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SUMMARY:7Metrix Presents: I Heard the City Breathe
DESCRIPTION:7Metrix Presents: I Heard the City Breathe\nShort Film + Gallery Exhibition\nExhibit Reception: Saturday\, April 11th\, 2026\, 6pm-8pm \nRuns Friday\, April 6th – May 1st\, 2026.  \nProduced by Brian Sykes (7Metrix). Featuring new music\, video and photography created in collaboration with ISPro Academy high school students and ISPro Music Artists. \nI Heard the City Breathe is rooted in the Black experience. This immersive exhibit brings the story of Chicago to life with sound\, image and memory. \nMore than a premier\, it’s a homecoming: a dedication and homage to the Southside roots that helped shape Brian’s creative voice and ultimately sparked this work. \n  \nArtist Statement: \nMy name is Brian Sykes\, and I am writing to propose a presentation of my collaborative project\,\n“I Heard The City Breathe”\, at the Beverly Art Center on April 11. This work is a short film and\ngallery-style exhibition rooted in the Black experience of Chicago. Through visual art\, music\,\nand storytelling\, the project reflects the emotional\, cultural\, and historical realities of the city\nwhile honoring the voices of the communities that continue to shape it. Presenting this work at\nBeverly Art Center would be more than an exhibition opportunity for me—it would be a deeply\nmeaningful homecoming. \nAs a Saint Xavier University alumnus\, many of the seeds for this work were planted during my\ntime as a student. When I arrived at Saint Xavier\, I was still learning how to process the\nexperiences I carried as a young Black man from the South Side of Chicago. I was surrounded by\npain\, trauma\, beauty\, culture\, and contradiction\, but I had not yet fully learned how to translate\nthose realities into artistic language. My time at Saint Xavier helped me begin that process. It\nwas there that I was challenged to trust my voice\, embrace vulnerability\, and understand that my\nlived experience was worthy of artistic exploration. \nA number of mentors played a critical role in that transformation. Nathan Peck\, Monte Gerlach\,\nCathy Saunders\, and Jane Hileman helped guide me through the artistic and emotional process of\ncreating deeply personal work. Dr. Jan Bickel of the Music Department helped me reconnect\nwith my voice and confidence in music\, while Michael Grimm of Production Services\ncontributed to the broader environment that encouraged me to think across disciplines and\nexplore multiple forms of expression. Their investment in me was not only academic—it was\npersonal\, affirming\, and life-shaping. \nOut of that period came my 2014 series\, “Inner-City Madness”\, one of the earliest bodies of\nwork in which I fully confronted the effects of poverty\, trauma\, and inner-city violence on Black\nchildren and families in Chicago. That series was deeply connected to my own psychological\nexperiences and became the first true foundation of my artistic voice. It was later given its first\nsolo exhibition by Amy Roach at the Beverly Art Center\, making Beverly one of the first\ninstitutions to publicly affirm my work. That experience has stayed with me ever since.\nReturning now with I Heard The City Breathe would represent a full-circle moment—not only as\nan artist returning to a meaningful space\, but as someone bringing back a more developed\,\ncollaborative\, and community-rooted vision. \nSince then\, my work has grown across multiple disciplines\, including music\, education\,\nmentorship\, and creative entrepreneurship. I began to work for Marlon King of Insomniac\nStudios. Through my partnership with Marlon King\, I expanded my skills in music production\,\nproject management\, artist development\, and music business\, and together we co-founded ISPro\nAcademy. Through ISPro Academy\, we have created pathways for high school students\, young \nadults\, and emerging creatives to learn audio engineering\, music production\, and music business\,\nwhile connecting them to real-world opportunities and mentorship throughout Chicago. \n  \nThat work has led to partnerships with a range of respected institutions and organizations\,\nincluding the Chicago Symphony Orchestra\, Museum of Science and Industry\, Hyde Park Art\nCenter\, Chicago West Community Music Center\, Elastic Arts\, Navy Pier\, Walter Payton High\nSchool\, and the Center for Creative Entrepreneurship. Some of the projects I have been honored\nto take part in include creating 30 minutes of original music for an 11-piece string ensemble for\nthe Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s Soundpost Renaissance Remix Fashion Show\, leading\nworkshops through the Museum of Science and Industry’s Black Creativity Career Showcase and\nScience Works Audio Engineering Workshop\, and helping support professional development\nprogramming such as the Center for Creative Entrepreneurship’s Music Bloom series and\nmusic-industry meetups focused on publishing\, branding\, networking\, and artist growth.