Dan Sandin, Tom DeFanti and Mimi Shevitz, Spiral PTL, Video, 1980, Collection of the Video Data Bank.

Participants in live computer video performance at electronic visualization event 2 in Chicago. Photo by Clark Dodsworth. 1976

View of a Generative Systems classroom, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, c. 1976. The Daniel Langlois Foundation for Art, Science, and Technology, Sonia Landy Sheridan Fonds.

Dan Sandin in front of Phil Morton’s copy of the Image Processor.

CHICAGO NEW MEDIA 1973-1992
November 1 - December 15, 2018
In partnership with Gallery 400
400 S. Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607

View Installation Photos of the Exhibit Here

Chicago New Media 1973–1992 seeks to illuminate the largely untold story of Chicago's role in the history of new media. Consisting of an exhibition, public program, and scholarly catalog, the project yields a new art historical understanding of the artists and organizations that contributed to digital art and technology in the latter half of the twentieth century.  The exhibition is curated by Jon Cates, Associate Professor of Film, Video, New Media and Animation, Art History, Theory and Criticism at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and organized with curatorial assistance by Chaz Evans and Jonathan Kinkley. 

PUBLIC PROGRAMS

• Thursday, November 1, 2018, 2-4pm: Chicago New Media Symposium, Gallery 400, 400 S. Peoria Ave. Free tickets required, RSVP here.

• Thursday, November 1, 2018, 5-8pm: Public Opening Reception, Gallery 400, 400 S. Peoria Ave. Free, no reservations required. Click here for more information.

• Wednesday, November 7, 2018, 6-7:30pm: CAVE2 Demonstration with Dan Sandin, University of Illinois at Chicago’s Engineering Research Facility (ERF), 842 W. Taylor Street, Room 2036. Free tickets required, RSVP here.

• Saturday, November 17, 1-3pm: Pixel Art Sprite Making Workshop, Gallery 400 Lecture Room, 400 S. Peoria Street. Free, no reservations required. Click here for more information.

• Wednesday, November 28, 6pm: Chicago New Media Remix Night, Featuring Cat Bluemke, Ali Krouse, and Whitney Pow, Gallery 400, 400 S. Peoria Street. Free, no reservations required. Click here for more information.

• Saturday, December 8, 1-3pm: Interactive Story/Text Based Game Making Workshop, Gallery 400 Lecture Room, 400 S. Peoria Street. Free, no reservations required. Click here for more information.

• Wednesday, December 5, 6pm: Screening: Selections from Josh Tsui’s Insert Coin Inside Midway's '90s Revolution, Gallery 400 Lecture Room, 400 S. Peoria Street. Click here for more information.

This project is funded by the Terra Foundation for American Art and organized in partnership with University of Illinois at Chicago's Gallery 400 with support from Electronic Visualization Laboratory. Chicago New Media 1973–1992 is part of Art Design Chicago, an exploration of Chicago's art and design legacy, an initiative of the Terra Foundation for American Art with presenting partner, The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation. Additional generous support for this project is made possible by The Chicago Community Trust, the Goethe-Institut Chicago and the Video Data Bank at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. 

VGA Gallery is generously supported by The MacArthur Funds for Arts and Culture at The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation, a CityArts Grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs & Special Events, the Gaylord & Dorothy Donnelly Foundation, the Illinois Arts Council Agency, individuals, and private and corporate foundations.