OoS Archive
outofsite_chi has been producing a public performance art festival in Chicago, U.S. since 2011. Every year we have supported one international artist to come to Chicago to create unexpected encounters in public space.
Since 2020 we have been working as an artist collective collaborating to build a platform for experimental public performance art practices.
Image credit: Rachel Bunting & The Humans, Paperdoll (OoS 2011)
Photo credit Cesario Moza
Out of Site 2011
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Collaboraction and Environmental Encroachments
Ginger Krebs & Andrew Braddock
Meg Duguid
Rachel Bunting and The Humans
Joseph Ravens
The New Colony
Martine Viale (International Artist) supported in partnership with Dfbrl*r
3 Card Molly
Industry of the Ordinary
Fereshteh Toosi
Pretty Dirty
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Sophia Hamilton
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July 29, 2011 to October 7, 2011
Each performance ran from 5pm to 7pm every Friday night as people came home from work
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To read more about each performance and the artist bio please check out the pdf.
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Whitney Tassie, Tricia van Eck, Carron Little
Image credit: Mothergirl, What you look like (OoS 2012)
Photo credit Cesario Moza
Out of Site 2012
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Rooms Gallery
Alexandria Eregbu
Mothergirl
Synapse Arts
City Souvenirs
Adam Rose
Detektiv Bureau
Diva / Divo
Nadia Gomez Kiener (International Artist from Argentina)
Emmy Bean
3 Card Molly
Happy Collaborationists curatorial project by Meredith Weber and Anna Trier that included participating artists: Claire Ashley, Erik Peterson, Shane Ward, Jesus Mejia & Ruth, EJ Hill and Andrew Meyler
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Andrew Meyler
Bobbie
Meghan Moe Beitiks
Ryan Noble
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July 27, 2012 to October 12, 2012
Each performance ran from 5pm to 7pm every Friday night as people came home from work.
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To read more about each performance and the artist bio please check out the pdf.
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Meg Duguid, Tricia van Eck, Carron Little & Joseph Ravens
Image credit: Honey Pot Performance, The Guidebook Sessions, (OoS 2013)
Photo credit Bernard Colbert
Out of Site 2013
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Hayley Morgenstern (from Boston)
Honey Pot Performance
Andrew Barco & Sabri Reed
Joshua Kent
DeMarcus Purham
elena & erin
ieke Trinks & Bernard Roddy (International Artist from the Netherlands)
Jeff Huckleberry (from Boston)
Meghan Moe Beitiks
Amber Marsh & Lolly Extract
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August 9, 2013 to October 11, 2013
Each performance ran from 5pm to 7pm every Friday night as people came home from work.
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To read more about each performance and the artist bio please check out the pdf.
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Joseph Ravens, Mark Jeffrey, Tricia van Eck & Carron Little
Image credit: Keijaun Thomas, The Poetics of Trespassing (OoS 2014)
Photo credit Jamie Gannon
Out of Site 2014
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elena & erin
Emilio Rojas & collaborators (International Artist from Canada)
Jake Vogds
Free Air: Amy Sinclair & Regin Igloria
Christian Cruz
Blushing Poppy Productions
Keijuan Thomas
Ginger Krebs & Sara Zalek - Emergency Response Team
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Amy Sinclair
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August 1, 2014 to October 3, 2014
Each performance ran from 5pm to 7pm every Friday night as people came home from work.
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To read more about each performance and the artist bio please check out the pdf.
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Roberto Sifuentes, Felicia Holeman, Tricia van Eck & Carron Little
This project was supported by the Propeller Grant in partnership with Gallery 400 and Threewalls supported by the Andy Warhol Foundation with additional support from Chicago Department of Culture & Special Events.
Poster design by Surprise Media
On Occasion,
a public performance think tank hosted at Chicago Cultural Center from 2014 - 2015.
We invited performance scholars to collaborate with performance artists in Chicago. Each session consisted of a performance presentation by the scholar and a performance workshop in response that was free and open to the public to participate. To read about each session please find the articles collated below.
November 2014: Sara Legg & Meghan Moe Beitiks
January 2015: Robin Deacon & Sara Zalek
March 2015: Melissa Potter & HyTypo
May 2015: Joanna Matuszak & Adam Rose
July 2015: Michael Rohd & Kevin Sparrow
Image credit: Sheryl Oring, (OoS 2015)
Photo credit Jamie Gannon
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Ballenarca (11 person troupe from Austin, Texas)
Sheryl Oring (International Artist from U.S. & Germany)
Duff Norris
Jeremy Pauly
CV Peterson
Vanessa Dion Fletcher
Michal Samama
Coral Short
Fereshteh Toosi
Janet Schmid with Wannapa Pimtong-Eubanks, Cristal Sabbagh and public collaborators
Adriana Disman (International Artist from Canada)
Sara Zalek
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July 25, 2015 to September 6, 2015
The work shifted this year inspired by the On Occasion Performance Workshop we organized at Chicago Cultural Center. For the month of August starting off with a weekend of three performances we organized 35 durational works of unexpected encounters through the Wicker Park Bucktown neighborhood of Chicago.