\nAll of those experiences have come together in I Heard The City Breathe. Supported by the\nDCASE Individual Artist Grant and the Illinois Arts Council Creative Catalyst Grant\, the project\nbrings together youth\, adult artists\, and community collaborators in an intergenerational\nreflection on the Black experience of Chicago. It is both a personal artistic statement and a\ncollective offering—one that honors memory\, struggle\, beauty\, survival\, and creative legacy. \nPresenting “I Heard The City Breathe” at the Beverly Art Center on April 11 would allow me to\nreturn to the place that first gave my work a public home and share how that journey has\nevolved. It would honor the mentors and institutions that helped shape me\, while also offering a\nnew generation of artists and audiences a chance to experience a work grounded in truth\,\ncollaboration\, and the spirit of Chicago. It would be an honor to bring this project to Beverly Art\nCenter and continue the story in a space that has already meant so much to my artistic life. \nSincerely\, \nBrian Sykes
URL:https://thebeverlyartscenter.com/event/7metrix-presents-i-heard-the-city-breathe/
LOCATION:Simmerling Gallery
CATEGORIES:Art Gallery,Concerts
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SUMMARY:Cheers to the South Side: A South Side Irish Pub Exhibit
DESCRIPTION:Cheers to the South Side: A South Side Irish Pub Exhibit\nBy Kelly White\nExhibit Opening: Friday\, March 13th\, 6pm-8pm \nRuns through April 30th. \nKelly White is a Chicago-based photojournalist\, feature news reporter\, editor\, and visual storyteller with two decades of experience capturing life through both words and images. Born and raised on the South Side of Chicago\, Kelly draws inspiration from her hometown’s neighborhoods and community spirit\, which infuse her writing and photography with authenticity and nostalgia. \nA graduate of Saint Xavier University\, Kelly began her career at The Xavierite\, the university’s newspaper\, and has contributed to major publications including the Daily Southtown\, the Chicago Tribune\, and numerous regional outlets. She currently works as an editor and photojournalist at Southwest Regional Publishing. Her photography spans portrait\, event\, and editorial work\, capturing both intimate moments and vibrant community life with clarity and emotion. \nKelly’s deep connection to Chicago’s South Side inspired her latest exhibition\, Cheers to the Southside\, a South Side Irish Pub Exhibit celebrating the cultural heartbeat of the community. The exhibit is on display at the Beverly Arts Center through April. \n  \nBar provided. Music performed by Ethan Sellers.
URL:https://thebeverlyartscenter.com/event/cheers-to-the-south-side-a-south-side-irish-pub-exhibit/
CATEGORIES:Art Gallery,Exhibit Opening,Shows
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260222T170000
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SUMMARY:All These Words Are - POSTPONED: SATURDAY\, FEBRUARY 7th\, 2pm-5pm
DESCRIPTION:Nat Soti \nAll These Words Are \nBeverly Arts Center \nJanuary 23rd – February 22nd \nNEW OPENING DATE: SATURDAY\, FEBRUARY 7th\, 2pm-5pm \nAll These Words Are is an exhibition by Nat Soti that explores visual language and world-building at the intersection of art and graphic design. Drawing from an evolving dictionary of personal graphic symbols without pre-defined or fixed meanings\, Soti examines how meaning and expression emerge through use\, composition\, and context. As symbols appear and reappear across digital prints\, mixed-media works\, painting\, drawing\, collage\, video\, and motion graphics\, meaning is allowed to emerge rather than be dictated. \nIn a time where our culture constantly demands talking points\, hot takes\, and personal declarations\, All These Words Are reflects a state of “work-in-progress being.” The exhibition invites you to pause before certainty and embrace curiosity\, reflection\, and the ongoing process of finding connection and meaning for yourselves.
