Pencil This In
By Lauri Apple in Arts & Entertainment on Jan 16, 2009 7:30PM
Visual Arts
Bucktown's Caro d'Offay Gallery offers both an opening and a closing in one night. The opening is for SANDSUSKY, a multi-media installation by Scott Cowan and Katy Keefe. 5-9 p.m. The closing is for Lumetype, an exhibition featuring works produced through the specially patented "Lumetype" technique. You can get your face printed Lume-style from 8-9 p.m. Kelan Phil Cohran will play music from 6-7 p.m. 2204 W. North.
Phaiz Gallery features work by Gwendolyn Terry, who articulates the universality of our personal and political awareness. by stringing together screened fabrics, hanging and draping them from the ceiling. Regal objects and earthy debris that have barely survived the ages indicate what was and immediately what might be again. 7-10 p.m. Through Feb. 15. 673 N. Milwaukee.
Rhona Hoffman Gallery hosts Tough and Sweet, works by Stephanie Brooks. This should be a good one. Through Feb. 28. 5-7:30 p.m. 118 N. Peoria St.
Rotofugi offers up Overdrive, a loosely rock-and-roll-themed affair featuring UK-based illustrator McBess and Chicago-based collage master/Rotofugi curator Netherland (aka David van Alphen). This show will supposedly "melt your face," if you still have a face left after this week's Arctic fuckyoufest. Through Feb. 1. 6-9 p.m. 1953-55 W. Chicago Ave.
Film
Sunday, Jan. 18 marks the premiere of Man and His Erections, Chicago-based director/performance artist/interior designer Rujanee Mahakanjana's exploration of why man builds tall buildings. The resemblance of the skyscraper to a certain human appendage comes in for slyly humorous examination as Mahakanjana weaves the fictional story of a porn star with erectile dysfunction into a documentary exploration of motives and design influences among the members of Chicago's diverse architectural community. Interviews and appearances by Chicago-based designers include architects Steve Wierzbowski, Byron Durham, and Harry J. Wirth, interior designer Andrew Benner, and psychologist James W. Anderson. DV-Cam video. 5 p.m. Mahakanjana will be present for discussion at both screenings. Afterparty at Izumi, 731 W. Randolph St. (Additional screening Wed., Jan 21 at 8:15 p.m.) Gene Siskel Film Center, 164 N. State St.