ROMANSUSAN.ORG/NATR-XXX is a storefront iteration of Erotic Experiences with the Natural World for a Person at Home Alone by Eliza Fernand, a series of narrated audio works: Houseplant Intimacy, Fooling Around with Air, and For a Person with Running Water. These works are multi-sited and accessible through the links above, a printed zine, and a toll-free hotline.

After the launch of the hotline in 2020, the phone number is being distributed in public through posters and tagging in cities across the U.S. and Canada. Fernand created “commercials” for the hotline, riffing on promotions for anti-depressants, phone sex lines, and miracle products. Roman Susan is grateful to host a new display of these messages through nightly projections to conclude Winter 2023. The hotline is live – you should call right now: 1-833-NATR-XXX

This body of work will be expanded in 2023, moving out into the streets of Rogers Park as a part of Navigations, artist projects shared and realized in public/common space. New elements are being added to the hotline – join us for the closing celebration on March 18 to experience site-responsive intimacy with our neighborhood.

Eliza Fernand is an artist and educator who works primarily with video, sound, fabric, and clay. With a BFA in Sculpture from Pacific Northwest College of Art, and an MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts from Sierra Nevada University, they have led a cross-country career, attending over a dozen artist residencies and exhibiting internationally. A new citizen of Chicago, she continues to pursue artmaking and teaching opportunities, with the aim of provoking acceptance of loving practices outside of the norm, and promoting experimentation on all levels. For more information, please visit elizafernand.com.

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Roman Susan Art Foundation is an artist-run nonprofit based in the Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. Roman Susan develops and supports new locally-focused opportunities to create, display, and experience contemporary art.

This program is partially supported by a grants from the Illinois Arts Council Agency through awards from the National Endowment for the Arts. This project is partially supported by a CityArts Grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs & Special Events.

Roman Susan Art Foundation NFP is supported in part by 150 individual donors, Gen Ops Plus Grants from The Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation, Hyde Park Art Center Artists Run Chicago Fund, The Reva and David Logan Foundation, The MacArthur Funds for Culture, Equity, and the Arts at the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation, 6018North, AD3 Innovation Bootcamp, An Sylvia Exhibitions, Foundation Source, Lucky Pierre, Story Luck, and in-kind support from Cargo Collective, Lawyers for the Creative Arts, and Sloane Communications. To support this ongoing work, please visit romansusan.org/support.

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