Sixty Inches From Center

Spent this afternoon with curious, future, and seasoned ephemera lovers during our Community Archiving Orientation. Grateful for Victoria Sky, the librarian and caretaker of the #ChicagoArtistFiles at Chicago Public Library, and Nell Taylor, the director of @readwritelibrary, and the Sixty team for sharing their expertise with us. They'll also be around for the #Chicago #Archive + Artists Festival next weekend, May 19-21, so stop by and see us. More info at the link in our bio. #GetArchived (at Chicago Cultural Center)

In partnership with the #ChicagoParkDistrict's #TRACE program out of Hamilton Park, Sixty is featuring a collection of articles/online exhibitions of work curated and created by artists in the program. Check our site to see their incredible work and words. (at Hamilton Park Cultural Center)

📖✏✒🖋 Big thanks to everyone who joined us for the second in our #WroteChicago series of gatherings for writers, editors, platform builders, and content creators. And much gratitude for @badatsports, @newcity, and @chicagoartistwriters for riding with us during this session. And HUGE thanks to @acreresidency for generously donating your space to us. #ForTheLoveOfWriters (at ACRE)

Can't say enough how big of fans we are of each and every one of the ppl in these photos. Big thanks to everyone who made it out to #LakeFX to see us last weekend. #ThePartyPolitic #FreshWalls #IndividualAsArchivist #WavesWebAndPage (at Chicago Cultural Center)

#ForTheLoveOfWomen // I'll be chairing the panel 'Self-publishing for Activism' on April 13th at the #GrayCenter with @OOMKzine--a London-based small press publication and design studio that digs into diasporic activism, publishing, art, and the identities of women while paying particular attention to Muslim women. They're in Chicago this month for an Art + Social Practice Fellowship w/ UChicago. I'll be alongside the founders of OOMK, Leila Abdelrazaq (author/artist), Sheika Lugtu (cartoonist/researcher), and Marc Fischer (Temporary Services). #OOMK = One of My Kind (at Gray Center for Arts and Inquiry)

New on Sixty: Brandon Sward's review of #KeijaunThomas' recent performance at ACRE: "If Thomas’s characters are oftentimes deprived of their voice, perhaps it is in order to transfer some of the performer’s voice to the audience. From the beginning, the artist refuses to let the audience members occupy the merely passive position of observers, enlisting them instead as co-participants. At one point Thomas wanders around the space with cups of water and glue, silently asking viewers to pick one. If the former is chosen, it is poured onto the artist’s body, the latter into the artist’s mouth." [📷 : Keijaun Thomas, “Distance is Not Separation (My Last American Dollar prelude),” No Turning Back Exhibition, ACRE, photo by Kate Bowen, 2017.] (at ACRE)

For love day we asked artists and their partners about how they work and share space together, and the ways their relationship influences their practice. Organizer and photographer Isis Ferguson on the early days of her relationship with artist India Martin: "Our entrance into each other’s worlds happened by participating in each other’s events, experiencing first hand the artistry at play in our separate and slightly overlapping communities. One day we were going to fashion shows, the next [to] feminist villages, block parties and the Color of Violence 4 conference. It’s a great mashup of interests and passions, but with clear departures, too. I think we’ve expanded one another’s world view. I sure hope we have." Read all of the interviews at sixtyinchesfromcenter.org.

New on Sixty: #CarlosMatallana gives an illustrated reflection of the fall show "On Space and Place: Contemporary Art from #Chicago, #LosAngeles, #MexicoCity, & #Vancouver" at DePaul Art Museum (@depaulartmuseum). Catch the full review at sixtyinchesfrimcenter.org. #Comics #NickCave #SoundSuit #ModestMouse #TalaMadani (at DePaul Art Museum)

Sky Cubacub, the designer behind @RebirthGarments, on personal and creative sustainability in fashion: "I want to do this for the rest of my life. If my company itself can be self-sustained, then I also need to make myself self-sustaining. I’m very interested in creating a very understanding and forgiving environment. In the #fashion world, they don’t think about health. Your health isn’t supposed to come first. I want my clothing line to have those things running side by side. My health is important and so is yours." Read the full interview at the link in our bio. [📷 by Kiam Marcelo Junio (@iamkiam)] #FashionDesign #ChicagoFashion #QueerCrip

Check out the latest episode of Transition to Power from On The Real Film... #OurFirst100Days #100DaysOfResistance

"I sat for an orientation regarding the rules to keep in mind while photographing around the camp. One of these rules that I found absolutely beautiful was about the horses. The utmost respect had to be taken when photographing these horses, because they are sacred. Some of them have a bloodline that can be traced back to the times of Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull." - Archivist and Photographer Analú López recalls her trip to #StandingRock back in November with words and photos from other Chicago photographers who traveled with her. Read more at the link in our bio. #NoDAPL [📷: Spud and the Horse That Has Yet to be Named. Photo credit: Natalie Escobedo] (at Standing Rock Indian Reservation)

Fresh off the Press: "This first day, we participated in a large prayer circle near Turtle Island. We blessed ourselves with sage, held hands and hugged strangers as we lined up into a huge circle facing a large group of militarized police peering down at us from the top of Turtle Island. We overheard individuals in the circle praying for all of us, including the police and their families. At first, I was confused because part of the anger I carried regarding this issue blinded me to seeing the police and their families also needed to be prayed for as well. I closed my eyes, opened my heart and began to pray." - Sixty Archivist and Writer Analú López reflects on her Thanksgiving trip to #StandingRock back in November with photos taken by her and other photographers during her trip. [📷: Juan Carlos setting up a fire at the International Indigenous Youth Council camp where we spent the night. Photo credit: Analú M. López] (at Standing Rock Indian Reservation)

We just released our February Art Picks...it includes shows, performances, screenings, and actions to get on your calendar, taking you all over the city from #Chicago State to the Block Museum. As usual, link in bio... #ToChicagoWithLove [📷 is a still from #ArthurJafa and #KahlilJoseph's film Dreams Are Colder Than Death] (at Chicago, Illinois)

Flashback to #PromNight 2015 with @thechicagoperch and @autotelicstudios. It was a cold night but love kept us warm. And stay tuned...you just might be hearing about Prom Night 2017 soon... 👑🎶🎉❤💃 #PromNightPromRight #fbf