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Art and Culture Calendar, June 27-July 10

A round-up for the summer season.

Cloudy Promises

How environmentally costly is cloud computing?

Evita Flores: Ethereal Girl

The reality of Evita Flores' surreal career, from SAIC to collabing with Petra Collins.

Art and Migration: An Interview with Yuge Zhou

Yuge Zhou uses media art to both show and soothe the pain of migration.

Alum Report: Javier Carmona

Alumnus Javier Carmona (BFA 1994) talks photography, acting, SAIC, and how to measure time.

Ventrafication

How SAIC alum David Heo plans to put local artists' work on Ventra cards.

The Whimsical, The Weird and The Wonderful

The Art of Edward Gorey at LUMA: F Newsmagazine reviews dual exhibits highlighting the work of the master of the humorously morose.

Beyond Boundaries

F video: Alum Allison Glenn discusses Incubator and life after SAIC.

The Smartest Man Alive

An Interview with Chris Ware


Graphic novelist Chris Ware is a former SAIC student and F Newsmagazine contributor who has since earned international acclaim for his dense, poignant narratives. His painstakingly precise style was most recently showcased in his ample, ephemera-filled compilation “Building Stories.” Last month the soft-spoken Ware led eager fans on a journey through his art schooling and career in a lecture at SAIC’s Columbus Auditorium. In response to the lecture, F Newsmagazine followed up with Ware for an interview, where the artist provided refreshingly candid insight about his process, Chicago and his confidence (or lack thereof)