Exquisite City

I trekked downtown on this snowy Sunday to check out an exhibit, call the Exquisite City (http://www.exquisitecity.com/). This was an entire exhibit dedicated to interpretations of Chicago and city life in general, done entirely in cardboard. There were some of my heroes who submitted their work, including songstress Neko Case and gig poster artist extraordinaire, Jay Ryan. Seeing this diorramas reminded me of the cardboard tiki hut I made for my cats to hang out in. Great whimsical fun. My favorites included Neko Case's burning house, an exact replica of my favorite bar, the Hideout, and watercolor paintings by local artist/ornithologist Diana Sudyka.

Lakeview H.S. students submitted this cool building

Neko's contribution


Through a little peep hole in a cardboard highrise. These sketches look like the one's used to identify a criminal, based on the victims memory. Creepy.

Neko is in a mood to burn buildings.

The "smoke" and flames made of cotton and cellophane actually rose up and filled a big part of the ceiling in this exhibit.

Indeed.

I love subways