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RAISIN — vol. 1 (Chicago)
as a partner program of the Chicago Architecture Biennial, at 6018North September 17 – December 18, 2021 RAISIN Artistic Director and Curator full exhibition photography: kimbeckerphoto.pixieset.com/raisin digital exhibition catalogue: www.raisin-vol-1.org public program archive: www.mixcloud.com/lumpenradio/playlists/raisin press: www.dezwijger.nl/programma/reinventing-democratic-spaces www.wbez.org/stories/raisin-exhibit-brings-seminal-chicago-play-to-life/357a5b9e-1dc4-4045-9c09-328f835116a4 www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPZ73SQsN0U (Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago) www.sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/review-of-raisin-at-6018north RAISIN vol 1. takes place within a three-story house on a residential block in a formerly all-white, now integrated, neighborhood in Chicago. Inspired by themes from the Lorraine Hansberry play A Raisin in the Sun (1959), the exhibition features artworks created by 37 Chicago and international artists, offering local and global perspectives on “home.” The exhibition is structured on three levels, in direct relation to the architecture of the dilapidated mansion: artists on the first floor offer direct responses to the Hansberry play; the second-floor artworks bring forth nostalgic memories of home; and the third-floor installations interrogate home as a place of identity-based violence. Each artist explores wider themes as well, such as first-time homeownership, gender dynamics within communities of color, generational dreams, and more. In 1959, Hansberry’s original A Raisin in the Sun debuted on Broadway. In this seminal work, Hansberry wrote about the Youngers, a fictional Black American family in Chicago forced to debate their options for self-determination within a race-biased country, and whether to move to an affordable yet segregated neighborhood where they will not be welcome. For the past 60 years the play has been produced in cities around the world—shifting in nuance based on the context of various locales. From the historical violence of residential segregation within the United States, to widespread migration opposition across Europe, to regionalism and class inequality in China. Making history, A Raisin in the Sun was translated into 30 languages soon after its first staging. Hansberry’s narrative serves as the RAISIN inspiration, as well as a departure point for exploring a multiplicity of experiences and conversations. Featuring: Kioto Aoki (Chicago) Uraria Maciel (Berlin) Jared Brown (Chicago) Marina Viola Cavadini (Milan) Cog•nate Collective Amy Sanchez Arteaga + Misael Diaz (So. California) Işıl Eğrikavuk (Berlin) Max Guy (Chicago) Kyle Bellucci Johanson (Chicago) Kierah “Kiki” King (Chicago) Diya Khurana (Mumbai) Kat Liu (Chicago) AJ McClenon (Chicago) Joelle Mercedes (Chicago) Joseph Mora (Chicago) Nahum, Ale de la Puente, Juan José Díaz Infante, and Tania Candiani (Mexico City and Berlin) zakkiyyah najeebah dumas-o’neal (Chicago) Alessia Petrolito (Turin) Delilah Salgado (Chicago) Aaron Samuels (Los Angeles) Rohan Ayinde Smith (London) Brett Swinney (Chicago) Maryam Taghavi (Chicago) Gloria Talamantes (Chicago) Tran Tran (Chicago) Unyimeabasi Udoh (Chicago) Nayeli Vega (Berlin) Amanda Williams (Chicago) Tintin Wulia (Indonesia/Australia) Zhiyuan Yang (Beijing) Nushin Yazdani (Berlin) Exhibition and project funding support for RAISIN has been provided by: The Humanity in Action Landecker Democracy Fellowship (EU/UK/US), BMW Foundation Responsible Leaders Network (EU), The City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs & Special Events (Chicago), The School of the Art Institute of Chicago Faculty Enrichment Grants (Chicago) |
still from "Home Is Where" by Nushin Yazdani 2017 / exhibition photography by Kim Becker
artist Rohan Ayide, London/Chicago
artist Nayeli Vega, Berlin/Mexico City
artist Marina Cavadini, Milan/Chicago
from Supernova, by Matters of Gravity (Nahum, Ale de la Puente, Juan José Díaz Infante, and Tania Candiani)
December, installation by Tintin Wulia 2021 / exhibition photography by Kim Becker
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