Off the Beaten Road
Curated by Julianna Cuevas and Megan Ross
September 25 - November 8 , 2008

October 3, 5-8 pm:
Opening reception with installation performance by Jeff Gabel

October 16, 5:30 - 8 pm:
Talk the Walk, a curatorial tour of Columbia College Chicago's gallery spaces. In conjunction with Chicago Artists Month. Featuring Diana Guerrero-Macia, Greg Stimac, and Jason Lazarus.

November 5, 5 - 9 pm:
Closing reception in conjunction with Chicago Humanities Festival
and campus-wide Beats events.

Off the Beaten Road presents a 21st Century examination of the themes of Jack Kerouac's seminal novel, On the Road. Through sound, installation, performance, video and fine art, Off the Beaten Road will take the audience on a journey through stories both personal and public, mundane and sublime.

Jeff Gabel (image credit, right)
Diana Guerrero-Macia
Industry of the Ordinary
Jason Lazarus
Greg Stimac
Dylan Strzynski (image credit, left)

Selections from Third Coast International Audio Festival:
Jenny Asarnow
Hillary Frank and Jonathan Menjivar
Erik Friedlander for Studio 360
Barrett Golding
Marjorie Van Halteren

This exhibition is in conjunction with the Columbia College Chicago
celebration of the Beats, featuring the original scroll of On the Road.
For further Beats related programming, visit colum.edu/beats