IN SANE
Exhibit & Performances
Opening Reception: Thursday, November 5, 2015, 5:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
1824 N. Milwaukee Ave.
Chicago, IL 60647
Dima Zhukov, Copy the Past, 2015
Seven artists from Chicago, Detroit, Toledo, New York and Berlin respond to the questions posed by curator and Chicago artist Andrei Rabodzeenko: What does it mean to be sane? Do you have to know what’s sane, to know the borders, parameters of insanity? Do you often see the world as a sick brew of insane characters? Do you feel you have to survive in this insane world? What’s your way? Do you have to pretend that you are insane as well in order to blend in, match? Or do you stay clear and show what you are? Are you afraid to become as insane as the rest of the world? Do you think that the world is all sane, but you might be losing it? What is it for you, as an artist — is it a game, is it everyday survival, or…?
Mauricio Forero, Not to Be Reproduced Again (detail), 2015
The artists’ responses, in media ranging from drawings to video, from leather dolls to 3D installations, will be on view at 1824 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago (just north of the 606/Bloomingdale Trail) for four days, from Thursday, November 5th through Sunday, November 8th. The venue is generously provided by TOCA.
Andrei Rabodzeenko, Outcasts (detail), 2015
The IN SANE schedule:
Thursday, Nov. 5 – Opening, 5:30pm – 9pm
Friday, Nov. 6 – Interactive performance by Matt Bodett, 6pm & Interactive talk by Shruti Sekhri, 7pm
Saturday, Nov. 7 – Noise performance by Nate Kuhl, Andrei Rabodzeenko, 8pm
Sunday, Nov. 8 – Informal chats with curator Andrei Rabodzeenko, 2pm-6pm.
All events are free.
Misha Dontsov, Aral (detail), 2015
Participating artists:
Misha Dontsov
Mauricio Forero
Mary Fortuna
Sandra Jane Heard
Andrei Rabodzeenko
Vassilen Vasevski
Dima Zhukov
Sandra Jane Heard, Elusive Escape (detail), 2015
Vassilen Vasevski, Insane self-portrait, 2015
Mary Fortuna, Arachnoid Man, 2015
