Astro Space Station
Astro Space Party (www.astrospaceparty.info) is a Chicago-based virtual gallery that curates one original content video horoscope each week. All videos are made exclusively for the site. To celebrate the impending launch of Space Station TV (www.space-station.tv), a sister site that will feature artist-made television with curated channels, a three episode kickoff series will be performed and taped live at Version 12. Join artist Frank Pollard as he hosts interviews, musical performances and surprise special guests on the set of Space Station TV, installed at the Co-Prosperity Sphere throughout Version.
Frank Pollard interviews Wesley Groves on how the occult figures into artistic practices. Musical performance and interview with Lulu Callier of Gel Set.
Astro Space Party is programmed by Gwendolyn Infusino and Joe Jeffers
Private Feast # 3
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Admission: by reservation and invitation (see below)
“Private Feast” is a series of interactive participatory performances, a set up for exploring diverse cultures and practicing a collective imagination in a social environment performed with artist, Hoyun Son. Selected guests (both neighbors and other Chicagoans) who don't know most of the other guests are invited to a dinner party. Each of the guests is asked to bring a choice of food ingredient, a choice of spice, a choice of drink, and a choice of music. The artist provide variety of table settings and each of individual setting represent different culinary culture. As the guests arrive, Hoyun will guide them to decide what they can cook with the collected food ingredients and spices by sharing their own culture.
The guests are divided into a few groups to work together on different food preparations. Throughout the evening, the guests will share the food they made, and enjoy a variety of drinks, music, and diverse conversations each of them brought to the table. Some of activities may include making dessert and Korean rice wine (Makguli) together.
If you would like to be a participant in Private Feast please contact Hoyun at hoyunson@gmail.com They take place Tuesdays, May 8, 15 and 22. The feasts are limited to 12 people.
Private Feast #2
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Admission: by reservation and invitation (see below)
“Private Feast” is a series of interactive participatory performances, a set up for exploring diverse cultures and practicing a collective imagination in a social environment performed with artist, Hoyun Son. Selected guests (both neighbors and other Chicagoans) who don't know most of the other guests are invited to a dinner party. Each of the guests is asked to bring a choice of food ingredient, a choice of spice, a choice of drink, and a choice of music. The artist provide variety of table settings and each of individual setting represent different culinary culture. As the guests arrive, Hoyun will guide them to decide what they can cook with the collected food ingredients and spices by sharing their own culture.
The guests are divided into a few groups to work together on different food preparations. Throughout the evening, the guests will share the food they made, and enjoy a variety of drinks, music, and diverse conversations each of them brought to the table. Some of activities may include making dessert and Korean rice wine (Makguli) together.
If you would like to be a participant in Private Feast please contact Hoyun at hoyunson@gmail.com They take place Tuesdays, May 8, 15 and 22. The feasts are limited to 12 people.
Private Feast
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Admission: by reservation and invitation (see below)
“Private Feast” is a series of interactive participatory performances, a set up for exploring diverse cultures and practicing a collective imagination in a social environment performed with artist, Hoyun Son. Selected guests (both neighbors and other Chicagoans) who don't know most of the other guests are invited to a dinner party. Each of the guests is asked to bring a choice of food ingredient, a choice of spice, a choice of drink, and a choice of music. The artist provide variety of table settings and each of individual setting represent different culinary culture. As the guests arrive, Hoyun will guide them to decide what they can cook with the collected food ingredients and spices by sharing their own culture.
The guests are divided into a few groups to work together on different food preparations. Throughout the evening, the guests will share the food they made, and enjoy a variety of drinks, music, and diverse conversations each of them brought to the table. Some of activities may include making dessert and Korean rice wine (Makguli) together.
If you would like to be a participant in Private Feast please contact Hoyun at hoyunson@gmail.com They take place Tuesdays, May 8, 15 and 22. The feasts are limited to 12 people.
Version 12: Tour: Mysteries and Natural Wonders of Bridgeport
Sunday, May 6, 2012, 3pm
Mysteries and Natural Wonders of Bridgeport
Co-Prosperity Sphere
3219 S Morgan
Hours: 3pm
Admission: Free
Bridgeport isn't just home to numerous Chicago mayors. It's also got old stone quarries; historic bars; defunct breweries; settlement house; fictional, opinionated Irishmen; and some mighty fine chili. Tour traces Bridgeport history from Marquette all the way through Mayor Daley!
Join us for a walking tour on May 6 and a trolley tour on May 13th. Walking tour is FREE. Trolley tour is $30 sliding scale and includes stops at famous and infamousBridgeport watering holes. RSVP to pocketguidetohell@gmail.com and be sure to indicate the date.
Mysteries and Natural Wonders of Bridgeport
with Paul Durica, Pocket Guide to Hell
Co-Prosperity Sphere
3219 S Morgan
Hours: 3pm
Admission: Free
Bridgeport isn't just home to numerous Chicago mayors. It's also got old stone quarries; historic bars; defunct breweries; settlement house; fictional, opinionated Irishmen; and some mighty fine chili. Tour traces Bridgeport history from Marquette all the way through Mayor Daley!
