Michael Workman

Even intransigent irrational beliefs have a limit, if the announced closing of Pilsen's anti-institutional venture known as Dogmatic Gallery serves as any guide. As part of its last hurrah, the program marking the rundown to the end of the space as patrons know it (there has been discussion of opening this apartment gallery as a for-profit space, though plans remain murky) includes the far-fetched and thoroughly marvelous "Mt. Baldy Expedition" project by James Barry and Hui-Min Tsen. A "voyage of exploration," Chicago artists/adventurers James Barry and Hui-min Tsen are building a dinghy from scratch to sail Lake Michigan to Mt. Baldy, "the once largest live sand mountain in the world, where they will document its movement and collect other pertinent data." In conjunction with the effort, Barry and Tsen have been building a Mt. Baldy Expedition flag, acquiring navigational tools and producing documents relevant to their journey, including a series of black-and-white "exploratory photographs" of water and sky. Originally the pair had planned to launch this month, "but we grossly underestimated what was involved" says Barry. Instead, plans now are to embark this time next summer. Meanwhile, offices for the two have recently been donated by Dogmatic and their progress can be monitored on their blogsite at http://mtbaldyexpedition.blogs.com.

"The Mt. Baldy Expedition" shows at Dogmatic Gallery, 1822 South Des Plaines, (312)492-6698, through August 31.

(2004-07-27)

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