Category: Move Remove Place Displace

Move / Remove // Place / Displace: December Edition

11/21/2015

Sunday, December 13 (1-3 p.m.)

Carlos & Dominguez Fine Arts Gallery
1538 W. Cullerton Ave.
Chicago, IL

free and open to the public

You're invited to come to Move / Remove // Place / Displace: December Edition at the Carlos & Dominguez Fine Arts Gallery in Pilsen. This program includes the Casa Aztlan Art Project installation; "More Psychogeography in the Suburbs," a performance by Janina Ciezadlo; and a panel discussion with Robert Valadez, Elvia Rodriguez, Ochoa Rodriguez and Arturo Barrera. Refreshments will be provided.

Casa Aztlan Art Project

The Casa Aztlan Art Project is based on an art lesson that Arturo Barrera developed, and which has been explored by Arturo's fifth grade art students at Pasteur School. This project was inspired by the mural on the facade of the Casa Aztlan building (at the corner of 18th and Racine Streets in Pilsen). Arturo had his students think about what they would do if they were commissioned to design and paint a mural on the building's facade. The artworks that these fifth graders produced are wonderful, colorful and exciting. 61 artworks by students at Pasteur School are currently being exhibited at the Carlos & Dominguez Fine Arts Gallery.

Panel Discussion

This panel -- with Elvia Rodriguez Ochoa, Robert Valadez and Arturo Barrera -- will include discussion of Pilsen's cultural identity, with a focus on connections to murals; how murals in Pilsen relate and have responded to gentrification in this neighborhood; how schools can educate CPS students in the history of the Latino Mural Movement in Pilsen; and the Multiuso "Day Without Art" project.

More Psychogeography in the Suburbs

Gentrification does not always mean that people are being pushed out of their neighborhoods and homes. In this piece Janina Ciezadlo is considering the loss of a green space that the surrounding communities tried to preserve for public use handed over to developers in a shady deal with a former city official. She is using the Situationist term 'psychogeography,' because our wanderings take us from the current social and political moment into the Paleozoic era and back again following the ceaseless human and planetary processes of moving and removing, creating and investigating places and displacements.

Move / Remove // Place / Displace: December Edition is part of Move / Remove // Place / Displace, a project co-presented by High Concept Labs, Carlos & Dominguez Fine Arts Gallery and Borderbend Arts Collective. MRPD explores themes such as gentrification and immigration -- in Pilsen, throughout Chicago, and elsewhere around the world. Aspects of MRPD have included an HCL residency with Chicago-based artist Shir Ende; and Chicago Calling: Move / Remove // Place / Displace (Oct. 10, 2015).

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Move / Remove // Place / Displace -- Fall & Winter Programming

10/29/2015

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We had a great time during the Chicago Calling: Move / Remove // Place / Displace at High Concept Labs last month, and we have more MRPR programming coming soon.

A MRPD exhibition will be going up at the Carlos & Dominguez Fine Arts Gallery, and public programming will happen at the gallery (November 24-Dec. 19). This exhibition will include:

Artworks by students at Pasteur School, taught by Arturo Barrera. These artworks are inspired by Marcos Raya's mural in front of Casa Aztlan.
Other TBA work.

Check back soon for more details.

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Our Next Arts Workshop: Marcos Raya and Hector Duarte

9/21/2015

Monday, October 5
(6:00-7:00, 7:15-8:30 p.m.)

Mozart Park Fieldhouse
2036 N. Avers Ave.
Chicago, IL 60647

all ages, free & open to the public

You're invited to come to our next workshop, which is inspired by Marcos Raya and Hector Duarte --

We will look at and talk about the work of Raya and Duarte, with a focus on their connections to Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood;
We'll talk about other people who are linked to and/or inspired by them; and
Workshop participants will create art inspired by Raya and Duarte.

Bring your musical instruments, art supplies and notebooks. These workshops are interactive and multidisciplinary. We have supplies and equipment on hand that workshop participants can use -- including pencils, pens, paint, a piano, other musical instruments.

Location: Mozart Park is in Chicago's Logan Square neighborhood. It's on the north side of Armitage Ave. -- several blocks east of Pulaski Rd., just south of Dickens and Shakespeare Streets. Our workshop series happens in the room to the left of fieldhouse lobby; some workshop sessions may happen outside in the park, weather permitting.

Transportation & parking: Mozart Park can be reached by public transportation (such as the #73 Armitage Ave. bus, and not far from the Logan Square and Western Ave. stations on the CTA's blue line. Mozart Park has a parking lot on Armitage, east of Avers.

Registering for Chicago Portraits & Arts Journeys: Click here or here to register for the fall term at the Chicago Park District website.

Additional info: You can contact us by clicking here (if you have questions about this workshop or to RSVP). Click here to find out more about the Chicago Portraits & Arts Journeys workshop series.

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arts workshop inspired by Carlos Cortez (Mozart Park, 2014) http://www.borderbend.org/blog/carlos-cortez
arts workshop inspired by the Hairy Who and the Chicago Imagists (Mozart Park, 2015): http://www.borderbend.org/blog/june-20th
Chicago Calling: Move/Remove/ /Place/Replace (High Concept Labs, 10/10/2015): http://highconceptlaboratories.org/event/chicago-calling-move-remove-place-displace/?instance_id=21784
Marcos Raya: http://www.marcosraya.com
National Museum of Mexican Art: http://www.nationalmuseumofmexicanart.org
Yollacalli: http://yollocalli.org

Chicago Calling: Move/Remove/ /Place/Displace

9/17/2015

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Saturday, October 10 (4-9 p.m.)

