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Allison Lacher and Jeff Robinson
No Diving!
1224 W Loyola Ave, Chicago IL
June 12, 2016 - July 24, 2016



No Diving!  is a site-specific installation by Allison Lacher and Jeff Robinson that will function as an exhibition and event space from June 12th to July 24th. The installation generates the social environment of a swimming pool or conversation pit, embellished with plush decoration and furniture comforts, while permitting itself to be filled by a rotation of different activities.

On Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays, artists will arrive at the space to host video and listening sessions, installations, participatory artworks, conversations, and parties. The luscious environment and social function of No Diving!  eagerly invites viewers to relax, socialize, and observe, while at the same time posing questions of social control and the tacit agreements that define a communal space. 


The imperative of the show’s title — No Diving! — implies a set of rules that restricts and makes social activity possible, whether in a public pool or a polite argument. The result will be an ever-changing, six-week long soirée that tries out the complex system of exchange between artists, organizers, and the viewing public.

No Diving! Bar work during Sticky by Mike Rea Window display during Flip Flops Dry Off by Erin Hayden Tent install for Brick Myth by Sage Dawson Post-event ephemera for POST YES BILLS by Jesse Malmed Projections of The Waterfall by Kathleen Scott Window display for Library of the Last Line by Cole Lu Solar Anvil projection by Melissa Oresky and Zak Boerger Early start of Club by Ruby Thorkelson Exploration during Cave Paintings USA by Richard Medina, image courtesy of Kiril Kirchev Firecracker made during Black Powder by Hideous Beast Mycelial Game activation by At The Table Video screening during Anthem for the Sun – Hallucinating a New Present by Lindsey Dorr-Niro, image courtesy of Kiril Kirchev Cue card crowd for Production of an Audience Reaction by Meg Duguid Skyline view of Thirty Times a Minute projections from Colleen Plumb

No Diving! Exhibition Guide (PDF)

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