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To read more about each performance and the artist bio please check out the pdf.
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Tricia van Eck, Carron Little, & Mark Jeffries
Out of Site 2015
Response to be ready by Ginger Krebs & Sara Zalek (OoS 2014), filmed by Full Spectrum Features, videography by Eugene Park & Laura Mitchell and distributed to festivals.
Image credit: Joshua Kent (OoS 2017)
Photo credit Jamie Gannon
Out of Site 2017
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Janet Schmid
Sara Zalek
Joshua Kent
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TBC
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To read more about each performance and the artist bio please check out the pdf.
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Open Engagement
Image credit: Wannapa Pimtong-Eubanks
Put yourself in my shoes, (OoS 2018)
Photo credit Jamie Gannon
Out of Site 2018
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Wannapa Pimtong-Eubanks
Joshua Kent
Sojourner Zenobia
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Wicker Park Fest 2018, July 26,27, 2018
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To read more about each performance and the artist bio please check out the pdf.
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This was supported by Wicker Park SSA #33
Image credit: Patric Gehrig & Saskya Germann
Blessings, (OoS 2019)
Photo credit Patric Gehrig
Out of Site 2019
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Wannapa Pimtong-Eubanks
Sojourner Zenobia
Patric Gehrig & Saskya Germann (Swiss Artists)
Erin Delauney
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Wicker Park Fest 2018, July 26,27, 2019
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To read more about each performance and the artist bio please check out the pdf.
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This was supported by Wicker Park SSA #33 in partnership with Wicker Park Fest and the Swiss Artist in Residency supported by the City of Lucerne, Switzerland
Image credit: Vanessa Dion Fletcher
Wampum Belt, (OoS 2015)
Photo credit Laura Mitchell
Out of Site 2020
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Live Performance Program @CAA2020 Columbia College
Wannapa Pimtong-Eubanks
Alexandria Eregbu
First Live Stream Broadcast
Martine Viale & Michal Samama
Jeremy Pauly & Jerome Pauly
Free Air: Regin Igloria & Amy Sinclair
Wannapa Pimtong-Eubanks
Allen Conkle
ieke Trinks
Second Live Stream Broadcast
Artist collaborated on writing a score
Third Live Stream Broadcast
Vanessa Dion Fletcher & Mar Serinya Gou
Sara Zalek, Cristal Sabbagh, & Scott Rubin
Va-Bene Elikem Fiatsi (crazinisT artisT)
CV Peterson
Sheila Toledo
Fourth Live Stream Broadcast
Rachel Bunting & Sheila Toledo
Dimple B Shah
elena & erin
Sara Zalek
Duff Norris
Fereshteh Toosi
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CWA Event: February 18, 2020
Live Streams:
May 24, 2020
July 24, 2020
October 1, 2020
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To read more about each performance and the artist bio please check out the pdf.
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College Arts Association in partnership with the Committee of Women in the Arts at Columbia College.
The Live Streams were created in partnership with Experimental Sound Studio.
Flow • embody in site, 2021
April 22 - May 9, 2021
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Marilyn Arsem
Martine Viale
Kirsten Hershusius
Callum Eccleston
Carron Little
Dimple B Shah
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Dimple B Shah (Bangalore, India)
Alastair MacLennan (Belfast, N.Ireland)
Zhou Bin (Chengdu, China)
Jennie Klein & Natalie Loveless with a panel of speakers
Brandon Sward
Angelique Grandone
Laura Paolini
Denys Blacker
Sheila Toledo
Amelia Charter
Isa Fontbona
Mitsu Salmon
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Carron Little, Martine Viale, ieke Trinks & Jeremy Pauly
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Flow Finale 2021
May 7, 2021
WeiZen Ho
Daisuke Takeya
Rene Mayer - Grimberg
Daniela Ehemann
Surya Tuchler
Yvette Teeuwen
May 8, 2021
Beau Coleman
TBC
May 9th curated by ieke Trinks
TBC
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To read more about each performance and the artist bio please check out the pdf.