URL:https://thebeverlyartscenter.com/event/all-these-words-are/
CATEGORIES:Art Gallery,Exhibit Opening
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251205T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251205T200000
DTSTAMP:20260507T100227
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SUMMARY:Video for Early Nights
DESCRIPTION:Video for Early Nights\nOpening Reception: Friday\, December 5th\, 6pm-8pm \n\nVideo for Early Nights is our newest installment of winter video art exhibits at the BAC. \nPaintings and sculptures require bright gallery lights to really pop while video creates it’s own light. As the days start getting shorter\, the time for video art starts getting longer. We all know that the darkened gallery allows for the sparkling lights of video to really shine. \n\n\nEach of the last three years The Beverly Art Center has brough in different video artists to capitalize on this video sweet spot in the calendar. This year we bring in an all-star cast of interdisciplinary video artists from all over.\n\nCome see this new exhibit and meet some of the artists on December 5th from 6-8pm.\n\nVideo art by :\nEdyta Stepien was born in Poland and is currently living in Chicago.\nShe combines her love for video\, motion graphics and sculpture.\nMatthew Bulter is an Iowa intermedia artists.\nHis work merges Video and emerging AI technologies.\n\nJuliann Wang was born in China and now lives in Chicago.\nShe specializes in the intersection of performance art and video.\nNathan Peck curated this show from his location in Evergreen Park.\nHis work is at the intersection of video\, music\, painting and sculpture.\nJustine Light is a costume and set designer residing in Arkansas.\nHer work in this show focuses on directing video for music.\nNat Soti teaches Graphic Design and documentary video.\nHis current work is at the intersection of graphic and vIdeo art.
URL:https://thebeverlyartscenter.com/event/video-for-early-nights/
CATEGORIES:Art Gallery,Exhibit Opening
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250927T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250927T170000
DTSTAMP:20260507T100227
CREATED:20250911T154550Z
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SUMMARY:2025 Beverly Art Walk
DESCRIPTION:2025 Beverly Art Walk\nSaturday\, September 27th\, 2025 \n11am-5pm \nGet ready for the 12th Annual Beverly Art Walk\, a neighborhood-wide celebration of art\, music\, and creative culture\, happening September 27th\, 11–5 pm\, in venues throughout Beverly/Morgan Park. \nSave the date. This much-anticipated\, family-friendly\, free event will feature 100+ artists in approximately 36 venues\, the popular Uprising Handmade Market\, public art installations\, pop-up galleries\, home studios\, musical performances and more. \nThere will be local artwork and vendors throughout the Beverly Arts Center including an exhibit from Kathy Weaver in the Simmerling Gallery. Come out and celebrate the power of art and community!
URL:https://thebeverlyartscenter.com/event/2025-beverly-art-walk/
CATEGORIES:Art Gallery,Concerts
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250711T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250711T200000
DTSTAMP:20260507T100227
CREATED:20250613T232058Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250618T153955Z
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SUMMARY:RE-BOP! Obstructions and Disruptions
DESCRIPTION:RE-BOP! Obstructions and Disruptions\nCurators Todd Bartel and Paloma Trecka invited 60 artists from around the globe to create collages that embrace the unexpected through visual\, rhythmic\, emotional\, or conceptual disruptions. \nRe-Bop! is the third iteration of Bop!\, the celebrated collage exhibition series originally conceived by artist Tony Fitzpatrick\, that showcases the parallel ideas of flow in both music and collage—where intuition\, playful abandon\, and spur-of-the-moment change and happenstance are embraced with artistic fervor and verve. Re-Bop! looks at the notion of unexpected\, disrupted\, and obstructed collage-making. \nMusical guest: saxophonist\, improviser and composer\, Mai Sugimoto. Sugimoto draws inspiration from her upbringing in Japan and her roots in jazz to compose and perform from her unique multicultural experience. \nFriday\, July 11\, 2025\, 6-8pm at the Simmerling Gallery of the Beverly Art Center.
