A 26-foot tall sculpture of Marilyn Monroe frozen in the iconic leg-flashing pose from The Seven Year Itch was finished in Chicago today and already it’s been called “risque,” “controversial” and “a monument to sexism.” Welcome back to 1955, you hysterical whiners. Read more »
For the past 20 years or so, the city of Chicago has been battling graffiti without any kind of great success and some would argue that its efforts have backfired altogether. Instead of mitigating vandalism, their polices are conditioning a more committed type of writer. It’s basically become a training ground where toys drops off quickly while the elite flourish. Read more »
A Chicago sheriff’s department announced the arrest of a suburban family caught growing “designer” chronic in their fancy home. In a press release, authorities fawned over the operation calling it “meticulous” and said the “primo” pot sold for $4,409 a pound, which is just a wonderfully random number. Read more »
So, what are analog photographers’ contact sheets actually ‘Proof’ for, aside from the fact that shot wasn’t fished out of three thousand accidental digital snaps? A Chicago gallery is assembling great photography alongside the original contact sheets. Go and see the frames of intent, acrobatics and voyeuristic prodding from the contact sheet diaries of 26 photographers. “Proof,” group show, Jul 16 – Sep 4, Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago
Of all the said Banksys popping up nationwide lately, Banksy has confirmed a few, including the Battleship Potemkin stroller in Chicago, “I remember when all this was trees” in Detroit, the sunbathing Osama in San Francisco and “You concrete me.” A few more pieces were spotted in Detroit and Toronto. See the recent confirmed and yet-to-be confirmed Banksys below. Read more »
Last month, officials in Chicago announced a plan to upgrade surveillance operations with the installation of more covert cameras and now they’ve leaped way beyond that and are lobbying the “private sector to connect its exterior surveillance cameras to Chicago’s 911 emergency center,” reports the Chicago Sun-Times. That would effectively patchwork the already extensive network together, creating a system of big brotherness only to be rivaled by fictional characters in the Matrix. |Chicago Sun-Times|
First an item of clarification. Blunts suck, there’s really no reason to buy a cigar (White Owl, Phillies, Dutch, or otherwise), cut it open, and then re-roll it into a toxic joint that’s not even meant to be inhaled in the first place. Blunt wraps on the other hand, are a tobacco paper specifically made for smoking that taste better, burn healthier, and don’t have nearly as much waste. Now to the controversy: a crazy pastor from Chicago is calling for a state wide ban on them. Read more »
Criminals in Chicago have easily figured out how to out maneuver the city’s surveillance cameras, but officials have crafted a new strategy to outsmart them: more surveillance cameras. Of course these new ones will be more covert and reportedly have a wider range, so now the majority of law-abiding citizens can rest easy knowing they too will be watched all the more closely. |Chicago Tribune|
Armed with a powerful telephoto lens, Michael Wolf captures the unknowing inhabitants of Chicago’s skyscrapers. The voyeuristic project grew out of an ongoing series of cityscape shots, tightly cropped so as to lose all points of reference besides the building’s geometry. Recently published as “The Transparent City,” Wolf’s collection of photos, an invasion of privacy for some and a reminder to shut your blinds for others, will be exhibited from November 7th through January 21st at Aperture Gallery, 547 West 27th Street, 4th floor.
Photos by Michael Wolf
With a skyline display, Chicago is counting the days until October 2nd, when a decision will be made on the city’s 2016 Olympic bid. |JPG|
Photo by Leatheia Brady Rhodes
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