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How can we begin to imagine Chicago’s future? Sometimes, turning to the past can provide a clue to the way forward. In collaboration with the Chicago Film Archives, visual artist zakkiyyah najeebah dumas o'neal, and composer Ayana Contreras; CHF presents a new film meditating on what’s to come for our city. Repurposing archival footage from the Chicago Film Archives’s extensive collection, o'neal has created a speculative visual representation; centering Black women’s cultural contributions to Chicago, Black lesbian experiences, and notions of belonging. The film also features a new soundtrack from Contreras. Join us for a screening, followed by a conversation with o'neal and Contreras about how the creative process be turned toward imagining a different Chicago.
This program is presented as part of Art Design Chicago Now, an initiative funded by the Terra Foundation for American Art that amplifies the voices of Chicago's diverse creatives, past and present, and explores the essential role they play in shaping the now, and is presented in partnership with Chicago Film Archive and with African American Women's Magazine Media.
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How can we begin to imagine Chicago’s future? Sometimes, turning to the past can provide a clue to the way forward. In collaboration with the Chicago Film Archives, visual artist zakkiyyah najeebah dumas o'neal, and composer Ayana Contreras; CHF presents a new film meditating on what’s to come for our city. Repurposing archival footage from the Chicago Film Archives’s extensive collection, o'neal has created a speculative visual representation; centering Black women’s cultural contributions to Chicago, Black lesbian experiences, and notions of belonging. The film also features a new soundtrack from Contreras. Join us for a screening, followed by a conversation with o'neal and Contreras about how the creative process be turned toward imagining a different Chicago.
This program is presented as part of Art Design Chicago Now, an initiative funded by the Terra Foundation for American Art that amplifies the voices of Chicago's diverse creatives, past and present, and explores the essential role they play in shaping the now, and is presented in partnership with Chicago Film Archive and with African American Women's Magazine Media.
Donate now to support programs like this: chicagohumanities.org/donate
Explore upcoming events: chicagohumanities.org
Connect on Twitter: twitter.com/ChiHumanities
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![Kim Gordon, Sinéad Gleeson & Laurie Anderson on Women in Music [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/sqPT8UZ_gWY/mqdefault.jpg "Kim Gordon, Sinéad Gleeson & Laurie Anderson on Women in Music [CC]
Here’s to the women in music who kick in doors, who break genres, who are repeatedly asked: “What’s it like to be a girl in a band?” Sonic Youth’s Kim Gordon doesn’t like the question, but her new anthology This Woman’s Work, edited with former music journalist Sinéad Gleeson, gives us multitudes of answers on their own terms. Youre invited to join Gordon, Gleeson, and the subject of the anthologys lead essay, Laurie Anderson, for a riotous time spotlighting womens work in the music industry, which includes claiming their stories (and songs), while simultaneously smashing the patriarchy. This conversation is moderated by Pitchforks Editor in Chief, Puja Patel.
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