Permanent Fixture
1224 W Loyola Ave, Chicago
August 5, 2025 - August 9, 2025
Reception and Performance on Saturday, August 9 from 2-5 PM
Permanent Fixture is a multimedia installation and performance based on projected moving images and sounds captured in the vicinity of the storefront space on Loyola Avenue that draws on the artists’ relationship to the Rogers Park and Edgewater neighborhoods in relation to Roman Susan’s significance as a place. This project celebrates the artistic, relational, and geographic connections that the Minneapolis-based artists have made between themselves and this community as a result of exhibitions, performances, and gatherings made possible by the Roman Susan’s tenure at 1224 Loyola Avenue.
John Marks is an interdisciplinary artist who locates his practice at the confluence of experimental film and electroacoustic music. His moving image and sound pieces center on time and place as materials for abstraction. Crystal Myslajek is a composer and multi-instrumentalist whose genre-defying music is both lyrical and ethereal. On her albums with Moon Glyph and Water Wing Records, as well as self-produced releases, Myslajek layers looping vocals, keys and effects to craft expansive songs with geographical and environmental themes. Together, Myslajek and Marks create audio/visual textures that manifest in multimedia performance and installation. Their collaborations have been presented in museums, festivals, galleries and underground venues throughout North America.