Join us for a walking tour on May 6 and a trolley tour on May 13th. Walking tour is FREE. Trolley tour is $30 sliding scale and includes stops at famous and infamousBridgeport watering holes. RSVP to pocketguidetohell@gmail.com and be sure to indicate the date.
Community Brewing: Discovering the Flavors of Beer With Dave Kahle
Community Brewing: Discovering the Flavors of Beer With Dave Kahle
At Co-Prosperity Sphere ( Maria's Packaged Goods & Community Bar's gallery)
3219 S Morgan Street
$30 Please rsvp at Edmarlumpen@gmail.com. There will be only 30 participants for this event
Discovering the Flavors of Beer With Dave Kahle
In this seminar, we will discuss how flavor perception works and how to apply it to tasting beer. While discussing the range of flavors that can be found in beer, we will do side by side taste comparisons to give an understanding of the different ingredients and how they play a roll in creating beer styles. This tasting session will also help you to understand what your preferences are within the scope of beer styles, making it easier to buy a beer that you'll enjoy.
Dave Kahle is a Master Cicerone, one of just four people to have earned the title. He has earned certificates from the Siebel Institute/World Brewing Academy, in Brewing Technology, Sensory Panel Management, and Brewing Microbiology, as well as having an Advanced Draft Tech certificate from the Micro Matic Draft Institute.
Since high school, Dave has worked in the bar business, culminating with owning a bar and restaurant in Chicago for seven years, where he was able to sample several hundred different brands of beer, wine and sake on an annual basis. This experience and beer education has lead him to work for the Cicerone Certification Program, which is the beer industry equivalent to a wine Sommelier certification program. He works as a consultant and beer educator when he's not grading, writing and proctoring Cicerone exams.
Dave is also an AHA member, homebrewer, and a beer judge at the Beverage Testing Institute (BTI) in Chicago.
Community Brewing: Discovering the Flavors of Beer With Dave Kahle
May 20, 2012 • 8pm!!!
At Co-Prosperity Sphere ( Maria's Packaged Goods & Community Bar's gallery)
3219 S Morgan Street
$30 Please rsvp at Edmarlumpen@gmail.com. There will be only 30 participants for this event
Discovering the Flavors of Beer With Dave Kahle
In this seminar, we will discuss how flavor perception works and how to apply it to tasting beer. While discussing the range of flavors that can be found in beer, we will do side by side taste comparisons to give an understanding of the different ingredients and how they play a roll in creating beer styles. This tasting session will also help you to understand what your preferences are within the scope of beer styles, making it easier to buy a beer that you'll enjoy.
Dave Kahle is a Master Cicerone, one of just four people to have earned the title. He has earned certificates from the Siebel Institute/World Brewing Academy, in Brewing Technology, Sensory Panel Management, and Brewing Microbiology, as well as having an Advanced Draft Tech certificate from the Micro Matic Draft Institute.
Since high school, Dave has worked in the bar business, culminating with owning a bar and restaurant in Chicago for seven years, where he was able to sample several hundred different brands of beer, wine and sake on an annual basis. This experience and beer education has lead him to work for the Cicerone Certification Program, which is the beer industry equivalent to a wine Sommelier certification program. He works as a consultant and beer educator when he's not grading, writing and proctoring Cicerone exams.
Dave is also an AHA member, homebrewer, and a beer judge at the Beverage Testing Institute (BTI) in Chicago.
MFA Show: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
This isn’t your typical first-year, second-year, or MFA-thesis shows; it’s something more
honest, spontaneous, and possibly more thorough. Carrying on last year's success with
artsplosia, MFA students from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign once again
are bringing their multi-disciplinary practice to the audience in Chicago. This time the
5,000-square-foot space will showcase 25 artists' latest work in Metals, New Media,
Painting, Photography, Sculpture, and more. It’s a chic ONE-NIGHT SHOW, which means
viewers will be in close contact with the artists throughout the show. But don't overthink it, it’s all about YOU, I, YOU SEE.
Co-Prosperity Sphere
Reception: Friday, March 23rd, 6pm-9pm
Featuring artists:
Sara Alsum-Wassenaar • Will Arnold • Bill Berger • Shayna Egan • Justin Farkas • Amy Gilles • Jim
Graham • Dan Gratz • Ben Grosser • Hana Hong • Erica Leohner • Hali Linn • Maria Lux • Samantha
Persons • Megan Roche • Paul Shortt • Michael Smith • Lindsey Snell • Laura Tanner • Jess Tolbert •
Nicki Werner • Scott Vanidestine • Sarah Beth Woods • Michael Woody • Xinran Yuan
Co-Prosperity Sphere
3219 S. Morgan St.
Chicago, IL 60608
http://youiyousee.com/
This isn’t your typical first-year, second-year, or MFA-thesis shows; it’s something more
honest, spontaneous, and possibly more thorough. Carrying on last year's success with
artsplosia, MFA students from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign once again
are bringing their multi-disciplinary practice to the audience in Chicago. This time the
5,000-square-foot space will showcase 25 artists' latest work in Metals, New Media,
Painting, Photography, Sculpture, and more. It’s a chic ONE-NIGHT SHOW, which means
viewers will be in close contact with the artists throughout the show. But don't overthink it, it’s all about YOU, I, YOU SEE.
