Blending meta-photographic play with devotion to our sweet home, Michael McGuire offers up panoramic photographs of Chicago places that he seamlessly composes in the computer by stringing together multiple copies of the same shot, straight and inverted or reversed images, and diverse juxtaposed takes, all to create a single vision in each work that enhances the power of his subjects. McGuire is at his best when he takes a familiar structure and manipulates its appearance so that the meaning that he sees in it becomes visually obtrusive. In McGuire’s most arresting image, the CHA high rise at Division and Halsted is widened so that it appears as a mighty fortress that has been pocked and scarred by the abuses and bullets of outrageous and outraged society. (Michael Weinstein)
Sounding the City: How Experimental Sound Studio Reaches New Audiences Newcity spoke with Olivia Junell, development and outreach director of ESS, about accessibility of sound art, plans for future iterations of the festival and how the main mission of ESS has shifted to accommodate the needs of artists today.
