by Alicia | Jan 7, 2014 | Hyperallergic
Some photographs are best left to be discovered decades after they were first exposed. Much like the work of Vivian Maier — whose images were found years after she said her goodbyes — a recent finding of 22 undeveloped cellulose nitrate negatives from a 1914–17...
by Alicia | Jan 7, 2014 | Hyperallergic, Selfie Column
CHICAGO — The race for selfie king is on. James Franco’s piece in the New York Timesnow rivals Benny Winfield Jr.’s interview in VICE. “Selfies are something new to me, but as I have become increasingly addicted to Instagram, I have been accused of posting too many of...
by Alicia | Dec 27, 2013 | Hyperallergic
Which television family do you prefer: the Jetsons or the Simpsons? If you picked the former, you will certainly enjoy this visit to the future past, when sci-fi-esque advertisements provided a vision of the then-future, which is now a part of our present...
by Alicia | Dec 27, 2013 | Hyperallergic
CHICAGO — For two days in a row this past weekend, I boarded the train to Forest Park at the Damen Blue Line station. This was unusual for me, as I’m not a regular commuter — I mostly write from my home office or at one of a few coffee shops. Dragging my feet up the...
by Alicia | Dec 27, 2013 | Hyperallergic
CHICAGO — For the past three Christmas seasons at The Suburban, an artist-run project space in Michelle Grabner and Brad Killam’s Oak Park backyard, artist Diego Leclery has decided to become a polar bear. On Sunday, December 21, the polar bear situated itself in the...