High Concept Labs
Mana Contemporary Chicago
2233 S. Throop St.
Chicago, IL 60608

$5 suggested donation, all ages

You’re invited to come to Chicago Calling: Move/Remove//Place/Displace, which explores themes such as migration, immigration, and gentrification—in Pilsen, across Chicago, and with resonances around the world. Pilsen, like other Chicago neighborhoods, is a neighborhood that’s constantly in transition. Some of those changes can be seen and felt quickly, whereas other changes manifest themselves slowly over years and generations. How can we witness the changes happening around us and actively participate in processes that relate to movement and placement—in meaningful ways? How can artists and activists create dynamic work that explores these themes? CC: MRPD explores these themes.

The program includes:

artist talk by Shir Ende
"Backhoes and Palmyra," a presentation by Janina Ciezadlo
artwork by Chicago Public School students -- created in response to a mural by Marcos Raya, facilitated by Arturo Barrera
screening of Broadway Corners by Orin Buck
music and poetry performance with Joe Vajarsky (tenor saxophone), Kenyatta Rogers (poetry), Roger Carroll (tenor saxophone, piano), Matthew Feingold (upright bass, piano) and Dan Godston (cornet, percussion)
Immigration, Gentrification, Arts and Activism -- panel discussion with Tony Diaz, Amanda Gutierrez and Lupe Mendez
Out of the map: a collective itinerary of displacements -- Amanda Gutierrez in collaboration with Film Front

at 7 PM:
Out of the map: a collective itinerary of displacements is a critical itinerary in collaboration with Film Front, which utilizes a group walk as a reflective tool—revising the role of community centers that have been closed, displaced, or played historically important roles in the development of the Pilsen neighborhood. The walk is meant to be a collective process of memory, inviting three collaborators with their own historical narrative, who have studied or participated in the featured organizations and cultural centers.

The walk features Casa Aztlan, Thalia Hall (highlighting its role with the Bohemian community), and Yollocalli Arts Reach. The walk will finish at Film Front -- including a short screening of a documentary about gentrification and post-screening discussion.

Thanks to today's presenters and performers; Rachel Ellison and Steven Wang from High Concept Labs for helping with this event; Peter Weathers from HCL for helping with the marketing; Film Front and HCL for partnering with Borderbend on this event; and Deon Morrissette and Erik Summerville for assisting with the event.

CC: MRPD happens during the Tenth Annual Chicago Calling Arts Festival. Chicago Calling is a multi-arts collaboration festival; during the Tenth Annual Chicago Calling Arts Festival people in Chicago work with people outside of Chicago — both here in the U.S. and abroad. These collaborations include a range of art forms, such as music, dance, film, literature, and intermedia — and they are prepared or improvised. Some Chicago Calling events involve live feeds between Chicago and other locations.

The 2015 Chicago Calling Arts Festival is part of the 20th Annual Chicago Artists Month, which highlights the work of hundreds of artists throughout Chicago with performances, exhibitions, open studios, tours and neighborhood art walks. The 20th annual Chicago Artists Month (CAM) celebrates the City as Studio: from October 1 – November 15, 2015. Join this community-contributed showcase of Chicago's artists and creatives and experience art in the parks, dance in the neighborhoods, installations in the alley, and concerts on the front porch. CAM is presented by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events in collaboration with the Chicago Park District and numerous community partners. CAM is presented by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events in collaboration with the Chicago Park District and numerous community partners.

Chicago Calling is presented by the Borderbend Arts Collective. Borderbend presents boundary-pushing arts programming by connecting artists with communities to create year-round musical, literary and multi-arts programs involving new and unique arts practices. Our programs include site-specific events; arts education programs; collaborations among local, regional, and international artists and organizations; and work presented on web-based platforms -- all with the goal of building community.

Annual Borderbend programs include the Chicago Calling Arts Festival and Mingus Awareness Project. Borderbend partners with other organizations to enrich and extend the reach of its programs which have involved artists, organizations, and communities from the U.S. and beyond.

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Move / Remove // Place / Displace

5/7/2015

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Borderbend is happy to announce that we are partnering with High Concept Labs and the Carlos & Dominguez Fine Arts Gallery on a new program called Move / Remove // Place / Displace.

Pilsen, like other Chicago neighborhoods, is constantly in transition. Some of those
changes can be seen and felt quickly, whereas other changes manifest themselves slowly over years and
generations. What tools can we use to map out our future intentions, our neighborhoods and communities, the world we envision? Projects might consider questions such as: how can we witness the changes happening around us, and actively participate in processes that relate to movement and placement—in meaningful ways?

Move / Remove // Place / Displace programming will begin in fall, including a MRPD event that will happen during the 2015 Chicago Calling Arts Festival and other programs in Pilsen.

MRPD has a call for artists; the deadline is June 15th. Click here to read the RFP. If you're a Chicago-based artist, consider applying!

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Move / Remove // Place / Displace: December Edition

Move / Remove // Place / Displace -- Fall & Winter Programming

Our Next Arts Workshop: Marcos Raya and Hector Duarte

Chicago Calling: Move/Remove/ /Place/Displace

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