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Wind Guide October 5–April 6, 2025 Opening Reception: Sunday, Oct 5 2–6pm We met the wind before. It took on human form, walking the streets of Chicago in plain clothes and humble appearance. They were a bit elusive but had a great sense of clarity and direction. They were kind and gracious, asking for nothing in return. We have decided to let the wind guide our next exhibition. Using elements of chance and coincidence as curation methods we have invited a group of 25 artists to create a series of wind chimes that will be installed on Mayfield’s perimeter. Through this ges-ture, we will amplify the wind’s voice in order to see what it has to say. - V Slovick Andi Crist Edra Soto Ruby Que John Preus bex ya yolk Nick Chiado Ieva Tersigni Sierra Zucker Mikey Mosher Sam Fresquez Pedro Albertini David Sprecher Kazuki Guzmán Jefferson Pinder Douglas Malone Meesh Kislyakov Mauricio López F. Madeleine Aguilar Christian Gutierrez Maria Burundarena Juan Angel Chavez Juan Eduardo Flores Sofía Fernández Díaz Merryn Omotayo Alaka open hours: by appointment only 505 Marengo Ave, Forest Park, IL, 60130 card design: @__bench_press @bx_yayolk @longtimenosierra @juanedflores @theandicrist @n.chiado_
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Last Chair 2025 Salvaged wind instrument parts, cedar, aluminum For @__bench_press and @jordanknecht duo show “(un)learning center” @comfort_station - I had the most fun at their opening, please go play in this incredibly generous and generative space they’ve crafted, you have till June 1! Honored to be a small part of it amongst other artist-made chimes 🌬️ Thanks to @j.harold.christ for the flute, @goodzachary for the clarinet, and @gerrithatcher for the saxophone mouthpiece (all sweet human beings and extremely talented musicians!!) I played the flute growing up. I wasn’t particular good at it and was last chair flute in the school band. To my right sat the first chair saxophone, a tall girl with short hair. She always wore a shirt and pants for performances, while all the other girls wore dresses. She looked great in a tie. Obviously I never mustered up the courage to befriend her, despite the fact that we sat next to each other for years and shared a hotel room sometimes when the band traveled. I remember watching her sleep once, her eyelashes fluttering ever so slightly. Or the way her fingers moved on the saxophone. The sounds she made. I got better at playing and the conductor wanted to move me up in the section. I said no. I skipped the placement tests. She was a year above me; I quit band soon after she graduated. She was so good she stayed first chair that whole time. And I sat next to her.
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𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘺 02 Wooden box, clock, peephole, contact mic, amplifier, speaker, wire, lightbulb, shelf hardware, found cardboard box, enamel spray paint . 𝑴𝒂𝒏𝒖𝒂𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝑰𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 at Free Range is available for viewings by appointment. Contact @bit.map to schedule a viewing. . @bit.map @free_range_albany_park
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My good friend & collaborator @jordanknecht and I would like to invite you to the opening of our exhibition (un)learning Center at @comfort_station this Sunday May 4 from 2-5pm. Enter into our sonic playground, as every work in the show will be interactive & audible 🔊🛝 We also prompted 10 artist friends to build a wind chime using found materials. See & hear them out on the front face of Comfort Station throughout the month of May 🔔💨 Artists include @bit.map , @rubyq.ue , @theandicrist , @mikey.mosher , @n.chiado_ , @kazukiguzman , @sofia.f.d , @piggys_palace , @brickmadeit _ (un)learning Center is an amorphous venn-diagram of two peoples’ practices. Over three years of both direct collaboration and parallel play, Madeleine Aguilar & Jordan Knecht have spilled into each other, intuitively developing a methodology of improvisation, responsiveness and iterative creation. The result is a collection of structures and published works which nurture (un)learning, exploration, and collaboration. The exhibition contains modular, interactive sound making structures built individually + collaboratively by the artists, serving as documents of mutual iteration. These structures are designed to nullify expertise, prioritizing collective exploration, empathetic interaction and ecstatic improvisation. The structures invite multiple players at once, cultivating a sonic-social awareness in relation to one another and all who are sharing the space. For this exhibition, Aguilar and Knecht have curated a series of performances, inviting a variety of soundmakers to engage with these structures, pushing performers into new territory though creative constraints and expanding the sonic vocabulary of the objects, whose uses + functions are invented (discovered) anew with each use. As the structures are activated throughout the duration of the exhibition, distinction between visitor/creator/collaborator/artist quickly becomes unclear (and unnecessary). Books and garments are available to browse and purchase in a non-centralized store in which purchases are made based on trust. The two artists have collaborated on new garments and books specifically for this exhibition.
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𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘺 01 Clock face, table legs, cord, cinder block, motor, erector set parts, metal hooks . 𝑴𝒂𝒏𝒖𝒂𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝑰𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 at Free Range is available for viewings by appointment. Contact @bit.map to schedule a viewing. . at Free Range @free_range_albany_park @bit.map @mikey.mosher
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Tomorrow at free range.