URL:https://thebeverlyartscenter.com/event/re-bop-obstructions-and-disruptions/
CATEGORIES:Art Gallery,Concerts,Shows
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250509T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250606T170000
DTSTAMP:20260507T100227
CREATED:20250214T185446Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250221T181945Z
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SUMMARY:48th Annual Art Comp
DESCRIPTION:48th Annual Art Comp\nOPENING\nAwards Reception Friday\, May 9th\, 2025 | 6PM – 8PM\nIn Beverly Arts Center’s Simmerling Gallery \nNOTIFICATION\nArtists selected for ART COMP 48 will be notified no later than Friday\, April 11th at 4PM. \nThe Beverly Arts Center proudly announces the open application period for ART COMP 48.  This annual juried gallery exhibition celebrates the talent and creativity to local and regional artists. Since 1976\, ART COMP has supported artists with prize money and the opportunity to show their work in the BAC’s Jack Simmerling Gallery.  \nSubmission Form \n48th Annual Art Comp Submission Form Here \nAdministrative Fee \nAdministrative Fee Payment Here \nThe fee for entry is $20\, or $15 for BAC members or college students\n\nForms with missing information or forms submitted without payment will be considered incomplete and will be ineligible for consideration. \nSelected artworks can be dropped off during the week of Monday\, April 14th – Sunday\, April 27th. BAC will accept mailed in artwork with return postage included in the packaging. \n  \nHISTORY OF ART COMP\nIn 1976\, real estate developer Arthur Rubloff and local artists William and Judie Anderson\, all original supporters of the Beverly Arts Center\, decided to honor their good friends\, Alice and Arthur Baer\, by establishing a juried art competition in their name. Each year\, the Beverly Arts Center awards over $5000 in prize monies to local and regional artists whose works are selected for exhibition. \nART COMP 48 is made possible through the generous support of Beverly Bank and Trust. \n \n\nPRIZE MONEY\nBeverly Bank Best of Show: $1000 Alice and Arthur Baer Award $750 \n\nBill and Judie Anderson Award –  $750\nHonorable Mention 1 –  $350\nHonorable Mention 2 –  $350\nHonorable Mention 3 –  $350\nHonorable Mention 4 –  $350\nHonorable Mention 5 –  $350\nBeverly Arts Center Purchase Award –  Up to $500\n\nRETURNING WORK\nShipped work will be mailed by Tuesday\, June 10th\, 2025. All other work must be collected between Saturday\, June 7th and no later than Saturday\, June 20th.  Work may only be picked-up during hours that the BAC Front Desk is staffed – Mondays – Thursdays\, 12noon – 7pm\, Fridays\, 12noon – 5pm\, and Saturdays\, 9am – 2pm.  The BAC is not responsible for uncollected works. \nLIABILITY & INSURANCE\nThe BAC does not insure artwork. Artists are responsible for demonstrating proof of insurance for their own work. \nSALES\nThe BAC retains a 30% commission of any item sold based on the sale price determined by the Artist in advance of the Exhibition. All sales of pieces exhibited at ART COMP 46 for the duration of the show\,  Friday\, May 9th\, 2025 and Friday\, June 6th\, 2025 will be processed through the Beverly Arts Center’s point of sale system.  Artists whose work is purchased during this period will receive payment from the BAC no later than Friday\, June 27th\, 2025. \nMARKETING\nThe BAC reserves the right to photograph all exhibited works and to use those photographs for catalog and/ or publicity purposes. \nINCLUSION\nThe Beverly Arts Center is committed to cultivating and preserving a culture of inclusion and connectedness. We empower the creative vitality of every identity and encourage work from all communities\, groups\, and individuals
URL:https://thebeverlyartscenter.com/event/48th-annual-art-comp/
CATEGORIES:Art Gallery,Concerts,Shows
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241207T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241207T160000
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SUMMARY:10th Annual Uprising Holiday Market
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the 10th annual Uprising Holiday Market and shop for one-of-a-kind holiday treasures among local and Chicago-area artists and artisans while rockin’ out to the tunes of DJ Radio Ruta. \nWe’ll also have a Cookie Decorating Station for the kids featuring sugar cookies from Al’s Cookie Mixx from 12-3pm. \nThe Uprising is part of the festive Holiday Road event happening in 25 locations up and down Western Avenue. Details at https://www.mpbhba.org/holiday-road/ \n  \nSPONSORED BY THE BEVERLY AREA ARTS ALLIANCE
URL:https://thebeverlyartscenter.com/event/10th-annual-uprising-holiday-market/
CATEGORIES:Art Gallery,Market,Shows
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241108T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241108T200000
