Publication Thu Apr 23 2009

Remedial Reading

This week, the productive staff of the Chicago-based, community-focused contemporary arts and culture magazine Proximity, releases issue #4, "The Remedies Issue." This, their one-year anniversary issue, offers "perspective on the health of our art ecologies," and features contributions by Ed Marzewski, Rachael Marzewski, Mairead Case, Chad Kouri, Michael Freimuth, Salem Collo-Julin, Brett Bloom, Caroline Picard, James Kennedy, Mark Staff Brandl, Mess Hall, and many more. Its release coincides with the epic, 10-day Version>09 Festival, taking place from April 23-May 2. The magazine will be available on Friday, April 24, at The Audacity of Art event, a night of visual art, live music, and Korean Polish BBQ. For $7, you can experience the audacious art; for $12 you experience the art and also get a copy of Proximity #4.

And check out The (Con)Temporary Art Guide, another new publishing project from this crew. It's a 144-page book that maps and promotes some of Chicago's best cultural offerings during the spring art season. Viva la print!

Proximity Release Party: Friday, April 24, 7 p.m.-2 a.m. / Co-Prosperity Sphere / 3219 S. Morgan

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