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(2/5) In the coming days, we will be posting documentation from our show Gato Encerrado/Locked Cat: A Meditation on Uprootedness, a Preface to Goodbye. The show features work from 18 multigenerational Chicago-based artists responding to a space in mid-transition. ✨️🏠Stay tuned for closing reception announcements.🏠✨️ Artists featured in today's post: 1) @merrynalaka 2) @izmeisters 3) @bit.map 4) @rachelrhoo Curated by Laura Shaeffer Documented by @jona_mikosch Complete list of participating artists: Alberto Aguilar Madeleine Aguilar Merryn Alaka Izzy Cho Christian Gutierrez Rachel Ann Heibel Yutian Liu Garbriela Estrada Loochkartt Maddie May Jonas Müller-Ahlheim Zander Raymond Caroline Robe H Schenck Anne Skaug Aleksandra Walaszek Yue Xu bex ya yolk
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I'm thrilled to share my latest work, 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙋𝙖𝙘𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙈𝙖𝙣, a series of symbolic and graphic paper cuts displayed on the balcony windows, now on view at @compoundyellow until July. This piece is part of the group exhibition 𝗚𝗮𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗼. Designed to welcome and warm up visitors before entering the house, the paper cuts draw attention to and enliven the three sides of the house and the entire yard. I'm fascinated by the idea of a pacing man looping around the window, mirroring the viewers' movement as they loop around the building in the yard. 𝗚𝗮𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗼/𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗖𝗮𝘁 gathers the work of eighteen multigenerational Chicago-based artists whose practices align with those of the organizer, who assembled an exhibition in response to a home in transition. The artists received a written invitation, a tour of the space, and significant freedom to respond to the entirety of Laura Shaeffer’s and Andrew Nord’s Oak Park home with their interventions. Img.7: Me installing the work on the balcony, with Christian and Izzy.
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Gato Encerrado opens today at @compoundyellow ! Stop by from 3-9 // consider stopping by after dark to see my newest work “Cry and cry and cry because it hurts!”. Excited to be showing with so many incredible artists!
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Two exhibitions opening @compoundyellow this Saturday May 4 from 5pm to 9pm In the house: Gato Encerrado featuring: Alberto Aguilar Madeleine Aguilar Jonas Mueller-Ahlheim Merryn Omotayo Alaka Izzy Cho Christian Gutiérrez Rachel Ann Heibel Yutian Liu Gabriela Estrada Loochkartt Maddie May Lorenza Perelli Zander Raymond Caroline Robe H Schenck Anne Skaug Aleksandra Walaszek bex ya yolk Yue Xu Poster design by: @bx_yayolk In the studio: My Research Studio class called infinite Pocket Studio @saiccp will exhibit work made on site in during one class day Infynete Pocet Studyo. featuring: Aoife Keenan Carson Holstine cc zucker Daniel Elle Fiona Bonham Grecia Corado Hunwoo Lee Jo Olsen Junhong Ye Kylie Kim Maggie Fan Sansa Sienna Hagerman Poster design: anonymous @jona_mikosch @zanderraymond @carolinerobe @h_marsh_schenck @anne_skaug @framesforwords @yutian.liuuu
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"Gato Encerrado: A meditation on Uprootedness, a Preface to Goodbye" Opening: Saturday May 4, 5-9pm Please stop by this Saturday to see the works of eleven artists hidden in the personal space of Laura Shaeffer and Andrew Nord’s Oak Park home. Artists: Madeleine Aguilar, Alberto Aguilar, Merryn Omotayo Alaka, Izzy Cho, Christian Gutiérrez, Rachel Ann Heibel, Yutian Liu, Gabriela Estrada Loochkartt Maddie May, Jonas Mueller-Ahlheim, Lorenza Perelli, Zander Raymond, H Schenk, Anne Skaug, Yue Xu, Bex Yolk and moi. HUGE tank you for the silent collaborators of "Loss for Words" ♡ Jessica Abshire, Francesca Bayegan, Michał Dzitko, Max Guy, Shinji Lee Kaiser, Brianna Perry, Chris Reeves, Rio Usui, Elżbieta Janczak Wałaszek, Lori Waxman, Adama Yaye Ka, Katie Zazenski, Sharon Zhang Exhibition curated by: Laura Shaeffer Text: Inés Arango Poster: bex ya yolk . . . @compoundyellow @fallenroyaltyart @michalgdzitko @leaf_bootleg @emptyvesselforgod @otherchrisreeves @kathryn.zazenski @swayxrxr @inesarangog @bx_yayolk @janczakwalaszek @rachelrhoo @swayxrxr @rio_usui @yutian.liuuu
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SHOW ANNOUNCEMENT ⇲ 𝘎𝘢𝘵𝘰 𝘌𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘰 is opening @compoundyellow on May 04, 3-7 pm CST ⤹ This show is stacked with an incredible line-up of Chicago artists I’m lucky to be showing alongside ⤹ I was stoked to design two posters for the show 💽 Come out to see this special exhibition taking place in the home of Laura Shaeffer + Andrew Nord
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