EXPO CHICAGO 2024
THE INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION OF CONTEMPORARY & MODERN ART
11–14 APRIL 2024
600 E Grand Ave, Chicago Illinois 60611
Georgie Roxby Smith, Just Breathe, 2024
The 2024 edition of EXPO Chicago showcases remarkable machinima works, including selections from Jack Connolly and Georgie Roxby Smith, within two curated playlists by Daata. The exhibition features two segments from American new media artist Jack Connolly’s 2017 masterpiece Anhedonia. Set in an unspecified small town in the American South, the film, created entirely in The Sims, captures the underlying unease through daily vignettes such as characters playing violin or exercising in a basement gym. Georgie Roxby Smith’s contribution, an AI-generated video from this year titled Just Breathe showcases game avatar selfies, highlighting the rapid evolution of video-making technology.
APRIL 13 2024 12:00 — 12:45 PM
SCREENING: DAATA | THE ROCKERS UPTOWN (CHICAGO VERSION)
Daata presents a playlist of commissioned video animations that embody the profound, equivalent coolness of the eponymous reggae dub, King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown by Augustus Pablo and King Tubby, released as the b-side to Jacob Miller’s record Baby I Love You So in 1975. Exploring collective memories grounded in music, Daata curator David Gryn showcases the digital work of George Barber, Phillip Birch, Jacky Connolly, Jeremy Couillard, Ollie Dook, Ed Fornieles, Jess Johnson & Simon Ward, Takeshi Murata, Eva Papamargariti, Puck Verkade, and Lu Yang.
APRIL 13 2024 3:15 — 4:00 PM
SCREENING: DAATA | DEEP SPACE MATHEMATICS & OTHER STORIES
Curated from the Daata archives, Deep Space Mathematics & Other Stories presents digital and video works that are unpolished yet glamorous, always energetic, girly, and unflinchingly raw. Spotlighting works by Rebecca Allen, Helen Benigson, Keren Cytter, Keiken, Rosie McGinn, Hannah Perry, Georgie Roxby Smith, Molly Soda, Anna Sophie de Vries, Chloe Wise, and Zadie Xa, the playlist takes its title from the featured video by Xa, originally introduced to Daata by Legacy Russell in 2016.
EXPO CHICAGO returns to historic Navy Pier on April 11–14, 2024 for its eleventh edition. The Galleries section features leading international exhibitors presented alongside one of the highest quality platforms for global contemporary art and culture. Additional sections include: EXPOSURE, featuring solo and two-artist presentations represented by galleries ten years and younger; PROFILE, presenting solo booths and focused projects that showcase ambitious installations and tightly focused thematic exhibitions; Editions + Books, showcasing limited editions and publications offering a diverse array of print media and object-based practices; and Special Exhibitions, featuring select regional, national, and international non-profit institutions, museums, and organizations.
EXPO CHICAGO 2024 will welcome 170 leading international galleries representing 29 countries and 75 cities from around the world. Countries represented at the 2024 exposition include: Argentina, Australia, Bahamas, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Cuba, Denmark, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, Peru, Portugal, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, and the United States.
The EXPO CHICAGO 2024 Selection Committee is comprised of the following leading gallerists: John Corbett and Jim Dempsey | Corbett vs. Dempsey, Chicago; Leslie Hammons | Weinstein Hammons Gallery, Minneapolis; Rhona Hoffman | Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago; Miles McEnery | Miles McEnery Gallery, New York; Monique Meloche | moniquemeloche, Chicago; Nick Olney | Kasmin, New York. With the advisement of the Selection Committee, Rosario Güiraldes | Curator of Visual Arts at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, will be curator of the EXPOSURE section —highlighting solo and two-artist presentations of emerging work from galleries ten years and younger.
LINK: EXPO CHICAGO 2024: Dialogues