DTSTAMP:20260507T100227
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SUMMARY:ExtraOrdinary
DESCRIPTION:ExtraOrdinary\nIn Partnership with the Beverly Area Arts Alliance\n\n\n\n\nIn ExtraOrdinary\, three artists explore the everyday to find moments of wonder and contemplation. Featuring meticulously-detailed scenes of Chicago by urban on-site painter Andy Paczos\, hyper-realistic paintings exploring the mystery of everyday life by Jennifer Cronin\, and photo-based collage by artist/designer Jamie Gannon that document endangered structures and places and pieces them together into intentionally unfamiliar yet visually satisfying works. \nMusic by Joe Rauen\nOpening Reception: Friday\, November 8th from 6:00pm-8:00pm\nExhibit Runs Through December 20th
URL:https://thebeverlyartscenter.com/event/extraordinary/
CATEGORIES:Art Gallery,Exhibit Opening,Shows
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SUMMARY:This Living Earth–Our Shared Gaia
DESCRIPTION:The Living Earth–Our Shared Gaia\nThe Beverly Arts Center is excited to announce the upcoming art exhibition\, “This Living Earth – Our Shared Gaia\,” showcasing 12 talented artists from northern Illinois and Indiana. From April 5 to April 27\, 2024\, the exhibition will be held at the Simmerling 2nd Floor Gallery at 2407 W. 111th St.\, Chicago. \nARTISTS INCLUDE: \nSharon Bladholm\nGabriella Boros\nVictoria Fuller\nKathryn Gauthier\nFletcher Hayes\nMike Barret Kolasinski\nBasia Krol\nDeborah Maris Lader\nKim Laurel\nDorothy Mason\nGregory Mejia\nRenee McGinnis \nThe opening reception for “This Living Earth — Our Shared Gaia” will take place on Friday\, April 5\, 2024\, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. The event is family-friendly\, and admission is free to the public. Join us in celebrating the captivating intersection of nature and art with an evening of visual exploration. \nGAIA THEORY & INSPIRATION: \nThe exhibition delves into the Gaia theory\, exploring how the biosphere and the evolution of life contribute to the stability of our planet. The artists draw inspiration from Hortus Botanicus\, the botanical garden\, creating a captivating fusion of landscapes\, plants\, water\, and animal studies. Allegorical metaphors for our natural world in flux are also prevalent in the exhibited works. \nThe featured artists\, including Sharon Bladholm\, Fletcher Hayes\, and Kim Laurel\, present a diverse range of visual expressions\, combining naturalism and abstraction. The artwork incorporates symbolism\, pattern\, texture\, color\, form\, and light\, inviting viewers to contemplate the intricate beauty of our shared Gaia. \nCURATORS: \nThe dynamic team of Kim Laurel and Fletcher Hayes curated the exhibition\, bringing together their artistic vision to create a cohesive and thought-provoking experience. \nJoin us on this artistic journey as we explore the interconnectedness of nature and humanity through the lens of these talented artists. “This Living Earth – Our Shared Gaia” promises to be a visually stunning and intellectually stimulating exhibition.
URL:https://thebeverlyartscenter.com/event/this-living-earth-our-shared-gaia/
LOCATION:Simmerling Gallery
CATEGORIES:Art Gallery
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240209
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240301
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SUMMARY:Radical Love: A Memoir from the Heart
DESCRIPTION:Radical Love: A Memoir from the Heart\nEmbrace the extraordinary as artist Hyero invites you to witness a visual symphony that transcends boundaries and celebrates the beauty of diversity. The much-anticipated exhibition\, “Radical Love\,” is set to open on February 9 at The Beverly Arts Center – Cafe Gallery\, inviting art enthusiasts and seekers of profound connections to embark on a journey through the power of love.
URL:https://thebeverlyartscenter.com/event/radical-love-a-memoir-from-the-heart/
LOCATION:Simmerling Gallery
CATEGORIES:Art Gallery
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SUMMARY:There is No Story That is Not True
DESCRIPTION:There is No Story That is Not True\nJoin us at The Beverly Arts Center – Simmerling Gallery for an extraordinary Afro-Futuristic art exhibition\, “There is No Story That is Not True.” Featuring the incredible works of eight local black artists from the Chicagoland area\, this showcase promises a captivating journey into creativity and cultural expression. \nSave the date for the grand opening on Friday\, February 9th\, starting at 6 pm. Immerse yourself in the curated brilliance of Paul Branton while enjoying the soulful beats by Cam Be. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to celebrate and support the diverse talents shaping the cultural landscape of our community.
