A Festival of Holes
Friday, November 35:00 – 8:00 pm
Neubauer Collegium5701 S. Woodlawn Ave.
The Neubauer Collegium is pleased to host a performance and reception in honor of Stacy Hardy’s new book, An Archaeology of Holes (Bridge Books, 2023).
5:00 – 7:00 pmPrelude / Afternoon ProgramMovement Matters Presents “Mirrorglass: Land Acts (Traces)”
At this event, organized by Bridge Books as part of the Festival of Holes (Oct 13 – Nov 3), Movement Matters will present “Mirrorglass: Land Acts (Traces),” a new experimental performance by Amanda Saucedo, Michael Workman, Mat Rappaport, and Range Mobile Lab. The piece blurs the distinctions and maps the intersections between dance, performance art, and civic participation, with the hope of expanding the experiential space of viewing artworks. The performance allows movement to become a core concern and an artistic material itself.
7:00 – 8:00 pmAn Archaeology of HolesRelease Party and Book Launch
South African writer Stacy Hardy will be joined by an unruly ensemble of archaeologists to excavate and celebrate the hole as a gathering point, that into which everything falls: black holes, boreholes, manholes, potholes, airholes, sinkholes, stink holes, wormholes, tone holes, keyhole, cunt holes, a-holes, mouth holes, hideyholes, holy holes, wholly holes, breath holes, holes in the head and in the body and in the earth, holes in humanity, holes as escape routes and connection points … a gap, a gape, a gasp, agape …Participants include anthropologist Kaushik Sunder Rajan (Chicago); poets Daniel Borzutzky (Chicago) and Lesego Rampolokeng (Soshanguve); composers and musicians Adam Zanolini (Chicago), Julian Otis (Chicago), and Neo Muyanga (Soweto); and writers Lily Hoang (San Diego), Meghan Lamb (Chicago), and Robert Kloss (Chicago).
About Stacy Hardy
Stacy Hardy is a writer, researcher, and editor whose work explores the intersections of embodiment, the individual, and society. She is currently in residence as a Neubauer Collegium Visiting Fellow, working as a member of the international research team on the Transperformations: Breathing Machines Across Worlds project, which is studying the “collective breathing” of colonized peoples and the potential for such breathing to be liberatory.
IMAGES (from top): Hurm Watches, Michael Workman, 2022, courtesy of the artist. Book jacket courtesy Bridge Books Chicago. Photo of Stacy Hardy courtesy of the author.
Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society
5701 S. Woodlawn Ave.Chicago, IL 60637773-795-2329neubauercollegium.uchicago.eduThis event is free and open to the public. If you need an accommodation in order to participate, please contact collegium@uchicago.edu.