W 42.5 D 3.5 H 25

Venue I 2020
401 N Wood St, Chicago IL
Aluminum, Enamel, LED

Venue I is the first in a series of COVID-safe, public, outdoor, light installations intended to activate urban spaces that would otherwise remain dormant. They are called ‘venues’ because they are places of gathering.

The Venue Series exists in a space between gallery art, public art, and street art. Gallery art is curated and crafted but insular and exclusive. Public art is accessible and integrated but bureaucratic and often out of touch. Street art is the most immediate and current connection to culture, but it is limited in material and temporality. Using the medium of light, Venues will try to connect art with people and people with people while bringing attention and value to overlooked or discarded spaces.