Voices Embodied: Prognostication

Centered around the idea of a disability-forward future, Voices Embodied: Prognostication features the varying perspectives of 38 local, national, and international artists, accompanied by a series of films and performances. Artists were asked to push the boundaries of what a typical museum show looks like. They were encouraged to reimagine what is possible by reassessing the relationship between design and accessibility, and through the exploration of how art and design can be access points to culture and discourse. In Outlaw Culture: Resisting Representations, Bell Hooks states, “The future of art is to do more than what it is; it is to imagine what is possible.”

This exhibition invites audience members into a reimagined space with purple and silver walls indicative of the creative and collaborative vision of a future designed by the artists. The artworks touch upon themes of strength, tenderness, creativity, and community, and speak to ways of loving one another while moving forward together and impacting change, suggesting that we are all involved in redesigning and imagining what is possible.

Featuring the artwork of:

Alex Stark, Baiq Enggardianti, Celwin Plamenco, Chantal Danyluk, Charlotte Saylor, Chloe Pascal Crawford, Daisy(Chang) Ye, Deborah Awwad, Delta poetica, Echo(Qinyu) Huan, Eia Radosavljevic, Elliot Harold, Franco Kwachelanji Mbilizi, H Marsh Schenck, Irwin Freeman, James Hosking, Jemsy Pradun, Jenni-Juulia Wallinheimo-Heimonen, Juan G, Katherine Sherwood, Kelly Coleman, Leonard Wenk, Lucy Walsh, Lynn Walsh, MAGNETIC SPACE BUBBLE, Millicent Villacastin, Moth Clements, Myles Hunt, Quentin Kailun Yang, Rachel Ungerer, Renata Berdes, Robert Andy Coombs, Sally Booth, Seo Hye Lee, Tiffany Marie Miller, Tim Stone, Todd Edward Herman, and verovcha.

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Curated by Alex Stark

Voices Embodied Project was conceived by Alex Stark who earned his BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2016. Alex is currently an advisor and curator in SAIC’s Disability and Learning Resource Center. After earning his BFA, Alex chose to offer his perspective as a disabled artist, focusing on the representation of disability in a larger diversity conversation happening at the School. In addition to his disability related work, Alex is a practicing painter who has shown work in LA, New York, Chicago and Colorado. Considering both an interest  in art, and a passion for creating platforms for voices to be heard, Alex advocates for creative expression.

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