by Alicia | Jul 8, 2013 | Hyperallergic, Selfie Column, Writing
CHICAGO — The selfie is a mirror, an illusion of a mirror, an egotistical moment wrapped in time, and an embarrassing moment post-shave. But there is something curious about seeing your doppelgänger reflected back at you rather than running into him or her on the...
by Alicia | May 31, 2013 | Hyperallergic
I’m super excited to announce that I’ve joined Hyperallergic as a Staff Writer! It’s a pleasure to work alongside editors Hrag Vartanian, Jillian Steinhauer and Mostafa Heddaya at the NYC-based artblogazine. Alicia Eler, Staff Writer Alicia Eler is a...
by Alicia | Jan 12, 2013 | Hyperallergic, Queer
CHICAGO — Edie Fake is a radical punk queer feminist activist. He is currently “at large” in Chicago. Before that, he was driving around the country in a yellow school bus doing the gay performance “Fingers.” At the opening of his solo exhibition Memory Palaces at...
by Alicia | Nov 27, 2012 | Hyperallergic
Woohoo! I’m pleased to announced that I am an official Chicago correspondent for NYC-based art blog hyperallergic. If you have a Chicago show that you think I should write about, email me at alicia@hyperallergic.com. Hyperallergic is an online publication that...
by Alicia | Oct 24, 2012 | Hyperallergic
CHICAGO — Walking down an urban Chicago street on a quiet Sunday afternoon, I noticed a gathering of greenery nestled in the crack of a sidewalk jutting up against a cement wall. These small moments of nature poking through the urban landscape reveal themselves when...