A Hallucinatory, 'Augmented-Realty' Pop-Up Party Is Landing At A Railway Underpass This Weekend

By Stephen Gossett in Arts & Entertainment on Sep 14, 2017 5:20PM

We can speak from experience that you don't need any bells and whistles to have a perfectly fine party while hanging out below an underpass, but we're happy to see someone take the DIY tradition up a notch.

That's exactly what the culture and event mavens at Canvas have in store for their annual Sub Chroma pop-up party this Saturday. The railway underpass known as Hubbard Cave, near Kinzie and Peoria, in the West Loop, will get the full underground-party bedazzling, with immersive digital and physical installations, digital performance art and projections, and a robust live-music roster. No less a footwork icon than RP Boo is slated to perform, along with DJs Kyle Woods and Cqqchifruit.

Also expect to see hallucinatory augmented-reality canvases and projection mapping, perhaps along the lines of last year's Sub Chroma event, when Canvas transformed Moonlight Studios into a psychedelic mashup or virtual reality and performance art.

The underpass party—which takes cues from rave-y underpass and tunnel parties in European cities like Paris and Berlin—is launched in conjunction with EXPO Chicago, the city's annual blowout of a contemporary-art exhibition.

Tickets are on sale here for $29. But you can also enter to win free tickets from Do312 here. Sub Chroma goes down under the tracks on Saturday, September 16 (7pm until midnight). Take a look at the teaser video and a recap clip of last year's pop-up below.