Chicago Punk: Photography, Art, and Design

Thu Dec 05 2024 at 06:00 pm to 07:00 pm

60 W Walton St, Chicago, IL, United States, Illinois 60610 | Chicago

Newberry Library
Publisher/HostNewberry Library
Chicago Punk: Photography, Art, and Design
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This program will be held in-person at the Newberry and livestreamed on Zoom. The online version of this event will be live captioned. Please register below.
This event will spotlight how Chicago’s punk music scene of the 1990s and early 2000s inspired distinctive visual arts creations. Dan Sinker, Nadine Nakanishi, and Martin Sorrondeguy will discuss the art and design of Chicago-based Punk Planet, one of the best-known punk zines of all time, and a zine created by the Latinx punk band Los Crudos.
The Newberry collection holds the complete run of the "Punk Planet" zine, as well as related archival materials.
Speakers
“In 2003, an internship at Punk Planet Magazine brought me to Chicago from Switzerland. The experience of meeting the working artists of this city gave me the courage to pursue art and envision what centering a creative life might look like. Highlights of my path have been experiencing how artists’ relationships are generative conversations, radical connections in time, singular and concentrated, and defined by velocious dynamics that have no boundaries. Since 2006, I have pursued a collaborative and experimental practice with Nick Butcher, also known as Sonnenzimmer.” - Nadine Nakanishi
Dan Sinker is a journalist, multimedia artist, designer, and maker, and founder of the iconic "Punk Planet" Zine, for thirteen years the definitive voice of the national indie music and art scenes of the 1990s and 2000s. He is also known for co-hosting popular podcasts including “Says Who?” and “The Hitch,” and his fictionalized Ron Emanuel Twitter account, which was later released as the book "The F***ing Epic Twitter Quest of @MayorEmanuel."
Martin Sorrondeguy is the singer of American hardcore punk bands Los Crudos and Limp Wrist and founder of the DIY record label Lengua Armada Discos. Since the early 2000s, Sorrondeguy has been very active in solo and group photo exhibitions of his photography, which has also been regularly documented in his semi-regular 'zine, "Susto."
Cost and Registration
This program is free and open to all. Advance registration required. Registration opens November 1.
More information: https://www.newberry.org/calendar/chicago-punk
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60 W Walton St, Chicago, IL, United States, Illinois 60610

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