October 5-28, 2012

What happens when our private life becomes public and public space becomes private?  Located in a dilapidated mansion - 6018North - the exhibition presents multiple artists exploring this question through installations within the rooms of the house. The investigations and activities presented explore the social, cultural, and political ramifications of our shifting conceptions of public and private space.

Artists include: Teresa Albor, Lise Haller Baggesen, Rebecca Beachy, Sandra Binion, Troy Briggs, Deborah Boardman, Sandra Binion, Cupola Bobber, Keith Buchholz, Chelsea Culp and Ben Foch, Collective Cleaners, Meg Duguid, Daniela Ehemann, Maria Gaspar, Jane Jerardi, Jennifer Karmin,  Joseph Kramer with Radius, Carron Little, Lou Mallozzi, Trevor Martin and Vicki Fowler, Jesus Mejia and Ruth, Harold Mendez, Meredith and Anna, Katrina Petrauskas, Jesse Schlesinger, and Vintage Theatre Collective

Events:
Carron Little’s Dream Minds
Public reading of dreams each Monday night at 7:30pm

Artists Talk Saturday, October 20 at 12:00 - 1:30pm: 
What does it mean for an artist to make art for the public, in public? What is "in public" and who is a "public"? Judith Butler recently questioned Hannah Arendt's "the space of public appearance" stating that we need to ask the purpose of public space, how a public forms, who appears where and when, doing what, and what are the conditions that supports this appearance?  This discussion asks what is "the space of public appearance" for an artist and is there a distinction between work made for "the space of public appearance vs. work that is made for the studio and gallery? Who is the public (or plurality) that work is being made for, and how is this public (or plurality) meant to respond? 
Caroline Picard moderates artists discussing their work from the exhibitions Home: Public and Private and The Happiness Project. Artists include:
Jennifer Karmin, Kirstin Leenaars, Lise Haller Baggeston, Harold Mendez, Meredith and Anna, Carron Little, Troy Briggs, and Rebecca Beachy.

Jennifer Karmin’s 4000 Words 4000 Dead Events:
October 27
Community discussion, potluck dinner 6pm at 6018North
Iraqi war veterans, Iraqi refugees , scholars, writers and peace activists gathering for an informal discussion. Featured participants include:  
Iraqi writer Mahmoud Saeed, Iraq Veterans Against the War member Peter Sullivan, Voices for Creative Nonviolence member Kathy Kelly & American Friends Service Committee member Mary Zerkel. 

October 28
Interactive street performance initiated 6018North's microphone/public address system.

PRESS

Home: Public or Private? received Best of 2012 accolades in The Chicago Tribune and New City.
The Chicago Tribune: Claudine Ise included Home: Public or Private? in her best visual art of 2012 picks:
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-12-20/entertainment/ct-ae-1223-best-visual-art-20121220_1_helen-molesworth-apartment-galleries-guerrilla-girls
New City's Jason Foumberg chose Home: Public or Private? as top 5 art exhibition of 2012
http://art.newcity.com/2012/12/20/newcitys-top-5-of-everything-2012-art/

Newcity, "Special Exhibitions Announced for Expo Chicago 2015" - highlights 6018North as part of Expo Chicago's Special Exhibitions

France Culture "Lise Haller Baggesen, artiste de Chicago..." - radio discussion with Lise Haller Baggesen for Please Zone a Paris installation, October 18, 2015

Newcity, "Newcity's Top 5 of Everything 2012: Art" includes Home: Public or Private? in top 5 art exhibitions of 2012

Chicago Tribune, "Home Show Review at 6018North" - features Home: Public or Private?

Newcity, "Review: Home: Public or Private?" - recommends of Home: Public or Private?

The Chicago Reader, "Miss Julie | 6018North" - recommends of Miss Julie as part of Home: Public or Private?

Sixty Inches from Center, "Radius: A Sonic Lens" - feature on Radius and Joseph Kramer, artists in Home: Public or Private?

Columbia Chronicle - Feature about Jennifer Karmin's "4000 Words 4000 Dead" installation for the Home: Public or Private? show

The Chicago Poetry Calendar - Feature about Jennifer Karmin's "4000 Words 4000 Dead" installation for the Home: Public or Private? show