open through october 4th
Schedule of events for "Looks Like Freedom: art, politics, and urban space / around 1968 / Chicago"
All events take place at DOVA Temporary, 5228 S. Harper Ave, unless otherwise noted.
Friday, August 15, 5-7pm. Exhibition Opening Reception. The exhibition features works by Barbara Jones-Hogu of AfriCOBRA, Bob Crawford, the Hairy Who, and the Chicago Women's Liberation Union Graphics Collective, as well as documentation and a curated soundscape of 1968. Refreshments will be served. Music provided by Nicole Mitchell and David Boykin!
Saturday, August 16, 2-5pm. A People's Atlas of 1968. Come and participate in a group map-making session! Write/draw/paint your memories, associations, and imagination of the late 1960s on blank maps of the city of Chicago. Co-sponsored by AREA Chicago.
Sunday, August 17, 8pm, DNC video screening at BACKSTORY CAFÉ, 6100 S. Blackstone Ave. Courtesy of the Chicago Film Archives, we will screen "Year of Confrontation," a program of shorts, on 16mm film, on the protests and police riot around the 1968 Democratic National Convention. Introduced by Andy Uhrich of the Chicago Film Archives. MORE FILMS TO COME AS PART OF BACKSTORY'S 68 SERIES.
Friday, August 22, 5-6:30pm. Artist talk with Barbara Jones-Hogu, facilitated by Edna Togba. Barbara Jones-Hogu was an original member of the AfriCOBRA (African Commune of Bad Relevant Artists) group active in Chicago the late 1960s and early 1970s. Jones-Hogu produced most of the group's provocative and beautiful multicolor silkscreen prints, some of which will be on display in the exhibition. Edna Togba, a PhD candidate at Northwestern University, will conduct a brief Q&A, followed by open discussion.
Saturday, August 23, 2-4pm. Listening Party: University-community relations. We listen to a 20-minute roundtable discussion of University-community relations broadcast on the radio in 1968 and discuss what's changed and what hasn't. Moderated by Theaster Gates.
Sunday, August 31, 4pm-?? at BACKSTORY CAFÉ, 6100 S. Blackstone Ave. Woodlawn Dérive. A walk around Woodlawn. Bring items for potluck to Backstory Café at 4. We'll go on the walk then return for the potluck around dinnertime and watch Saul Alinsky Went To War, a film about Alinsky's organizing tactics, which had a major impact on Woodlawn.
Wednesday, September 3, 7-9pm. Archiving 68. Representatives of archiving projects and institutions discuss some of their 68-related collections and their strategies for preservation and dissemination.