Stop by Sidney R. Yates Gallery where Suspended Culture is at work as our Chicago Cultural Center Performance Art Resident.

About this event

Suspended Culture’s residency goal is to research Black sacred space, Black home-making, and Black domestic practices by: transforming Yates gallery into a space of rest, holding conversations with invited public, hosting a festival/showing in their final week in the space, and creating an audiovisual archive.

Suspended Culture’s residency in the space is April 28-July 8.

The installation will take shape slowly over the course of the residency, culminating in the public performances in early July. Throughout the residency, researchers, artists, community workers, healers, and community members are invited into the Yates Gallery at the Chicago Cultural Center to have conversations about Black sacred space, Black homemaking, and Black grounding, and to participate in the unfolding of the project. The work is inspired by and indebted to the work of The Nap Ministry (Tricia Hersey), bell hooks, and Audre Lorde.

The public is invited to visit the residents, engage in the space, participate in conversations, view videos and resources, and attend performances & panels. Specific dates details are below.

Open Work dates (Public Welcome): Fridays & Saturdays, 1-3pm

Content on Open Work dates will change week to week with some dates being observational and others interactive. Stay tuned for updates posted here for project plan updates.

Chicago Cultural Center Open House: June 15, 5-7:30pm

FINAL EVENTS: Public Performance Festival: July 7 & 8: 1-6pm

This festival will be an invitation to the public to view and participate in the culmination of the collective’s work and research during their 2.5 month residency in the Chicago Cultural Center, supported by DCASE.

The main themes of the festival and residency are home and rest. Prominent Black artists based in Chicago will be brought in to conduct workshops and panel discussions in addition to live Suspended Culture performances.

July 7th

1pm – 2pm: Installation open to public

2pm – 3pm: Scavenger Hunt with Jordan

3pm – 4pm: Installation open to public

4pm – 5pm: Screening of interviews and collected audiovisual material

5pm – 6pm: Installation open to public & closing Suspended Culture Performance

July 8th

1pm – 2pm: Installation open to public

2pm – 3pm: Songwriting Workshop with Angel Bat Dawid

3pm – 4pm: Selma Sims (Horticulturist from Gardeneers) Workshop

4pm – 5pm: Panel discussion with Andres Hernandez (Art/ Black Cultural Worker), Crystal (Movement)

5pm – 6pm: Installation open to public & closing Suspended culture performance

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Events may be filmed. Entering the space will be considered acceptance to be filmed.

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