Select, Lumpen magazine, and Public Media Institute produce this annual festival, now in its fourth year, focusing on art, media, technology, and politics, with an emphasis on work generated by underground and activist communities. This year’s festival runs through Sunday, May 1, and includes neighborhood walks, workshops on urban gardening and exterior decoration, and numerous public art installations, film/video screenings, lectures, and musical and other performances. The events are scattered mostly through the Wicker Park and Bridgeport neighborhoods. Some participating venues include Heaven Gallery (1550 N. Milwaukee), Buddy and Highschool (1542 N. Milwaukee), Open End Gallery (2000 W. Fulton), Rodan (1530 N. Milwaukee), Skylark (2149 S. Halsted), Spare Room (2416 W. North), Zhou B. Center (1029 W. 35th St.), and Texas Ballroom and Diamonds on Archer (3012 S. Archer). Events are free, except as noted below. A Version pass ($25) allows admission to all screenings and events. The festival also includes the NFO Expo (April 30-May 1), a series of talks, workshops, and exhibits intended as a “trade show for experimental artists, info agitators, and organizers of cultural interference” and a “radical alternative” to other art fairs. Below is a schedule of selected festival events. For updates and additional information, visit www.versionfest.org, or call 773-837-0145.
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Monument for Donatella Versace
Rodan. a 10:30 PM.
Short works focusing on pranks against corporations and government institutions. Zhou B. Center. a 8 PM. $5.
SATURDAY 30
SUNDAY 1
