awarded for his Beautiful and Ugly Posters developed in AD511 Advanced Graphic Design (pictured).

has been included in "Sculpture Today" by Judith Collins: A comprehensive and illustrated overview of contemporary sculpture. Published by Phaidon, 2008.

will be part of "Küf-Mold," a group exhibition opening September 20th at the Centraale, and September 21st at the Jan Colle Gallery, Gent, Belgium: continuing through October 12th.

"Küf-Mold is a remake and continuation of a project that originated in Istanbul in September 2007 when sixty artists of 10 different nationalities exhibited work in the covered bazaar in the old city centre.

has recently installed a work at the National Sculpture Factory in Cork, Ireland. NSF Temporary Projects in Cork's docklands opens at 6pm on September 19th with new works by: Eli Caamamo & Sorcha O' Brien, Seamus Nolan, and Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle. The exhibition is open every day 11a-5p through October 10, 2008.

will be showing recent photographic work and short videos at a five person exhibition organized by the Consulate General of Argentina in Chicago for the Chicago Artist Month.

Chicago Meets Argentina
Recent Works by Argentinean Artists Living in Chicago and the Midwest

Opening Reception:
September 18, 2008 5 -8 pm

The State Street Gallery
At Robert Morris College
401 South State Street gallery
Chicago, IL 60605
312.935.4574

Gallery Hours
Monday - Thursday 10:00 am - 6 pm
Exhibit runs through November 23, 2008

and Oliver Sann are part of "Review", a group exhibition at Gallery Fielder Contemporary in Cologne, Germany, which looks back over past programs in Cologne before the gallery moves to Berlin.

will participate in Polar Opposites, the IDSA national conference in Phoenix.

Melamed, Clinical Associate Professor of Industrial Design, will be leading a panel discussion on the topic of "Educational Entrepreneurs" which will highlight UIC's Interdisciplinary Product Development program (IPD) and the new UIC Innovation Center. Panelists include:

• Frank Tyneski, Executive Director IDSA
• William Maes, Motorola
• John Sproats, Global Design Search(UK), formerly of Whirlpool Innovation Group
• Victoria Matranga, International Housewares Manufacturers Association

Lausen, Professor of Graphic Design, and Director of the School of Art and Design, will be accepting an IDEA GOLD award for her book "Design for Democracy: Ballot + Election Design". The IDEA Awards program is sponsored by the BusinessWeek and IDSA (the Industrial Design Society of America).

is participating along with 92 artists from 25 countries in “Expenditure – as it is always and already” at the Busan Museum Of Modern Art, September 6 – November 15, 2008. Artistic Director: Wonbang Kim. Curators for the Americas: Nancy Barton and Michael Cohen.

“Expenditure” – also meaning consumption, discharge and emission -, > a concept, which encompasses the entire exhibition of the Busan > Biennale 2008, is a major concept of the philosopher Georges > Bataille. It is not simply related to consumption culture we > ordinarily associate it with, but it is a philosophical concept > used to understand the structure of human society and culture. All > social, cultural and psychological order, values, and symbols, > which dominate our life, are always produced excessively. > Expenditure means aimlessly and unproductively “expending” and thus > disintegrating excessive production. Only when the production-> oriented system, which constantly overproduces, and its byproducts > strike a balance with the collapse of order and the meaningless > consumption of energy called expenditure can we understand the > overall picture of human society, culture and art.

Pictured is Specimen from Local Ephemera: Go Go Green Compression with Black > Ooze, 2008, Graphite, acrylic paint, nail polish and glitter on paper, 50” x 38”

has been selected to be a featured artist during Chicago Artists Month: a citywide celebration of Chicago's visual artists organized by the Department of Cultural Affairs. Each year this program selects 12 artists who represent the talent and diversity of the Chicago art community. A kick off event will be held at the Hyde Park Art Center on Sunday, September 28th. The program is to be held in conjunction with Current Concerns: Contemporary Artists and Issues, a panel discussion at The Smart Museum of Art in October.

Pictured is "Eye", 2007, an installation from Tasset's Laumeier Sculpture Park exhibition "All Things Must Pass".

has returned to our faculty after teaching for two years at in the Department of Visual Arts at The University of Chicago.

