Out of Site 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

  • 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

  • Sophia Hamilton

  • July 29, 2011 to October 7, 2011

    Each performance ran from 5pm to 7pm every Friday night as people came home from work

  • To read more about each performance and the artist bio please check out the pdf.

  • Whitney Tassie, Tricia van Eck, Carron Little

Image credit: Mothergirl, What you look like (OoS 2012)
Photo credit Cesario Moza

Out of Site 2012

  • 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

  • Andrew Meyler

    Bobbie

    Meghan Moe Beitiks

    Ryan Noble

  • July 27, 2012 to October 12, 2012

    Each performance ran from 5pm to 7pm every Friday night as people came home from work.

  • To read more about each performance and the artist bio please check out the pdf.

  • 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

  • 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

  • August 9, 2013 to October 11, 2013

    Each performance ran from 5pm to 7pm every Friday night as people came home from work.

  • To read more about each performance and the artist bio please check out the pdf.

  • 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

  • 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

  • Amy Sinclair

  • August 1, 2014 to October 3, 2014

    Each performance ran from 5pm to 7pm every Friday night as people came home from work.

  • To read more about each performance and the artist bio please check out the pdf.

  • Roberto Sifuentes, Felicia Holeman, Tricia van Eck & Carron Little

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: Sheryl Oring, (OoS 2015)
Photo credit Jamie Gannon

  • 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

  • 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.

  • To read more about each performance and the artist bio please check out the pdf.

  • Tricia van Eck, Carron Little, & Mark Jeffries

Out of Site 2015

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: Joshua Kent (OoS 2017)
Photo credit Jamie Gannon

Out of Site 2017

  • Janet Schmid

    Sara Zalek

    Joshua Kent

  • TBC

  • To read more about each performance and the artist bio please check out the pdf.

  • Open Engagement

Image credit: Wannapa Pimtong-Eubanks
Put yourself in my shoes, (OoS 2018)
Photo credit Jamie Gannon

Out of Site 2018

  • Wannapa Pimtong-Eubanks

    Joshua Kent

    Sojourner Zenobia

  • Wicker Park Fest 2018, July 26,27, 2018

  • To read more about each performance and the artist bio please check out the pdf.

  • 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

  • Wannapa Pimtong-Eubanks

    Sojourner Zenobia

    Patric Gehrig & Saskya Germann (Swiss Artists)

    Erin Delauney

  • Wicker Park Fest 2018, July 26,27, 2019

  • To read more about each performance and the artist bio please check out the pdf.

  • 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

  • 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

  • CWA Event: February 18, 2020

    Live Streams:

    May 24, 2020

    July 24, 2020

    October 1, 2020

  • To read more about each performance and the artist bio please check out the pdf.

  • 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

  • Marilyn Arsem

    Martine Viale

    Kirsten Hershusius

    Callum Eccleston

    Carron Little

    Dimple B Shah

  • 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

  • Carron Little, Martine Viale, ieke Trinks & Jeremy Pauly

  • 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

  • To read more about each performance and the artist bio please check out the pdf.

  • Experimental Sound Studio, Ohio University School of Art & Design, and Intellect Books

Image credit: Catherine Schwalbe, (OoS 2021)
Photo credit Jamie Gannon

Out of Site 2021

  • 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

  • Sevvin Cee

    Mads Campbell

    C.R. Cooper

  • 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

  • To read more about each performance and the artist bio please check out the pdf.

  • 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

  • Nieves Correa (Spain)

    Frans van Lent (Netherlands)

    James King (N.Ireland)

    Dimple B Shah (India)

  • 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

  • Carron Little, Martine Viale, Beau Coleman & Dimple B Shah

  • 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

  • Duff Norris, Carlos Salazar-Lermont & Carron Little

Image credit: Beau Coleman, Birth and Decay, (OoS 2022)
Photo credit Brittany Snellen

Out of Site 2022

  • 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 King

    Artist 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)

  • Flow Finale 2022:
    June 17 - 20, 2022

    Glasgow, Scotland, U.K.
    Saturday November 26, 2022

  • To read more about each performance and the artist bio please check out the pdf.

  • This was supported by Wicker Park SSA #33

Flow • embody in site, 2023

September 11 - September 30, 2023

  • 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)

  • 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

  • Carron Little, Martine Viale, Beau Coleman & Dimple B Shah

  • 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 Bell

    Live Art on the Streets
    Session Two @2pm CST
    Beau Coleman
    Godwin Canstantine
    Sara Saravestani

    Intercity
    Saturday September 30, 2023 co-curated by Carron Little & ieke Trinks

    Kathrin Wolkowisz & Regin Igloria
    Sarah Beth Woods & Contemporary Glory

    Stewards
    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.

  • ESS, Carron Little & Becs Epstein

  • Chicago
    Érika Ordosgoitti
    Becs Epstein
    Sevvin Cee

    Rotterdam
    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

  • 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

  • Becs Epstein

    Érika Ordosgoitti

    Sevvin Cee

    Merel Smitt

    Lea Vonterzi

  • Artist Focus Spring 2023

    March 25, 2023 - May 27, 2023

    Intercity

    Saturday September 23, 2023
    Saturday September 30, 2023

    Live Art on the Streets

    Thursday September, 28, 2023
    Friday September 29, 2023

    Artist Focus Fall 2023

    November 2023 - December 2023

  • To read more about each performance and the artist bio please check out the pdf.

  • 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.

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