We are involved with four nice events this week.

Laugh Out Lunch is a weekly (on Wednesdays) lunchtime comedy series at the (Con)Temporary Art Space ((C)TAS) in the Loop hosted by Co-Prosperity Sphere’s in-house comedian, Nick Bahr. Starts at noon and ends at 1pm! bring your Chipotle burrito!

Our regular Thursday evening opening at (C)TAS features new work by Ania Greiner and tons of new publications we brought back from our trip to The Netherlands. Stop by from 5pm to 8pm. There is a performance at 7pm by Joseph Kramer.

Also on Thursday Nite at 7pm the Co-Prosperity Sphere is hosting the closing event for the awesome Typeforce exhibition. TYPEFORCE: A Conversation About Type & Design in Chicago will be a nice conversation headed up by Rick Valicenti.

And then on Friday we hope you will join us at the Chicago Tourism Center Gallery for the opening of Get It Together Again, an exhibition of Assemblage Collage and Collaboration. Come by and see the redux of last summer’s Collage show at the C-PS and make your own collage. This is another super good show put on by your friends at PMI.

All these shows are free and open to the public.

One more thing! Proximity magazine Photo Editor, Aron Gent, is one of fifty artists participating in the 50 Artists / 50 Alderman show at Johalla  Projects this Friday.

We had a fantastic time at the Singer Sweatshop last night at our Trendbeheer meets Proximity  encounter #5! The Proximity suitcase show rocked, and people enjoyed  the Chicago -based publications that we brought over to share. Three kisses on the cheeks goes to Niels Post of trendbeheer for making this happen. Lots of hugs go to Jeroen Kuster for giving us his home, and many thanks are given to Petra and the gang from the Sweatshop for hosting us at their great space. We posted a few pics of the show at the PMI flicker site.

Nick Costas, Proximity correspondent, sends us this news:

“Acclaimed British artist Michael Landy has transformed the South London Gallery into a 600m³ container for the disposal of works of art. Artists and collectors are invited to bring works to the SLG to create ’a monument to creative failure’.

Works can be brought to the SLG to be disposed of in Art Bin from Tuesday – Sunday, 12–6pm. Please note that for access purposes the gallery entrance measures 210 x 122 cm.

Alternatively Click here to apply to dispose of art works in Art Bin. Please submit one work only per form, multiple applications are welcome. Michael Landy or his representative will contact you to arrange when the work can be received.”

We are on a field trip to The Netherlands to present Proximity magazine and art works featured in its pages!
Our friends at Trendbeheer are hosting our  exhibition at the Rotterdam art space Singer Sweat Shop and it will take place Friday, March 12. Our agenda is pretty full. We are meeting up with old and new friends, conducting research, and doing a Version festival workshop in Tilburg. Our first stop in Amsterdam has landed us into a dreamy visit through outdoor markets, a stroll through the red light district, requred stops at our favorite bookstores, a tour of the Brouwerij ‘t IJ, and a quick trip to the FOAM museum and an art space or two. We are posting our photos from this excursion at the Public Media Institute Flickr site.

Our interweb universe is back in orbit. That means the Version 10 Online Submissions Form is in operation and we are back in motion. March 3 is the final deadline for Submissions! Due to the minor disaster we forgot to post some other stuff. For one we like you to please take a peek and some images of last weekend’s Typeforce Exhibition at C-PS.

Some of issue #6  is now online. You really can’t imagine how much more there is until you pick up a physical copy.

Our hope is that we can tease you enough to find a physical copy or order a copy directly from us. Either way, enjoy the new issue.