Iñigo also made a recent return to the El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve in Mexico (also known as the Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaíno). His initial visit, in February of 2005, inspired an artwork that depicts the natural beauty and ecological importance of the area: a multisensory installation featuring a video projection filmed on location at the Mistubishi saltworks, which is adjacent to the reserve. Filming was completed on the recent visit with the assistance of a local camera crew and access to the saltworks.

is participating in 13ISOLATIONS, an artist residency/reality show for human rights, which involves the confinement of 13 artists for 29 days in separate cells while making art. The project is produced by Episodes, Amsterdam, and held at Oostereiland Prison, Hoorn, The Netherlands. Confinement lasts from August 1-29th 2008. The exhibition opens at 6pm on Saturday, August 30th and continues through September 14th.

Pictured are stills from "Imaginary Homelands" a video installation by Leenaars that explores what it means to live in a foreign country and what it is that gives you a sense of place and belonging.

Dori's article, “The Future of Politics: Distributed Creativity and DIY Design Policy,” in Re-public, has been published by an online journal focusing on innovative developments in contemporary political theory and practice.

The article asks the questions: What is the role of design in a complex, distributed world of policy formation and implementation? Why is the model of distributed creativity more appropriate for this domain? It addresses these questions by proposing a futuristic project for DIY policy design that takes distributed creativity and Web 2.0 as the heart of its methodological approach. This approach seeks to re-imagine the role of design and the designer in the world of government policy.

presented a paper "Light Attack: media art and the 'moving moving' image as an intervention in public spaces" at ISEA2008: the International Symposium on Electronic Art in Singapore.

is part of Paper Love, a group exhibition at Devening Projects + Editions June 29 - August 8, 2008. Opening reception, Sunday, June 29, 4 - 7pm.

Paper Love is an explosive group exhibition showcasing drawing in its most inventive and energized state. With over fifty international artists participating, Paper Love is a forceful expression of the passion artists have for intimacy and extravagance of drawing and paper-based art making. Join us on Sunday, June 29th for the opening reception and meet a lot of artists who love working with paper.

Devening Projects + Editions: 3039 West Carroll, 3rd floor, Chicago, IL 60612. Gallery hours: Saturdays 11-6pm and by appointment. 312.420.4720

Pictured: "Where the Rays Begin to Lose Their Force by Dispersion" from the series Engines of Weather, 2008, mixed media on paper 12 x 9 inches.

will be featured at a closing reception for the exhibition "Everyday People" at Estudiotres: Friday, June 27th 6-9p, 5205 N. Clark Street, Chicago.

Curated by David Getsy and Rob Bondgren, "Everyday People" features artists who address some of the ways that sex, gender, lust, love, life, fantasy, revulsion, and survival get worked out in the banal, the simple, and the everyday.

Renowned Chicago artist Doug Ischar makes a return to the Chicago gallery scene with provocative works including a series of photographs taken during the halcyon days of Chicago’s famed Belmont Rocks. Curator David Getsy notes that up-and-coming Brooklyn artist Jared Buckhiester’s drawings “share aspects of style and directness equally with the traditions of religious paintings of ardent martyrs and saints and with the urgent and honest drawings with which so many boys cover the backs of their middle school notebooks.” Everyday People also includes local artists Brooke Barnett and Sean Fader, and Molly Landreth from Seattle.

and Randall Szott were interviewed by Duncan and Richard and guest host Tony Tasset (UIC Professor of Studio Arts) about their work, arguing and their project He said-She said. Download the podcast at: http://badatsports.com.

"He said-She said" is an exhibition and event series held in the home of Pamela Fraser and Randall Szott. They will take turns presenting what amounts to an ongoing conversation about art and culture - Ms. Fraser presenting art and artists, and Mr. Szott sharing the activities of people who work in other contexts.

and her colleagues at Studio/lab have received the highest honor from the Society of Environmental Graphic Designers for their work with Krueck & Sexton Architects on the wayfinding system and environmental graphics for the new Spertus Institute.

In November 2007, the Spertus Institute moved into a new building on Chicago’s Michigan Avenue. Designed by Krueck & Sexton, the building has a dramatic 10-story faceted-glass façade, part of an architectural design that directly expresses the organization’s mission and values and provides a window into the world of Jewish learning and culture.

Studio/lab developed environmental graphics and wayfinding system for the new facility. Like the architecture, the typographic system is a study in light. The key design element is a modern sans-serif font combined with a traditional serif italic font. Placed on two sides of the many interior glass surfaces, these two fonts create a “flickering” typeface, representing the candlelight of the institute's logo brought to life in architectural space.

Studio/lab project team: Marcia Lausen (principal in charge), Jody Work (project manager/designer), Hillary Geller, Cheyenne Medina (UIC BFA 1999), Meeyoung Melamed (UIC BFA 1997).

is published on Adobe’s Design Center Think Tank. Her article, Design Anthropology: What can it add to your design practice?, explores how the emerging field of design anthropology can help to redefine design by exploring what it means to be human.

