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The SYNESTHETIC PLAN of CHICAGO: A Multi-Sensory Journey Through Chicago and Its Neighborhoods
Co-curated by Daniel Godston + Annie Heckman
June 1 - October 9, 2009
*Join us Friday, July 10 from 6-7 pm for an informal gathering during the Cultural Center openings*
Visitor Information Center, Chicago Cultural Center, 77 E. Randolph Street, Chicago, IL
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A public art commission presented in collaboration with Chicago cultural and neighborhood organizations, the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, Chicago Office of Tourism and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, Bureau of Tourism.
Artists throughout the city are marking 2009, the 100-year anniversary of Burnham’s Plan of Chicago, by exploring Chicago through all the senses in the Synesthetic Plan of Chicago. Focusing on a multi-sensory and experiential mapping of Chicago’s neighborhoods, over 40 artists and organizations are creating a collaborative, interactive installation for the Chicago Cultural Center’s Visitor Information Center. Projects range from a mapping of the tastes and recipes of Chinatown, to a detailed exploration of candy from East Garfield Park, to a revisiting of Chicago’s stockyards layered with the present-day familiar smell of cocoa wafting over the Near West Side. These individual contributions interact in the space through an interwoven installation of dioramas in stacked modules, created in an angled pattern reminiscent of Burnham’s diagonal streets emanating out from a central point in the original city plan. This installed environment activates the Visitor Information Center with a sense of the diversity of experience present in Chicago’s neighborhoods, and invites visitors to venture out to sites throughout the city to continue the journey.
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For details and to book a hotel stay, call 877.CHICAGO (877.244.2246 toll-free), or visit www.ExploreChicago.org. The TTY toll-free number for the hearing impaired is 866.710.0294.
Chicago visitors and Chicagoans welcoming out-of-town guests can receive additional information, brochures and maps on Chicago's exciting events and attractions at the Visitor Information Centers. The centers are located at Chicago Water Works, 163 E. Pearson Street at Michigan Avenue, and the Chicago Cultural Center, 77 E. Randolph Street.
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| Brett Ian Balogh Sarah Bendix Alpha Bruton Stephanie Dawn Burke Noé Cuéllar Kathleen Duffy Jim Duignan Eric Elshtain Daniel Godston Elise Goldstein Laura Goldstein Annie Heckman Jeriah Hildwine Anni Holm James Jankowiak Deanna Krueger Maggie Leininger Eric Leonardson Clover Morell Ira S. Murfin |
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