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Talking Whiteboards – August sessions (post #4)

Two sessions were added in August. Video excerpts are posted as they become available. Day 1 Irina Botea skyped in from Romania. She used the Critique Template to speak about film making and collaboration, and then discussed The Braid . We didn’t

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Talking Whiteboards – week 3

As the last full week of this project concluded, 39 artists and arts administrators had joined me in my studio. (One or two August dates are being scheduled for those who were away or had conflicts.) Many thanks go to all participants,

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Republishing 2004 Whiteboard Project

In 2004, I exhibited three dry erase coated diagrams and six vinyl banners, after George Lakoff’s “Moral Politics: How Liberals and Conservatives Think” (1996).To facilitate conversations, I was present during the run of the exhibit, which was located in a storefront

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Talking Whiteboards – week 2

This was a 4 day week, marked by long, in-depth conversations across multiple boards, and very exciting, free form uses of the Hairy Blob. By request, here are the diagrams: Video excerpts are posted as they become available. Day 1 Rebecca George,

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Talking Whiteboards – week 1

For three weeks, I am inviting visitors to my studio, to talk out loud what any one (or several) of seven diagrams  inspire them to consider. I am posting this at the end of the first week. The diagrams are presented

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Research: South East Chicago Commission

The South East Chicago Commission (SECC) is a community-based organization, focused on enhancing the quality of life in five neighborhoods through a number of programs and initiatives. The SECC is funded by the University of Chicago, the City of Chicago,

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Chicago Cultural Center residency Diagram workshop with Hatch projects curators JGV/WAR and 6 artists

      Yesterday, curatorial team JGV/WAR entered the Matrix, with artists whose work they will exhibit in the fall as part of a residency at Hatch Projects they are all participating in. Towards developing their exhibition, we used the 3-Line Whiteboard and Fractal 3-Line Matrix

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Chicago Cultural Center – exhibition and residency

It’s official – as of yesterday, I’ve been awarded the first residency in the newly renovated first floor Chicago Cultural Center Garland Gallery, April 25 – mid July. It’s an amazing space. I’m also opening an extensive exhibition of my diagrams in

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working on:

Arts Ecologies of Hyde Park, Kenwood, Oaklawn, Washington Park and Woodlawn:  Interviews + Diagrams, with the South East Chicago Commission and SAIC Management Studio. Arts Ecologies of East Lawndale: Interviews + Diagrams, with the Homan Square Foundation and SAIC Management Studio. “Enter the

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Useful Pictures at the Evanston Art Center

Here’s documentation:  Useful Pictures at the Evanston Art Center, featuring the first Fractal Matrix:

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