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Experimental Sound Studio, Ohio University School of Art & Design, and Intellect Books
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CR Cooper & Carron Little
Image credit: Catherine Schwalbe, (OoS 2021)
Photo credit Jamie Gannon
Out of Site 2021
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Fifth Live Stream Broadcast
Sheila Toledo & Rachel Bunting
Sara Zalek
Meghan Moe Beitks & Ray Oppenheimer
Erin Peisert
Duff Norris
Live Performances in Chicago Parks
Helen Lee
Cathi Schwalbe
Wannapa Pimtong-Eubanks
DeMarcus Purham
Sixth Live Stream Broadcast curated by Martine Viale
Michelle Lacombe
Manuale Macco
Emilie Franceschin
Carron Little
Seventh Curated by Carron Little
Beate Linne
Surya Tuchler
Beau Coleman
Yvette Teeuwen
Eighth Curated by Jeremy Pauly in Brussels, Belgium
Daniela Ehemann
Yvette Teeuwen
Isa Fontbona Mola
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Sevvin Cee
Mads Campbell
C.R. Cooper
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Live Streams:
February 1, 2021
September 5, 2021
October 1, 2020
Live performances:
August 2021
November 1, 2021
Curated Program by Beau Coleman
October 31, 2021
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To read more about each performance and the artist bio please check out the pdf.
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The Public Performance Art program was produced with Chicago Park District and Nights Out on the Parks, 2021.
The Live Streams were created in partnership with Experimental Sound Studio.
We collaborated with Sparc at the University of Alberta, Edmonton Canada for a symposium on public performance art practices.
Flow • embody in site, 2022
June 2 - June 19, 2022
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Nieves Correa (Spain)
Frans van Lent (Netherlands)
James King (N.Ireland)
Dimple B Shah (India)
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Paul Couillard - Opening Guest Artist Lecture
Sandra Johnston, Alastair MacLennan, Brian Patterson (Belfast, N.Ireland) in partnership with Intellect Books
Lo Bil
Eleni Kolliopoulou
Hector Canonge
Jolanda Jansen
Sandrine Schaeffer
Victoria Stanton
Yvette Teeuwen
Bernadette Hopkins
Carali McCall
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Carron Little, Martine Viale, Beau Coleman & Dimple B Shah
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Flow Performance Program 2022
Friday June 17 @7pm CST
Carron Intros
Rene Meyer-Grimberg
John G. Boehme
Carlos Salazar-Lermont
Duff Norris
Saturday, June 18 @12noon CST
Carron Intros
Frans van Lent & Martine Viale
Hilary Gilligan
Soufia Bensaid
Jimena Bermejo
Daniela Ehemann & Isa Fontbona
James King
Daniela Ehemann & Isa Fontbona
Sunday, June 19 @12noon CST
curated by Beau Coleman
Yaryna Shumska
Carali McCall
Vanessa Dion Fletcher
Jody Oberfelder
Beau Coleman closing remarks -
Experimental Sound Studio, Ohio University School of Art & Design, and Intellect Books
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Duff Norris, Carlos Salazar-Lermont & Carron Little
Image credit: Beau Coleman, Birth and Decay, (OoS 2022)
Photo credit Brittany Snellen
Out of Site 2022
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Artist Focus Spring 2022
February 26: Dagmar Glausnitzer (Germany)
March 5: Sakiko Yamaoka (Japan) March 12: ieke Trinks (Netherlands) March 19: Josh Schwebel (Canada/Germany)
April 2: Kirsten Hershusius (Netherlands)
April 9: Beau Coleman (Canada)
April 16: Odun Orimolade (Nigeria)
April 23: Yaryna Shumska (Ukraine)Flow Performances
Martine Viale & Frans van Lent
James KingArtist Focus Fall 2022
October 8: Claudia Bucher (Lucerne, Switzerland)
October 15: Dominik Lipp (Lenzburg, Switzerland)
October 22: B Ajay Sharma (India) October 29: John G Boehme (Victoria, BC, Canada)
November 5: Daisuke Takeya (Tokyo, Japan | Toronto, Canada)
November 12: WeiZen Ho (Katoomba, Australia)
November 19: Kineret Haya Max (Tel Aviv, Israel)
November 26: Karen Elaine Spencer (Montreal, Canada) -
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Flow Finale 2022:
June 17 - 20, 2022Glasgow, Scotland, U.K.
Saturday November 26, 2022 -
To read more about each performance and the artist bio please check out the pdf.
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In 2022 we worked in partnership with Experimental Sound Studio for public programs.
We worked behind the scenes with WORM Rotterdam to develop Flow 2023.
