Columns + Series Archives - Sixty Inches From Center https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/category/columns-series/ Sun, 22 Feb 2026 17:48:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/cropped-Sixty_Logo_Icon_Green-32x32.png Columns + Series Archives - Sixty Inches From Center https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/category/columns-series/ 32 32 Tuning Away From Mechanized Listening: Juanjosé Rivas’s Workshop at Co-Prosperity’s Subversion Camp  https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/tuning-away-from-mechanized-listening-juanjose-rivass-workshop-co-prosperitys-subversion-camp/ Thu, 19 Feb 2026 19:04:40 +0000 https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/?p=73232 A conversation on the idea of planned obsolescence and tech recycling as a means of resistance.

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]]> Sintonizando Fuera del Sonido Automatizado: Juanjose Rivas’ Taller en el Campamento de Subversión de Co-Prosperity https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/sintonizando-fuera-del-sonido-automatizado-juanjose-rivas-taller-en-el-campamento-de-subversion-de-co-prosperity/ Thu, 19 Feb 2026 19:04:37 +0000 https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/?p=73243 Una conversación sobre la idea de la obsolescencia y el reciclaje tecnológico como resistencia.

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]]> TUNING AWAY FROM MECHANIZED LISTENING: Interview with Teddy Sandler about Sonic Resonance https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/tuning-way-from-mechanized-listening-interview-with-teddy-sandler-about-sonic-resonance/ Tue, 20 Jan 2026 16:00:00 +0000 https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/?p=72560 How does a retreat pass on the art of Djing and active listening?

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]]> TUNING AWAY FROM MECHANIZED LISTENING: Music making in the window: Access Contemporary Music unveils new concert venue, The CheckOut https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/tuning-away-from-mechanized-listening-music-making-in-the-window-access-contemporary-music-unveils-new-concert-venue-the-checkout/ Mon, 17 Nov 2025 23:57:12 +0000 https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/?p=71415 In a former 7-Eleven, a new venue is rethinking how classical music lives in the city.

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]]> TUNING AWAY FROM MECHANIZED LISTENING: On Craft, Intention, and the DJ’s Ear https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/tuning-away-from-mechanized-listening-on-craft-intention-and-the-djs-ear/ Mon, 10 Nov 2025 02:38:19 +0000 https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/?p=71748 What does care look, feel, and sound like in the creative practice of DJ'ing?

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]]> TUNING AWAY FROM MECHANIZED LISTENING: Sound Ecologies: A New Landscape of Music Community https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/tuning-into-mechanized-listening-sound-ecologies-a-new-landscape-of-music-community/ Sat, 25 Oct 2025 03:00:00 +0000 https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/?p=70446 A new classical music collective thrives in Indianapolis.

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]]> Lo Que La Tierra Carga https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/lo-que-la-tierra-carga/ Fri, 05 Sep 2025 20:42:16 +0000 https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/?p=67353 Una activación de Marquette Park a través de la Residencia Curatorial Anchor inspira esta reflexión ecfrástica.

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]]> Anchor Editorial: What The Soil Carries https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/what-the-soil-carries/ Fri, 05 Sep 2025 20:41:30 +0000 https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/?p=66724 An activation of Marquette Park through the Anchor Curatorial Residency comes alive through this ekphrastic reflection.

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]]> TUNING AWAY FROM MECHANIZED LISTENING: Interview with Madeleine Aguilar and Jordan Knecht https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/tuning-away-from-mechanized-listening-interview-with-madeleine-aguilar-and-jordan-knecht/ Thu, 04 Sep 2025 15:00:00 +0000 https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/?p=69613 The fourth installment of this series brings in a conversation with artists making work that leads people to find their groove and delves into what that means in practice, and as a practice.

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]]> LOS CRYBABYS: A Somewhere in Chicago Story https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/los-crybabys-a-somewhere-in-chicago-story/ Tue, 26 Aug 2025 11:00:00 +0000 https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/?p=70225 Migrant communities are under attack by ICE and Los Crybabys aren't going to let them take Don Jose from La Villita.

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]]> Bonding in Snuggle: Jamila Woods & D-Composed https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/bonding-in-snuggle-jamila-woods-d-composed/ Fri, 22 Aug 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/?p=69970 A video comic review of a sound healing experience presented at Kehrein Center
for the Arts.

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]]> TUNING AWAY FROM MECHANIZED LISTENING: Gimaadaadizimin: Ojibwe Radio Elders Broadcasting Language, Sound, and Ancestral Memory https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/tuning-away-from-mechanized-listening-gimaadaadizimin-ojibwe-radio-elders-broadcasting-language-sound-and-ancestral-memory/ Thu, 21 Aug 2025 10:00:00 +0000 https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/?p=69987 Meet the Ojibwe community behind Minnesota's WTIP Community Radio.

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]]> TUNING AWAY FROM MECHANIZED LISTENING: A Sound Walk Through Chicago’s Pedway System with Allen Moore https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/tuning-away-from-mechanized-listening-a-sound-walk-through-chicagos-pedwat-system-with-allen-moore/ Thu, 24 Jul 2025 22:00:00 +0000 https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/?p=69214 In the second installment of this series, a sound artist is interviewed on their unique practice of improvising in public, industrial spaces.

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]]> TUNING AWAY FROM MECHANIZED LISTENING: An Interview with WHPK DJS https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/tuning-away-from-mechanized-listening-an-interview-with-whpk-djs/ Fri, 18 Jul 2025 15:00:00 +0000 https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/?p=68747 The first in a series of interviews highlighting the practices of sound artists in the Midwest, who develop deep and intentional relationships to music through their unique listening habits.