URL:https://thebeverlyartscenter.com/event/there-is-no-story-that-is-not-true/
LOCATION:Simmerling Gallery
CATEGORIES:Art Gallery
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240112T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240112T200000
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SUMMARY:dATAPLOT: Shared Hallucinations
DESCRIPTION:Opening Reception January 12 Postponed Due to Weather\nJanuary 12–February 2\, 2024 \n  \n“Even the most perfect reproduction of a work of art is lacking in one element: its presence in time and space\, its unique existence at the place where it happens to be.”\n—Walter Benjamin\, Illuminations \n“Did Briet mean that just as “art” is made art by “framing” (i.e. treating) it as art\, so an object becomes a “document” when it is treated as a document\, i.e. as a physical or symbolic sign\, preserved or recorded\, intended to represent\, to reconstruct\, or to demonstrate a physical or conceptual phenomenon?”\n—Michael K. Buckland\, “What Is a ‘Document’?” Journal of the American Society of Information Science \nThe 2003 dATAPLOT exhibit at St. Xavier University Gallery was an early investigation into a possible future consumed by AI writing\, art\, and crypto. It featured ALLOY\, a pioneering computer-generated book which described a cybernetic reality and meta-narrative where generative writing autonomously writes itself into existence. Also showcased was a wall of so-called Diamond Junk Reports\, a series of image+text pairs that asked the viewer to contemplate meaning-making in an era when artistic content can be easily and rapidly generated by computers and inserted into a deluge of digital ephemera. This foresaw the speculative and occasionally dubious world of web3 nearly two decades in advance. \nThis 2024 revisitation continues the conversation about authenticity\, but with tools benefiting from 20 years of development. dATAPLOT presents another series of image+text pairs from a museum exhibition about a latent civilization discovered by artists and archivists. Each museum relic under glass is carefully represented as tokenized digital art files and cryptographically bound to a unique keypair also included as hardcopies encased in envelopes meant for the gallery wall. The exhibit invites users to not only participate with but also embody and possess artifacts from this shared hallucination and artificial aesthetic. \nThe goal of this art practice is to develop techniques for creating plain text hypermedia objects as contemporary cultural relics\, aspiring to a level of significance and permanence comparable to that of ancient materiality. Perhaps this is one step towards the convergence of art object and document. Emerging from an exploration of latent spaces\, these digital creations exemplify a modern approach to preserving and reimagining a shared cultural heritage. The dATAPLOT project maps and articulates some of these aesthetic boundaries within the essence of humanistic inquiry\, reflecting the evolving narratives of our collective history. \nA technical aim of dATAPLOT is to produce a stable digital method for intermedia arts. Each artifact comprises a digital component and a physical counterpart which serves as the artifact’s proof-of-work. The digital component is a self-contained HTML document\, including the base64 encoded image. The content is structured within defined semantic tags which are then SHA256 hashed\, acting as an address in a type of distributed network. Additionally\, a JSON web token embedded in the document’s metadata includes the unique identifier and ownership claims\, ensuring each piece’s verifiability and distinct identity in a bespoke network of durable\, conceptual museum objects. \nMatthew Butler is a Research Manager at the Digital Scholarship & Publishing Studio in the University of Iowa Libraries where he works on such projects as the the Fluxus Digital Archives\, Intermedia Research Initiative\, and the International Dada Archive. He is an MFA graduate and former Bodine Fellow in the Intermedia Program in the School of Art & Art History at Iowa where he studied with Hans Breder. With over 25 years of professional experience in libraries and archives\, Matthew has developed a studio practice concentrating on an information systems approach to intermedia art. In addition to his role as research manager\, he also teaches university courses in digital art and humanities\, where he emphasizes not only creative practice but archival standards in student work.
URL:https://thebeverlyartscenter.com/event/dataplot-shared-hallucinations/
LOCATION:Simmerling Gallery
CATEGORIES:Art Gallery
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