Flow • embody in site, 2023
September 11 - September 30, 2023
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Rotterdam Workshop
Odun Orimolade
Yvette Teeuwen
Chicago Workshop
Yaryna Shumska
Ayako Kato
Online Workshops
Paul Couillard (Toronto, Canada)
Isabel León (Granada, Spain)
Kineret Haya Max (Tel Aviv, Israel)
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Jelili Atiku - Guest Artist Lecture
Emily Peasgood
Becs Epstein
selina bonneli
Beau Coleman
Daniela Beltrani
Ana Hedenstrom
Marita Bullman
Godwin Constantine
Dr Anna Dako in partnership with Intellect Books
Anette Freidrich- Johannessen
Sun Lynn Hunter at Hyde Park Art Center
Daisuke Takeya
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Carron Little, Martine Viale, Beau Coleman & Dimple B Shah
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Flow Performance Program 2023
Intercity
Saturday September 23, 2023 co-curated by Carron Little & ieke Trinks
Frans van Lent & Adrian Wood
Carlos Salazar-Lermont & Ratri Notosudirdjo
Live Art on the Streets
Thursday, September 28, 2023
Session One @12noon CST
Odun Orimolade
ieke Trinks
Merel Smitt
Alice Bell
Live Art on the Streets
Session Two @2pm CST
Rachel Lindsay-Snow
Deirdre Huckabay
Becs Epstein
Marco Guagnelli
Live Art on the Streets
Friday, September 29 @12noon CST
Session One
Yvette Teeuwen
Anette Friedrich-Johannessen
Merel Smitt
Lea Vonzerti
Alice BellLive Art on the Streets
Session Two @2pm CST
Beau Coleman
Godwin Canstantine
Sara SaravestaniIntercity
Saturday September 30, 2023 co-curated by Carron Little & ieke Trinks
Kathrin Wolkowisz & Regin Igloria
Sarah Beth Woods & Contemporary GloryStewards
Érika Ordosgoitti
Becs Epstein
Sevvin Cee
Merel Smitt
Lea Vonterzi -
WORM Rotterdam, Hyde Park Art Center, Experimental Sound Studio, Ohio University School of Art & Design, Intellect Books, LeParc Research Center at Concordia University Montreal, Canada, and University of Lincoln, U.K.
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ESS, Carron Little & Becs Epstein
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Chicago
Érika Ordosgoitti
Becs Epstein
Sevvin CeeRotterdam
Lea Vonterzi
Merel Smitt
Image credit: Regin Igloria in collaboration with Katrhin Wolkowisz
Gestures of water (OoS 2023)
Photo credit Jamie Gannon
Out of Site 2023
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Intercity co-curated by ieke Trinks & Carron Little with Chicago Park District & WORM
Adrian Wood & Frans van Lent
Carlos Salazar-Lermont & Ratri Notosudirdjo
Regin Igloria & Kathrin Wolkowisz
Sarah Beth Woods & Contemporary Glory, Contemporary Cash
Live Art on the Streets with ESS & WORM
Odun Orimolade
ieke Trinks
Merel Smitt
Lea Vonterzi
Anette Friedrich- Johannessen
Rachel Lindsay-Snow
Deidre Huckabay
Becs Epstein
Marco Guagnelli
Yvette Teeuwen
Alice Bell
Rene Meyer-Grimberg
Beau Coleman
Godwin Constantine
Safa Sarvestani + Deidre Huckabay as performer
Stewards
Érika Ordosgoitti
Becs Epstein
Sevvin Cee
Artist Focus Spring 2023
March 25: Yvette Teeuwen (The Hague, Netherlands)April 8: Denys Blacker (Girona, Spain)
April 15: Boris Nieslony (Cologne, Germany)
April 22: Dorothea Rust (Zurich, Switzerland)
May 6: Julie Vulcan (Sydney Australia)
May 20: Keike Twisselmann (Berlin, Germany)
May 27: James King (Derry, N. Ireland) with a Part 2 recorded on May 31, 2023
June 3: Janice Parker (Edinburgh, Scotland)
Artist Focus Fall 2023
Anette Friedrich-Johannessen TBC
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Becs Epstein
Érika Ordosgoitti
Sevvin Cee
Merel Smitt
Lea Vonterzi
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Artist Focus Spring 2023
March 25, 2023 - May 27, 2023
Intercity
Saturday September 23, 2023
Saturday September 30, 2023Live Art on the Streets
Thursday September, 28, 2023
Friday September 29, 2023Artist Focus Fall 2023
November 2023 - December 2023
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To read more about each performance and the artist bio please check out the pdf.
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We’ve expanded our program partners this year working in partnership with WORM, Rotterdam for Flow and the Intercity project.
Intercity was supported by Chicago Park District and Nights Out on the Parks, Mondrian Fund, Prince Bernhard Culture Fund, and Experimental Sound Studio.
Flow was supported by an Artist Run Award 2022 from Hyde Park Art Center, Ohio University School of Art & Design in Athens, Ohio, U.S., LePARC Research Center at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada, University of Lincoln, U.K. and the John David Mooney Foundation in Chicago, U.S.