Walking into the space of Untitled (red flame) at the Logan Center Exhibitions takes a bit of courage. Ahead of me is a dark sea with a glimmer of red and an echoing sound. The projection of sound and the gallery space taunt me as I brace myself and slowly tiptoe into the gallery. Every movement is followed by a pause before I take another step. I inch closer and closer toward the red glowing light. I wait for my eyes to adjust. A piercing sound fills the space.
For example, in Untitled (red flame) the sound of the voices, amplified throughout the gallery, are a reflection of fire, linked to the Great Chicago Fire and Chicago’s 1960s race riots. The sound is angry as the swath of noise fills the gallery. The artist sonically experiments with the individual voices that she recorded from the workshops, combining them to start a conversation of something much larger and out of control, like the social and political history located here in Chicago itself.
Through 1/5: Tue-Sat 9 AM-9 PM, Sun 11 AM-9 PM, Logan Center Exhibitions, 915 E. 60th, arts.uchicago.edu/logan/gallery, free.