"ExtraSensory" free opening reception Friday, May 2 from 5pm – 8pm

The International Museum of Surgical Science
1524 N. Lake Shore Dr. (inner drive)
Chicago, IL 60610
312.642.6502

on view May 2 through July 18, 2008
Gallery Hours: Tuesday through Sunday, 10am – 4pm
with regular museum admission

Will give a lecture in the Spring 2008 Conkling Gallery Enrichment Series at Minnesota State University, Mankato.

Public Lecture: April 21 Ostrander Auditorium, 7 p.m.
Reception: following the lecture in the Conkling Gallery
Critiques: April 21–22 Nelson Hall Drawing, Printmaking, and Painting Studios
Gallery Hours: 9 – 8 Monday and Wednesday, 9 – 4 Tuesday, Thursday, Friday

"Julia Fish: Between: Stairs and Landings" works on paper, 2006-2007, opens on April 18th at Rhona Hoffman Gallery: 118 North Peoria Street, Chicago, Illinois 60607.

Opening reception for the artist: Friday, April 18 5-7:30pm.

invites you to view her current exhibition. "The Vertical Shadows" at Devening Projects and Editions: 3039 W. Carroll, 3rd floor, Chicago. Opening Sunday, March 30. Continuing through May 7. Gallery hours: saturdays 11a to 6p and by appointment.

Dianna will be giving a gallery talk on Saturday, April 12 at 1p.

has a solo exhibition at Kavi Gupta Gallery in Leipzig, Germany.

Tasset is well known for his conceptual practice which is continually engaged in a dialogue with postmodern theory, humor, love and mortality. Using himself, his family, natural surroundings, art historical and pop-cultural references, Tasset conveys highly charged iconography through a subtle, absurd, tragic/comic narrative. Not able to be held to a specific medium, Tasset’s work spans across all forms of media from sculpture, performance, photographs, video, and installations.

Tasset’s exhibition in Leipzig will include three sculptural works that allude to collective childhood experiences; a life-sized dirty snowman, unclothed with outstretched twig arms and a crude face made with dried leaves and punched in eyes and mouth, a stack of children’s mud pies, decorated with sticks, a feather, and an autumn leaf and a minimal gesture of two rocks stacked atop each other. Each work is a meticulously crafted trompe l'oeil reproduction of actual objects, constructed of various art materials including resin, plastics, acrylic paint and brass. These works all present the primitive and first gestures of sculpture--forming mass from snow into a simple figure--remaking out of dirt, the pie Mom makes in the kitchen--or simply placing one object on top of another as a marker or simple memorial. Tasset says about this work, “I manipulate and remake quotidian imagery in order to reveal new meanings, examine context, subvert clichés and honor the everyday.”

Opening March 8th, the exhibition continues through April 26th.

is featured in the Whitney Biennial, which opens on March 6th and continues through June 1. The 2008 Biennial, the seventy-fourth in the series of Whitney Annual and Biennial exhibitions held since 1932, presents eighty-one artists with international recognition working in a variety of media. Pictured is a still from Montgomery's featured work: Notes on the Death of Kodachrome, 1990-2006. Video, color, sounds; 80 min.

is featured in the Whitney Biennial, which opens on March 6th and continues through June 1. The 2008 Biennial, the seventy-fourth in the series of Whitney Annual and Biennial exhibitions held since 1932, presents eighty-one artists with international recognition working in a variety of media. Pictured is "Water Birth" 2007. Digital chromogenic print, 50 x 60 in. (127 x 101.6 cm).

MFA students in Moving Image will exhibit D R I F T as part of Urban Research, Director's Lounge 2008, in Berlin. D R I F T mixes unique and exciting visuals with historically relevant information. Wireless video cameras attached to weather balloons were employed to transmit an expanding view of significant Hyde Park locations, acknowledging the rich, diverse and sometimes hidden history embedded within this neighborhood.

For the external viewer, traffic and masses become as much part of the surface as individual gestures and clothing. In this program, the surfaces and textures of Bengalore, Chicago, New York and the suburbs of Las Vegas are being read and reflected on. The textures shown on film and video in return become surfaces of projected perceptions and inner views.

This project was created as part of Drive By, a course taught by Professor Daniel Sauter. Urban Research is a special themed program at Directors Lounge 2008, curated by Klaus W. Eisenlohr.

Chicago Weekly article: http://chicagoweekly.net/?p=247
Drive-by exhibition: http://adweb.aa.uic.edu/web/events/index.php?id=2605