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]]> Love For Printing https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/love-for-printing/ Tue, 03 Jun 2025 20:52:27 +0000 https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/?p=68598 Take a walk with Bob McCamant, one of the founders of the Chicago Reader. This 8-page comic series explores his love for print media and credits those who helped shape the platform for Chicago's cultural landscape since the 70's.

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]]> El Sonido Es Mi Brújula https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/el-sonido-es-mi-brujula/ Thu, 08 May 2025 16:49:15 +0000 https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/?p=67955 In this bilingual comic, young Chilean sound artist Mauricio Lopéz F. invites us to explore labor and housing practices through sound, kinetics, and new technologies. Some of his work will be exhibited at Comfort Station from June 7-29, 2025.

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]]> Identity in the Abstract: Harriet Watson on Artistic Expression https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/identity-in-the-abstract-harriet-watson-on-artistic-expression/ Thu, 10 Apr 2025 18:07:03 +0000 https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/?p=67539 In Indianapolis, an early career artist considers her role as an artist and all the elements, within and around her, that affect her process.

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]]> The Luck of the Ironlak: a “Somewhere in Chicago” Story https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/the-luck-of-the-ironlak-a-somewhere-in-chicago-story/ Mon, 17 Mar 2025 22:28:21 +0000 https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/?p=67415 A shipment of Ironlak spray cans arrives with a scavenger hunt map that leads to pots of spray cans protected by duendes at Senka park, but will luck be on the Vandal's side?

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]]> Buflo & RiOT Sitting on a…Wall? https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/buflo-riot-sitting-on-a-wall/ Fri, 14 Feb 2025 17:30:00 +0000 https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/?p=66920 A "Somewhere in Chicago" Valentines Day Adventure

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]]> The Attack of the Spray Cans: a “Somewhere in Chicago” Story https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/the-attack-of-the-spray-cans-a-somewhere-in-chicago-story/ Wed, 05 Feb 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/?p=66551 Nothing can get weirder somewhere in Chicago, or so we thought? The Vandal's are on a mission to defeat Spray Can Monsters.

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]]> Sweet on the Tongue https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/sweet-on-the-tongue/ Tue, 28 Jan 2025 15:55:42 +0000 https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/?p=66327 In her debut comic River Ian Kerstetter shares sweet moments in the kitchen with her Oneida Grandma.

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]]> Anchor Editorial: diversión is for everyone https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/diversion-es-para-todos/ Tue, 21 Jan 2025 15:53:53 +0000 https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/?p=66310 A historical review of diversión at Marquette Park curated by Carlos Flores, this year’s Anchor Curatorial Resident.

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]]> Anchor Editorial: diversión es para todos https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/diversion-es-para-todos-2/ Tue, 21 Jan 2025 15:53:13 +0000 https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/?p=66347 Una revisión histórica de la exhibición: diversión en Marquette Park, comisariada por Carlos Flores, el Anchor Curatorial residente de este año.

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]]> Displacement Replacement/Desplazado Reemplazado Pt. 3 https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/displacement-replacement-desplazado-reemplazado-pt-3/ Sat, 18 Jan 2025 20:19:09 +0000 https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/?p=66045 A comic series that chronicles displacement in the arts. Our characters visit No Nation Art Lab. Un Laboratorio tangencial posnación.

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]]> A Critical Genealogy https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/a-critical-genealogy/ Tue, 14 Jan 2025 21:01:00 +0000 https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/?p=66010 In their final essay for the Midwest Arts Writers Fellowship Fellow Yonci Jameson pens an eloquent ode that is part call-out and part call to action of and for Black Arts, Black freedom, and Black community in their home town of Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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]]> East St. Louis Ekphrasis: A Meditation on the Meaning of “City,” “Abandonment,” and “Pollution” https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/east-st-louis-ekphrasis-a-meditation-on-the-meaning-of-city-abandonment-and-pollution/ Tue, 14 Jan 2025 21:00:00 +0000 https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/?p=66002 In her final essay for the Midwest Arts Writers Fellowship, Dr. Treasure Shields Redmond penned an eloquent and poetic ode to her community of East Saint Louis, Illinois.

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]]> Somewhere in Chicago: The Vandals https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/somewhere-in-chicago-the-vandals/ Fri, 10 Jan 2025 11:56:52 +0000 https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/?p=66178 Every year, somewhere in Chicago, the top graffiti crews in each part of the city battle for the hottest spot to get up on. Which crew will earn bragging rights as the illest crew around?!

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]]> Displacement Replacement Pt. 2 https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/displacement-replacement-pt-2/ Thu, 28 Nov 2024 14:00:00 +0000 https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/?p=65032 A comic series that chronicles displacement in the arts. Our characters visit Tritriangle, a space that engages with the potential of sound, video, language, and other performative time-based media challenging traditional aesthetic and conceptual notions.

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]]> Displacement Replacement/Desplazado Reemplazado Pt. 1 https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/displacement-replacement-desplazado-reamplazado-pt-1/ Sun, 03 Nov 2024 14:00:00 +0000 https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/?p=65022 A spanglish comic series that chronicles displacement. The immigrant journey to find a place they can call home may take generations. Their journey triggers change and inspires other communities to solidify their social thread.

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]]> Somewhere in Chicago: The Haunted Bando https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/somewhere-in-chicago-the-haunted-bando/ Thu, 31 Oct 2024 13:00:00 +0000 https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/?p=64814 In a neighborhood not so far away, the vandals find themselves painting in an abandoned building on Halloween, what can go wrong?

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