Option 2: Tag or Burn
On Tuesday, May 25th, we were told to walk around in an urban space and to re-read the surface of that space using one specific social scene as our lens. The scene I chose to document was the sub-culture revolving around the Chicago Cubs baseball team in Wrigleyville, Illinois.
On Tuesday, May 25th, we were told to walk around in an urban space and to re-read the surface of that space using one specific social scene as our lens. The scene I chose to document was the sub-culture revolving around the Chicago Cubs baseball team in Wrigleyville, Illinois.
Artist Statement:
Anyone who lives in or near the city of Chicago knows about the infamous crosstown rivalry between the Cubs (North side) and the White Sox (South side) baseball teams. This tension has created a very interesting dynamic in the city when baseball season comes around. While the residents of most cities are usually fans of the same team, Chicago is split right down the middle. My own family is even separated into Cubs and Sox fans.
When it came to producing a tag in my chosen place, I couldn't help but use this crosstown rivalry as inspiration. It is generally known that Cubs fans don't care for Sox fans, and Sox fans don't care for Cubs fans. This combined with the fact that I noticed as I walked through Wrigleyville that many Cubs fans display team flags outside their homes, it made sense to me that a tag such as the one pictured below would appear in my social scene.
When it came to producing a tag in my chosen place, I couldn't help but use this crosstown rivalry as inspiration. It is generally known that Cubs fans don't care for Sox fans, and Sox fans don't care for Cubs fans. This combined with the fact that I noticed as I walked through Wrigleyville that many Cubs fans display team flags outside their homes, it made sense to me that a tag such as the one pictured below would appear in my social scene.
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