PIGFACE27 Exhibition

Chicago’s own Pigface, a band with 300+ members and no rules is celebrating its 27th anniversary and a North American tour even they didn't see coming. In celebration, founding member Martin Atkins, 2112 Inc. and Millikin University are collaborating on PIGFACE27, a full retrospective of the band’s handmade, custom scenery spanning 18 albums and 12 tours. You could call PIGFACE27 the chaotic post-punk industrial icing on a very baked cake.

The band’s huge, iconic stage scenery, designed with repurposing in mind, breaks down into easy-to-carry pieces. Perhaps the Dot Screened Madonnas (Preaching to the Perverted stage scenery, 2001) illustrate this best: designed to be cut up and given away or sold after the tour, they exemplify a balance between beauty and purpose, creativity and commerce. The Eye piece (Free for All stage scenery, 2005) is 20 feet high and also available as a limited edition blotter acid paper print. The Fook Baby Backdrop from 1992, never before displayed, showcases the latex work of extreme artist Tim Gore.

In addition to the large-scale art, PIGFACE27 will also feature other media: A 12” x 16” sculpture incorporated in the booklet for Pigface’s 1994 album, Notes from Thee Underground (which inspired a stage set covered in dot-screened Newcastle Brown Ale bottle caps), plus more!!

The Invisible Records and Pigface booth will be set up and the glow-in-the-dark posters will be available for reasonable donations to Darkest Before Dawn - the cause supported by Coldwaves

Street parking is free - Enter through the 2112 door and check-in at the front desk. You'll then be directed to the exhibit hall!

2112 events are supported by Sling Studio, Shure, and AYRE Productions

Event attendees grant 2112 Inc. and its designees permission to utilize their image or likeness in connection with any live stream or recorded transmission or reproduction of the event, INCLUDING THE PROMOTION THEREOF, IN ALL MEDIA, WORLDWIDE AND IN PERPETUITY.