But the very fact that this question takes such a polarized on-off form is a symptom of the way urban space in our day is being stretched on the rack of inequality, with capital either too-present or not present at all. And the questions of displacement...lurk somewhere on the horizon. — artnet News
On the eve of Chicago's first-ever Architecture Biennial, Ben Davis ties together three stories - the restored Chicago Art Expo, the spectacular gala benefit preview of Chicago artist Theaster Gates's new Stony Island Arts Bank and a battle over community control and school closings in Bronzeville - in order to examine culture's evolving place in the economic and political life of the Windy City.
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I love this article and already shared it in a couple places. But if you don't read the entire article, at least ponder the questions referred to in this article, taken from a different, previous article written by Marc Fischer of Chicago's Temporary Services and publisher via Half Letter Press of one of my favorite books on architecture, Leftover/Rightunder by Wes Janz::
What are you most looking forward to about Rahm Emanuel calling for the largest property tax increase in modern Chicago history?
What's your favorite mental health clinic now that six of them have been closed by Mayor Emanuel?
Top 5 pieces of Chicago architecture chosen from the 49 schools closed by Rahm Emanuel?
What's Chicago's most architectural space used for torture in the secret black site in Homan Square?
Which skyscraper provides the greatest distraction from issues of real consequence that impact the lives of the Chicago residents that live everywhere else?
See below for the entire response/letter/critique of the Biennial by Marc Fisher
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