Stephen Lapthisophon, image of the chair lift in the lobby of
400 S. Peoria Street, Art and Design Hall
Lapthisophon's project incorporates sound, vibration, sculptural intrusions,
ladders, architectural details, ramps, obstacles, images, and signage,
in an installation that in the 12th year of the American's with Disabilities
Act marks the efficiencies and inefficiencies of our collective response
to issues of disability and access.
The exhibition essay is available here.
Special Event: Wednesday, November 6 5 pm
Panel discussion with Andrew Metter, Annex/5 Architects, Chicago; Joshua Flanders, Chicago Institute for the Moving Image; and David Mitchell, Department of Disability and Human Development, UIC.
Stephen Lapthisophon, a MFA graduate of the School of the Art Institute has exhibited widely since 1977. Selected exhibitions include The Public Art Show, High Museum of Art, Atlanta (1986), not/knot, Hyde Park Art Center (1993), Con/textual, City of Chicago Cultural Center (2001) and Sculpture in Chicago Now, Part 2, Columbia College, Chicago (2002). He has had solo exhibitions at Artists Space (1982), TBA Exhibition Space (2000) and the University of Texas at Dallas (2002). Whitewalls published his book, Hotel Terminus in 2001. His CD the bells is released this year. In 2002 he received an Art Council Award.
With Reasonable Accommodation is part of the fall project At the Edge: Innovative Art in Chicago, August 27 - December 21, 2002
Six one-person or artist curated exhibitions taking a risk. At the Edge unveils newly created works that are difficult to show in commercial spaces, that extend a working arts practice, and/or push the boundaries of art experimentation. This year’s program is the first of annual At the Edge exhibitions intended to encourage the most innovative aspects of Chicago art community’s current dynamism. Special thanks to the jury that selected this year’s At the Edge projects: Derek Fansler (artist and co-director of Suitable Gallery), Steve Reinke (artist and UIC faculty member), Julie Rodriques (Curatorial Assistant, MCA), James Rondeau (Acting Director, Department of Modern and Contemporary Art, Art Institute) and Lorelei Stewart (Director, Gallery 400).
