OPEN CALL

WHAT IS ABOUT?

Pilsen Dérive (drift), is a generative and collective project which aims to activate a critical review of the historical and urban development of the Pilsen neighborhood, through walk journeys as main research. The project will work as a collaborative process where participants can contribute portraits and media essays that explore the development of Pilsen´s buildings. The UIC Maker Space studio at MANA will serve as a hub for group reviews, discussions, and artwork production.

WHAT ARE WE DOING?

Buildings selected can be a participant’s own house, or a particular building that they find meaningful in the neighborhood. Workshops will focus on digitally mapping Pilsen and the buildings of interest using an open source application, which feeds photo, video and sound via the Google Maps platform and open source applications. Once the buildings are selected, participants will develop the oral history profile of the building, fed by the collective memory of the neighbors, habitants, users. The collective data will be discussed in the studio, and will inform creative outputs such as a sound, video or photo essays.

For the first month the group will meet three times per week to discuss this data and possible forms of production. By the second month meetings will be less frequent and based on the team’s production and needs. The studio will allow participants to arrange maps, sketches and multimedia tools to create presentations and table discussions. Meetings will happen also outside of MANA for field trips (drifts), in order to visit and learn about Pilsen’s buildings as a group.

WHAT IS THE FINAL PROJECT?

In the end, the objective is for participants to visualize their process through the interactive mobile map applications, and create multiple compositions about Pilsen’s buildings using video, sound, and photo essays.

The results of the project will be shown in a group exhibition at Mana Contemporary Arts.

SCHEDULE

The first day will be on Sat. August 16th at 3:00 pm in IUC Maker Space in MANA.
The project will run from August 16th to November 3rd. Days TBA based on participants availability consensus.

COST
The workshop is free for the general public

WHERE IT WILL TAKE PLACE?

UIC Maker Space at Mana

Address: 2233 S. Throop Street, Chicago, IL 60608

CONTACT US

Phone: +1 312-850-8301

Email: [email protected]

Amanda Gutierrez: [email protected]