Experimental Station

Downtime at the Experimental Station: A conversation with Dan Peterman

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6100 S. Blackstone Ave
60637 Chicago
United States
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Zine, Wang
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2004
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Extensive interview about Dan Peterman's building at 6100 S. Blackstone in Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood. The enormous building was gutted in a suspicious fire and eventually rebuilt and reorganized under the name The Experimental Station. Peterman describes the character and cultural life of the original building and the endless political and bureaucratic challenges that he faced in the struggle to rebuild. A good window into Chicago city politics and the difficulty in maintaining an autonomous cultural practice in Chicago. The Baffler and magazine and the initiative Blackstone Bicycle Works - tenants of 6100 S. Blackstone - are also discussed.
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Downtime at the Experimental Station: A conversation with Dan Peterman

Location

6100 S Blackstone Avenue
60637 Chicago
United States
41° 47' 4.0164" N, 87° 35' 26.2644" W
US
Catalog Number: 
Book, Downtime at the Experimental Station: A conversation with Dan Peterman
Date: 
September 2004
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Dan S. Wang interviewed Dan Peterman about a range of topics: Peterman's art practice, the community that inhabited the building at 61st Street and Dorchester, the fire that destroyed the building, the struggle against the city to rebuild, and the rebirth of the building as the Experimental Station.
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English
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Abstract taken from Experimenal Station website: http://www.experimentalstation.org/node/77
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