Variations on Healing: 5 Acts of Kindness

April 11, 2024 – April 14, 2024

For EXPO Chicago 2024, Variations on Healing: 5 Acts of Kindness invites the public to choose among 5 different types of relational experiences that provide healing through a concentrated time, space and connection with an artist. Curatorial concierges consult with audience members to help choose among artists and healing modalities. 

Moon Readings by Rebecca Beachy – Since the moon influences large bodies of water like the oceans, this reading with personalized drawing, reveals the moon's influence on you at the time of your birth and now.

Embroidered Touch by Anke Loh enables the visitor to create an individual sensory experience using sound and touch. Insulated wires embroidered on the textiles in a grid pattern sense the visitor’s touch. Sound files of field recordings from urban spaces and nature walks, plus recorded string and percussion instruments respond to touch. The wires function as touch sensors that elicit soothing sounds. Visitors are invited to wander through sound and touch to create an individual soundscape for a healing sensation.

Energy Prescriptions by Rhonda Wheatley ask, “What do you want to manifest? What changes would you like to make in your personal life and the world around you?” Together you’ll use oracle cards, crystals, and intuition to come up with your Energy Prescription, a unique-to-you path to create the change you seek.

Fortune Telling by Ji Yang invites you to pose a question. Using Chinese fortune sticks that you shake and choose from - an ancient Chinese practice - Ji Yang interprets answers from the sticks.

Mutual Agreements by Dennissa Young – With another person, you work through an agreement that amplifies connections, friendship and collaborating. Through the process, Denissa strives to foster intimacy, radical softness, capturing the spiritual journey of humanity.

VIP PREVIEW

Thursday, April 11 | 12pm–6pm with Vernissage 6pm–9pm 

GENERAL ADMISSION

Friday, April 12 | 11am–7pm

Saturday, April 13 | 11am–7pm

Sunday, April 14 | 11am–6pm 

Variations on Healing is ongoing research in healing and sustainable strategies for Myth of the Organic City, a 2024 exhibition with Art Design Chicago, an initiative of the Terra Foundation for American Art investigating and elevating Chicago’s rich visual art and design histories and creative communities.

This program is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency through an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. This program is partially supported by a CityArts Grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs & Special Events. 6018North projects are partially supported by an anonymous donor advised fund at The Chicago Community Foundation, a CityArts Innovation Grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs & Special Events, a Gen Ops Plus Grant from the Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation, Field Foundation of Illinois, Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts, IL Humanities, Illinois Arts Council Agency Youth Employment Grants, Joyce Foundation, The MacArthur Funds for Culture, Equity, and the Arts at the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation, Terra Foundation for American Art, and individual donations. 

6018North is an artist-centered, sustainable, non-profit platform and sustainable venue for innovative art and culture in Chicago. We challenge what art is, whom it’s for, and where and how it’s created. 6018North champions the creation of adventurous work that connects multiple disciplines and audiences while promoting artistic excellence. We support emerging and established local and international artists to create innovative, multidisciplinary work that connects artists and audiences in transformative ways. As a nimble lab for incubating, modeling, and experimenting, we leverage new ways of connecting artists and audiences to advance and sustain artists and Illinois’ creative ecosystem. For more info visit us at 6018North.org.