Hi Everyone,
I am part of the curatorial collective behind “School as a Function of Empire”, a SITE show that opens at the 280 gallery this Wednesday at 4:30pm. Hope to see you there, more details below.
Join us Wednesday at 3:30pm for a Wheatpasting Workshop in Room #125 and-or the Opening Reception from 4:30 - 6:00pm in the 280 SITE Gallery.
Address — 280 S Columbus Dr., Chicago IL. Follow @curatorsundercensorship https://www.instagram.com/curatorsundercensorship/ for more information and updates.
School as a Function of Empire assembles student and alumni work to create space for institutional critique and speculation, document student activism, and reflect on SAIC and AIC’s complicities in violence both abroad and to its own community. This show is organized in solidarity with the struggle for Palestinian liberation by Curators Under Censorship, a community collective composed of current students, faculty, and alumni. As an anti-institutional outlet inside the very institution it critiques, this show has struggled with administrative suppression and censorship; you will not experience the originally proposed show within SAIC’s walls. In this space, we collectively yearn for justice as we analyze, deconstruct, and imagine alternatives to the institutional status quo.
The exhibition runs between October 30th and December 4th • Gallery hours are Monday - Friday, 12:30 - 6:00pm • Guests without SAIC swipe access should DM @curatorsundercensorship or email curatorsundercensorship@gmail.com for arrangements.