6018North presented within the Special Exhibitions section of EXPO CHICAGO on both the 1st and 2nd floor.

Navy Pier, September 17-20, 2015

Shotgun
Los Angeles-based architects First Office’s (Andrew Atwood and Anna Neimark) Shotgun is a deceptive space of two connected doors. Mimicking the movement of Expo attendees, the two doors open and close to create four galleries of perpetual motion. Originally designed in 1927 by Marcel Duchamp, First Office has redesigned the structural and ornamental details to fit the standard elements of Shotgun House construction, with the decoration and molding also serving as structural elements. First Office is the recipient of the 2015 Architectural League Prize for Young Architects and Designers.

Chapel and Antechamber
Chapel is based on Chicago-based Mexican artist Rodrigo Lara Zendejas’s grandparents’ small personal chapel in their home in Mexico. Chapels—the earliest spaces of Christian worship—were often just a room within an individual’s home. While personal chapels are now relatively rare, the number and size of private art collections and personal art museums has increased, becoming contemporary temples of secularism.  As a nod to these art temples, Lara Zendejas’s chapel is filled with statues of artists, rather than his grandparents’ statues of saints.  Next to Chapel, Chicago artist Kathleen McCarthy is creating an experience of an antechamber.  In addition, a series of performances will occur in this space:

Alice Berry, Reconciliation
September 17, 7:00-9:00 pm
September 18 - 20, 1:00-5:00 pm
The artist will offer therapeutic counseling sessions to discuss how to reconcile a creative life within a secular world that may not value art. Ten minute sessions are available on a first come, first served basis. Visit the space to sign up.

Mikey McParlane and Caleb Yono, Foolish Heart of the Golden Boy
September 17, 8:00 pm
September 19, 3:00 pm
Loosely based on a story about Pope Leo X, who had a boy painted gold in his honor and as a result died. The performance will be staged in relation to Rodrigo Lara-Zendejas' Chapel.

Dana Major, Crystal Seeing
September 17 - 19, 5:00-9:00 pm
Dana Major employs quartz crystals to see the internal light of the participant, known as scrying, to offer a positive, constructive fortune. Twenty minute sessions throughout the weekend are available on a first come, first served basis. Visit the space to sign up.

For more information on programming and tickets for EXPO CHICAGO, visit expochicago.com.

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Art Forum - Discussion of Chapel at Expo Chicago 2015

Newcity, "Special Exhibitions Announced for Expo Chicago 2015" - highlights 6018North as part of Expo Chicago's Special Exhibitions