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  The Earth We Can’t See: Experiential Works of Art About Place

  Lilia Rocio Taboada discusses the multisensory ways in which artists convey the textures, feelings, and hidden histories of a place.

  
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  Mike Cloud: Worldless Obstruction

  In this short documentary, Chicago Works artist Mike Cloud discusses his process in the studio and what motivates his curiosity about symbols, abstraction, and meaning.

  
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  Dancing the Revolution: From Dancehall to Reggaetón

  Interspersed with footage from inside dancehalls and clubs, hear artists and scholars discuss the power of dancehall and reggaetón.

  
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  LGBTQ+ Activism in Chicago: Past, Present & Future

  Hear from four speakers—two born in the 1950s, two born in the 1990s—in video documentation of the event on March 7, 2026. 

  
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  Object Lesson: Urklavier (Primeval Piano) by Nam June Paik

  Andrew Hansung Park reflects on this small work by Nam June Paik, created for the portfolio In Memoriam George Maciunas.

  
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  Object Lesson: In Memory/Leigh Bowery by Catherine Opie

  Jenny Harris considers this tribute work by Catherine Opie taken with the world's largest instant camera.

  
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  Object Lesson: Vaquero by Luis Jiménez

  Lilia Rocio Taboada reflects on the figure of the cowboy in Luis Jiménez's work.

  
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  Six Scores for Yoko Ono

  View documentation of six performances that track the destruction of a violin, smashing boundaries between everyday sound and music.

  
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  Talk | Carla Arocha, Stéphane Schraenen, Madeleine Grynsztejn, Irma Boom & Barbara Vanderlinden

  Hear from the artists, designers, and authors in this documentation video from the event on December 6.

  
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  POLICE STATE at MCA Chicago

  Video documentation of Nadya Tolokonnikova's performance at the MCA, Nov 25–30.

  
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  City in a Garden Roundtable

  Video documentation of Nick Cave, Edie Fake, and Mary Patten discussing their wide-ranging approaches to activism.

  
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  The Sara Albrecht Emerge Artist Talk: Selva Aparicio

  Watch Selva Aparicio's presentation of her process and work in this video documentation of the event.