Co-Prosperity Sphere
Reception: Friday, March 23rd, 6pm-9pm
Featuring artists:
Sara Alsum-Wassenaar • Will Arnold • Bill Berger • Shayna Egan • Justin Farkas • Amy Gilles • Jim
Graham • Dan Gratz • Ben Grosser • Hana Hong • Erica Leohner • Hali Linn • Maria Lux • Samantha
Persons • Megan Roche • Paul Shortt • Michael Smith • Lindsey Snell • Laura Tanner • Jess Tolbert •
Nicki Werner • Scott Vanidestine • Sarah Beth Woods • Michael Woody • Xinran Yuan
Co-Prosperity Sphere
3219 S. Morgan St.
Chicago, IL 60608
http://youiyousee.com/
Acre Presents: Sans
ACRE and THE CO-PROSPERITY SPHERE present an opening reception on FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 2012 from 7-10pm at 3219-21 S Morgan Street, Chicago 60618.
ACRE is please to present
SANS: new works by CLAIRE ARCTANDER, CAROLYN BENDEL, JEREMY BOLEN, PAUL NELSON & NICHOLAS STEINDORF, the next installment in ACRE's year-long series of exhibitions by 2011 ACRE summer residents.
SANS presents a sprawling group exhibition featuring the work of five of ACRE's 2011 residents working in a range of mediums and dealing with absence, loss, and change.
Arctander
's sculptures revel in the tactility of desire, teasing fantastic out of banal and playing with the potential for power in debasement. Bendel manipulates quotidian materials creating a tension in reference to the splitting and warping of light through a prism. Bolen collaborates with preexisting environments and the world of high energy particle physics as he creates experimental photographic processes to capture invisible phenomena. Nelson utilizes the obsolete VHS tape to create new sculptures that mourn the passing of the technology while celebrating its new found use as art material. Steindorf's prints and videos make use of accessible subject matter to eliminate complicated signs and encourage viewer-object relationships asking the audience toenter the work and ponder what happens inside it.
CLAIRE ARCTANDER lives and works in Chicago. She makes sculptures, photos and videos. She earned her MFA in Studio Arts from the University of Illinois Chicago in 2011 and a BA in Art and Gender Studies from Northwestern University in 2005. Arctander currently teaches art classes for the City Colleges of Chicago.
You can find more information about Claire Arctander at
clairearctander.com.
CAROLYN BENDEL is a mixed media visual artist. She received her MFA in Visual Art from Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Art at Washington University in St. Louis, MO and her BFA from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville with a concentration in Ceramics and Art history. She is currently living Chicago, IL where she serves on the board for Chicago Sculpture International as Treasurer.
You can find more information about Carolyn Bendel at
www.carolynbendel.com.
JEREMY BOLEN grew up moving throughout America, living in six different states before turning 18. He currently resides in Chicago , where he is an MFA Candidate at University of Illinois at Chicago for the Spring of 2012. A recent recipient of the Provost Award for Graduate Research, Bolen will be using the award to travel to CERN in Geneva, Switzerland, continuing his collaborations with experimental high energy particle physics . Along with many upcoming exhibitions, he teaches photography at the University of Illinois at Chicago and The Marwen Institute.
You can find more information about Jeremy Bolen at
www.jeremybolen.com.
PAUL LOUIS NELSON was born in Maryland and currently lives in Chicago, Illinois. He received his BFA in 2007 from Rochester Institute of Technology and his MFA in 2011 from University of Illinois at Chicago. He is a bookmaker, sculptor, photographer, worrier.
You can find more information about Paul Louis Nelson at
www.paullouisnelson.com.
NICHOLAS STEINDORF is an artist living and working in Brooklyn, NY. He earned his BFA from Columbia College Chicago in 2009.
You can find more information about Nicholas Steindorf at
www.nicholassteindorf.com.
ACRE (Artists’ Cooperative Residency and Exhibition) was founded in 2010 with the ambition to provide the arts community with an affordable, cooperative, and dialogue-oriented residency program. The residency itself takes place each summer in rural southwest Wisconsin and brings together artists from across disciplines and levels of experience to create a regenerative community of cultural producers. Over the course of the following year ACRE endeavors to further support its residents by providing venues for exhibitions, idea exchange, interdisciplinary collaboration, and experimental projects.
