The Final Trope at Columbia College’s Hokin Gallery, Opening Oct. 29th
The Final Trope
Curated by Owen Rodriguez
Hokin Gallery: 623 S Wabash, 1st floor Chicago, IL 60605
Exhibition Dates: October 29th, 2018-January, 2019.
Gallery Hours: Monday–Friday 9 a.m.–10 p.m., Saturday 8 a.m.–6 p.m.
The Hokin Gallery opens a new installation, The Final Trope, on Monday, October 29, 2018. In time for the Halloween season, the exhibit takes visitors through a horror movie set while exploring the use of character stereotypes often found in this film genre.
Horror films use familiar plot devices to tell stories and give viewers a rush of pure entertainment, but, past the jump scare when the monster jumps from behind the door, horror aficionados know that the repetition of characters and plot points across films belies a coded morality. These recurring concepts, known as tropes, include a minority who dies first, or the Final Girl who must remain pure in order to survive the axe murderer. In films like Dawn of the Dead, the Halloween franchise, and I Spit on your Grave, marginalized groups are often exploited and their bodies brutally punished for deviations from an underlying set of norms.
Presented on the film set of haunted Camp Silver Lake, the Fall 2018 Hokin Project Exhibition The Final Trope explores these plot devices to tell its narrative from the perspective of the five characters meeting their fates in a cabin in the woods. Whether die hard horror fans or newcomers to the genre, attendees experience an innovative take on the way horror cinema constructs characters and norms.
The Hokin Project is a Gallery Management Practicum course of the Business & Entrepreneurship Department, in collaboration with the Department of Exhibitions, Performance and Student Spaces (DEPS). The Hokin Project provides students of all majors with gallery
management, exhibition, curatorial, and design experience. The Project presents the work of the Columbia College Chicago community through programs, events, and exhibitions.Admittance and viewing of the installation are free.
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Night of the Stripping Dead: The Final Chapter, Nov. 1-2 at The Admiral
Night of the Stripping Dead will celebrate its final performances on November 1 & 2 at the Admiral Theatre in high style. Bill Moseley will host both nights, featuring performances by Masuimi Max, Maya Sinstress, Clownvis Presley, Cervena Fox, Shadow Circus Creature Theatre, Dangrrr Doll and Natasha Nebula. If you’re looking for a spooky, sexy night of wild entertainment, don’t miss it! Details and tickets at http://www.strippingdead.com!
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SUSPIRIA (2018) Halloween Night at Music Box
Preview Screening October 31st at 7pm | Opens November 2nd
From the Director of CALL ME BY YOUR NAME
A darkness swirls at the center of a world-renowned dance company, one that will engulf the troupe’s artistic director (Swinton), an ambitious young dancer (Johnson), and a grieving psychotherapist (Ebersdorf). Some will succumb to the nightmare. Others will finally wake up.
“5 Stars! A spectacularly strange affair, thrumming with wild blood and weird powers.” — TimeOut
“Savagely beautiful” — IndieWire
Information, trailer and tickets at https://www.musicboxtheatre.com/films/suspiria-2018!
Leave a Comment Go to Post...First Annual Lockport Coffin Race, October 20th
Lockport presents its 1st Annual Coffin Race this Saturday, October 20th, noon to 4:00 pm in the Hamilton Street parking lot.
WANT TO PARTICIPATE? Sign up at http://www.lockport.org/coffinrace!
WANT TO WATCH? Arrive early to line up for the best seats! Parade starts at noon followed by the coffins racing down Hamilton Street between 12th and 10th Streets. A beer garden, food trucks and a DJ will be in the Hamilton Street Parking lot for our after party! Be sure to come in Costume so you can fit right in.
Free Admission and a family-friendly event! Full information at http://www.lockport.org/coffinrace!
Leave a Comment Go to Post...Masquerade D’Vampire brings the best of Halloween to Urbana on Sat., Oct. 13th
For Halloween enthusiasts, vampire lore fanatics, and anyone looking for something new to do, the event of the year is approaching. At 8 p.m. on Saturday, October 13, the doors open for Masquerade d’Vampire at Blackbird Urbana.
“Anyone age 19 and up should have fun here,” said organizer J.L. Benet. Attendees should dress to impress and come ready to dance.
The event’s most famous performer is D.J. Scary Lady Sarah, who performs all over the world and has hosted the world’s longest-running goth club night, Nocturna, for the past 30 years. Fans are anticipated to travel from at least as far as Chicago and Indianapolis.
Champaign-Urbana’s once-flourishing goth scene was in decline even before their unofficial home, C-Street, closed its doors. Without a “home” club, enthusiasts have had to travel as far away as Chicago, Indianapolis, or even St. Louis. On October 13, though, Urbana is the place to be. Benet hopes his promoting group, The Darkness Underground, can help make Chambana goth again.
This may all sound a bit intense for the novice or the Halloween-casual, but Benet assures that there’s fun for everyone at the Masquerade. “I have attended vampire balls in Detroit, Tampa, and Denver. They brought a diverse crowd and were always the highlight of the year. The broader appeal brings in more, which was something very important in a city with a small goth community.”
Besides dancing their immortal behinds off, partygoers can enjoy a costume contest, metal-bellydance by Stygian Sisters, hoop and fire dancing, tarot and palm readings by Liz Rowland, special effects make-up demonstrations by local artist Breelyn Faye, and custom dental fang fittings by Maven Lore. “Maven coined the term “fangsmith” and has been making dental-quality fangs for vampire enthusiasts for over 20 years. His work has been in many documentaries, and he’s doing me the personal favor of coming from New Orleans,” Benet said.
Costume is optional but encouraged, and who doesn’t enjoy a night of dress-up, entertainment, and themed food and drink? “I plan to post some costume ideas on the event page,” Benet said. “Going to Dallas & Co. would likely be helpful for those looking for costume ideas. They also have masquerade masks there. Going to the make-up demonstration on Saturday, or getting Maven to make fangs for them prior to the actual event would also help.”
Advance tickets are $10 at jlbenet.com/vampire, and at Enchantment Alley. Breelyn Faye will provide an advance makeup demonstration/tutorial at Enchantment Alley at 12 p.m. Saturday, October 13.
WHERE: Blackbird Urbana
WHEN: Saturday, October 13 from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m.
TICKETS: $10 in advance at http://www.jlbenet.com/vampire or Enchantment Alley. If tickets have not sold out, they will be sold at the door for a higher cost.
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