Terrence Hannum
Mix Tape

Gabriel Fowler, Robot Jams, 2004, 60-min. cassette

Daniel Pineda/Total Gym, VOICES, 2004, 60-min. cassette and handmade speaker boxes

As the audiocassette becomes obsolete in the wake of the compact disc and downloadable digital tracks, Terence Hannum returns gallery visitors to the frugal egalitarianism of the mix tape.   In this group exhibition, visitors may listen to, take home, or even remix their own versions of mix tapes provided by national and Chicago-based artists, musicians, and writers.

Paul Lloyd Sargent
Echo Local

Graeme Miller and John Smith, Lost Sound, 2001, 28-min. video on a 30-min
DVD loop

Trevor Paglen, Untitled (Pelican Bay), 2004, still from performance

Organized by Paul Lloyd Sargent, Echo Local is a group exhibition of sound-based works by six artists who use unique methods of documenting and mapping geographical space.   Works in the exhibition include hundreds of samples of found audiocassette tape, individually bagged, labeled, and pinned to the gallery wall; an auditory catalogue of responses to a phone solicitation; and a radio broadcast of discarded audio.  

At the Edge: Innovative Art in Chicago

Chicago's art scene continues to be an expansive and energetic creative arena. As the city's artistic activity intensifies, Gallery 400 at the University of Illinois at Chicago encourages the most innovative aspects of that dynamism. Inquiry, experimentation and ingenuity are the basis of At the Edge .

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 artist's practice, and/or push the boundaries of art experimentation. This is the third year of annual At The Edge exhibitions intended to encourage the most innovative aspects of the Chicago art community's current dynamism. Special thanks to the jury that selected this year's At The Edge projects: Marc Fischer (Chicago and previous At the Edge artist), Barbara Wiesen (Director, Gahlberg Gallery, College of Dupage), Tricia Van Eck (Curatorial Assistant, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago), Julia Fish (UIC faculty member), and Lorelei Stewart (Director, Gallery 400). A triennial catalogue featuring all At The Edge projects and essays by area writers will be published in 2005.