Events

Events are a catchall for programming that gathers people together for performance, gallery openings, talks and panels, screenings, symposia, and more.

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Weird Dreams, Weird Analysis

April 25-June 2, 2025 | 00:00 | Co-Prosperity Sphere, Bridgeport Chicago
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Past Programs

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I WANT AN AI FOR PRESIDENT: experimental LARP / immersive theater

August 22nd, 2024 | 19:30-21:00 | Co-Prosperity Sphere, 3219 S. Morgan Street
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BADS_Lab: Black Arts and Decolonial Sciences

May 10 to May 20 2024 | 18:00 | Watershed Art & Ecology, 1821 South Racine Avenue Chicago, IL, 60608
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Futurhythm Machines: Chicago House Music

May 11, 2024 | 12:00-20:00 | Watershed Art & Ecology, 1821 S Racine Ave, Chicago, IL 60608
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OPEN CALL: BADS_Lab Fellowships

April 10 2024 [extended to April 12 2024] | 23:59 | Watershed Art & Ecology, 1821 South Racine Avenue Chicago, IL, 60608
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[We Don't Know Yet] What a Cinema Can Do: A Night of Live Sound and Moving Image

April 5, 2024 | 20:00-23:00 | Public Works, 2141 W North Ave
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OPEN CALL: [We Don't Know Yet] What a Cinema Can Do: A Night of Live Sound and Moving Image

Closes March 1, 2024 | 23:59 | Public Works, 2141 W North Ave
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I WANT AN AI FOR PRESIDENT: experimental LARP / immersive theater playtest

February 15, 2024 | 19:00-21:00 | Hammy Wammy, 4633 N Clark St #1, Chicago, IL 60640
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Weird Dreams, Weird Analysis: gallery exhibition

October 24-28, 2023 | 00:00-23:59 | Design North, Phoenix Arizona
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Forrster Diagram

ALL WATCHED OVER: Utopian Desire and the Computational Imaginary

September 10, 2023 | 17:30-20:00 | 2328 N Milwaukee, top floor / Logan square
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Artists to Watch

August 26th 2023 | 15:00-17:00 | Comfort Station
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dispersionology & other tales

dispersionology & other tales: transnational telematic audio performance

May 10, 2023 | 2-3:30 PM CT | telepresent
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