The Salt Shed, 1357 N Elston Ave
929 E. 60th St.
Chicago, Illinois 60637
United States
The Richard and Mary L. Gray Center for Arts and Inquiry at the University of Chicago is pleased to announce the release of the tenth issue of Portable Gray, a publication that draws on the work of the Gray Center, a research center for experimental collaborations between artists and scholars. Published twice annually (fall/spring) by the University of Chicago Press, Portable Gray is a forum for experimenting with two genres of publication: the scholarly journal and the art magazine. Each issue is shaped by a theme, which is treated elastically and through myriad forms: artworks, essays, interviews, musical scores, photography, and poetry among others.
About this issue
Our tenth edition of Portable Gray is dedicated to family. Comfort or cage, for centuries family has served as an ever-reliable inspiration and source material for the arts and literature. It is also a flash point for some of the most fierce and poignant political debates of our times, touching on topics ranging from public health and reproductive justice; representation and citizenship; cultural infrastructure and ethical business practices; to re-matriation and the stewardship of the environment. This issue offers a kaleidoscopic view on the subject of family with contributions from archivists, artists, curators, dramaturgs, gallerists, literary scholars, musicians, novelists, skateboarders, theater directors, and the Chicago Abortion Fund.
Please join us on June 21 for an issue launch party and family picnic at The Salt Shed, 1357 N Elston Ave, Chicago, Illinois.
Editor’s Plaisance
Zachary Cahill
Passport
Ghenwa Hayek
Wrangling with Generations: Seven Questions for Kate Zambreno on Writing and Family
Zachary Cahill
Giving Form to the Attachment and Ambivalence of Motherhood
Julia Phillips
The Sun Suns
Devin T. Mays
Uterus Mined
Kyrin Hobson
Queer Genealogies: Chronoloching the Infinite Possibilities of Building Family with Out of Focus
Isis Ferguson and India Martin
Shaping Change: 99 Steps Towards Justice
Megan Jeyifo, Aalap Ooha Bommaraju, and Qudsiyyah Shariyf
A Place for Love to Go
Justin Dyce Williams
Musical, Un-Musical, Undo-sical: Consolidation, Fragmentation, and Reinvention in a Work in Progress
Leslie Buxbaum, David J. Levin, Erin McKeown, Deborah Nelson
Annotations
Glenn Ligon
The Only True Voyage of Discovery
Paul Gray with Duncan MacKenzie
The Business of Underdogs
Brent and Shane Heyl with Mike Schuh
Mother Tongues, Water Memory, and Kinships
Natasha Ginwala and Brook Andrew
Order your copy today and support Portable Gray here.
Executive Editor: Seth Brodsky / Editor-in-Chief: Zachary Cahill / Senior Editor: Mike Schuh / Managing Editor: Naomi Blumberg / Contributing Editor: Sabrina Craig/ Design: David Khan-Giordano / ISSN 2637-8361.
About the Gray Center for Arts and Inquiry
The Richard and Mary L. Gray Center for Arts and Inquiry is a forum at the University of Chicago for experimental collaborations between artists and scholars. Gray Center activities take place all over campus (encompassing various divisions, departments, and programs), across the community, throughout the city, and beyond. Through its various programs—including the Mellon Residential Fellowships for Arts Practice and Scholarship, exploratory research initiatives, the monthly Sidebar conversation series, Gray Sound, an experimental music and sound performance series, international conferences, and institutional collaborations—the Gray Center seeks to foster a culture of innovation and experimentation at the intersection of arts practice and scholarship.
Press contact: Mike Schuh, Gray Center Assistant Director of Fellowships and Operations, at mikes1 [at] uchicago.edu.
Gray Center for Arts and Inquiry
929 E. 60th St.
Chicago, Illinois 60637
United States
