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Download a printable PDF of the 2016 Festival Guide to both Saturday & Sunday events.
Saturday, February 6
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Download a printable PDF of the guide to Saturday events.
Ongoing \\ Surge
Fidencio Martinez, Installation \\ Whistler Storefront Gallery, 2421 N. Milwaukee Ave.
*ADA Accessible
.Ongoing \\ Mineral Rights
Richard Medina \\ Roving Gallery Installation
.9:00 AM – 5:00 PM \\ Industry of Affect: Day at Work
Hank & Tannaz, Participatory Performance Event \\ 2504 N. Linden Pl.
12:00 PM – 12:30 PM \\ we are WITCH: a ritual performance for housing rights
WITCH collective, Site-Specific Performance \\ Logan Square CTA Stop
*ADA Accessible
12:00 PM – 6:00 PM \\ Transference of Touch: From Garment to Body
Katie Vota, Exhibition with Programming \\ Corner, 2912 N. Milwaukee Ave.
.1:00 PM – 5:00 PM \\ BUILD
Alejandro T. Acierto, Installation & Participatory Performance Event \\ Hume, 3203 W. North Ave.
*Family-friendly
.1:00 PM – 8:00 PM (fashion show at 6:00 PM) \\ Don’t Tell Me I’m Pretty
Na Chainkua Reindorf & Grace Kubilius curated by Lauren Leving & Elizabeth Lalley, Exhibition & Fashion Show \\ Hairpin Arts Center , 2810 N. Milwaukee Ave.
*ADA Accessible
.1:00 PM – 8:00 PM (reception at 5:00 PM) \\ Stovetop H/earth
Various Artists, Group Exhibition \\ Hairpin Arts Center, 2810 N. Milwaukee Ave.
*ADA Accessible
4:30 PM – 5:00 PM \\ Neighborhood Dances
Victoria Bradford, Site-Specific Performance \\ Diversey and Milwaukee (plaza in front of Crown Liquors)
5:00 PM-7:00 PM \\ Place Interminable
Falak Vasa curated by Potluck Salon, Screening \\ The Storefront, 2351 N. Milwaukee Ave.
*ADA Accessible
5:00 PM – 8:00 PM (performance at 6:00 PM) \\ King of that Also
Etc. Gallery with Fontaine Capel & Lauren Clark, Multimedia Performance & Reading \\ 3300 W. Beach Ave.
6:00 PM – 2:45 AM \\ Lavender Menace Occupation
Angela Davis Fegan & Brett Swinney, Interactive Installation \\ Cole’s Bar, 2338 N. Milwaukee Ave.
*ADA Accessible; 21+
6:30 PM – 8:00 PM \\THE WRETCHED NOBLES Film & Video Showcase
WRETCHED NOBLES, Screening \\ OuterSpace Studios, 1474 N. Milwaukee Ave.
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM \\ they didn’t bring enough water
Lindsey French & WIlly Smart, Release \\ TUSK, 3205 W. Armitage Ave.
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM \\ over, under, in, around: a poetry jam
Dao Ngyuen, Participatory Event \\ 1456 N. Leavitt St. #3F
8:00 PM – 11:00 PM \\ SPANX© For Coming
Multiple Artists, Apartment Exhibition & Party \\ 2335 W. McLean Ave.
8:30 PM – 10:00 PM \\ VAM Presents: Stacking Paper to the Ceiling and Riding on 24 Inch Chrome
VAM Studios, Screening & Talkback \\ OuterSpace Studios, 1474 N. Milwaukee Ave.
8:30 PM – 12:00 AM (performance at 11:15 PM) \\ The Pageant of Ieya
The People of Ieya, Installation & Performance \\ 2844 W. Dickens Ave.
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Sunday, February 7
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Download a printable PDF of the guide to Sunday events.
Ongoing \\ Mineral Rights
Richard Medina \\ Roving Gallery Installation
8:00 AM – 8:00 PM \\ Sunday Mournings
3A, Site-Specific Performance & Installation \\ Cermak & Marshall.
10:00 AM – 5:00 PM (10:00 AM buildout; 2:00 PM performances) \\ FORT (at the Edge of Chaos)
John Harness & Grace Needlman, Interactive, Immersive Performance \\ 1311 W. Cullerton St.
*Family-friendly
12:00 PM – 4:00 PM \\ The Prarieland Seed Shop
Slow Pony Project, Installation & Performance \\ 1745 W. 18th St.
*Family-friendly
12:00 PM – 6:00 PM \\ Barter for Knowledge / Trueca Por Sabiduria
APT 512, Workshop \\ Barret Park, 2022 W. Cermak Rd.
*Family-friendly
1:00 PM – 3:00 PM \\ “Just throw more glitter on it”: A Templehead Retrospective
Templehead, Exhibition \\ 1901 S. Allport St.
1:00 PM – 5:00 PM \\ Editions
Salon 1812, Pop-up Shop \\ 1812 W. 18th St.
2:00 PM – 4:00 PM \\ Cultura y Tradiciones
Matthew Silva, Interactive Gallery \\ La Sala Gallery, 2438 S. Lawndale Rd..
3:00 PM – 3:30 PM \\ Neighborhood Dances
Victoria Bradford, Site-Specific Performance \\ 1738 W. 18th St.
3:00 PM – 5:00 PM \\ Here in Space
Alex Palma & the Dojo Collective, Interactive Gallery \\ The Dojo, 2304 S. Blue Island Ave.
3:30 PM – 6:00 PM \\ Hot House
Uptool with Julia Klein, Curt Miller & John Szczepaniak, Outdoor Exhibition \\ Backyard of 2107 W. 21st Pl.
5:00 PM – 6:00 PM \\ Chorus//Chorus
Malik Lemon, Lindsey Sherman, & Gordon Pond, Musical Performance \\ Eco, 2024 W. 21st St.
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM \\ PiNK EYE: New Classics Vol. I (B!TCH3Z Drinking Project)
PiNK EYE, Installation + Pop-up Bar \\ naomi FINEARTS, 1702 W. 17th St.
*21+
7:30 PM – 11:00 PM \\ PiNK EYE: New Classics Vol. II
PiNK EYE, Performance + Video Screenings \\ 1618 Gallery, 1618 W. 17th St.
*NSFW
Audience Guide
A few FYI’s to keep your art-hopping adventure smooth, easy, and safe:
Look for the signs and homemade pennant banners (pictured above) marking festival locations. That’s how you’ll know you’re in the right place.
Printed festival maps are available at all brick-and-mortar festival locations. There are a limited number of maps available, so please only take one per person. And don’t lose it.
Facebook is the best way to get the latest updates on events. Like our page at facebook.com/2ndfloorrear.
Some event venues offer refreshments for a small donation. Carry cash. (And donate generously!)
The ‘featured businesses’ on festival maps are featured because they are places the 2016 curators really like. And everyone has to eat. So if you work up an appetite from all the art-ing, you’ve already got a list of conveniently located coffee shops, restaurants, and bars on hand. You’re welcome.
A couple tips on etiquette: Oppressive or harmful behavior is not welcome at any festival event. Oppressive behavior includes any action that perpetuates racism, misogyny, heterosexism, transphobia and other systemic oppressions through antagonism, silencing, intimidation, or coercion. Harmful behavior includes harassment, violence, and violation of consent.** Also, many festival events take place in private residences. Be mindful of this. At all 2nd Floor events, act like a guest, not a customer.
**We plagiarized the Feminist Action Support Network here. We doubt they mind.
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