Chicago Dibs
Chicago Dibs (2021) documents a sacred urban tradition invoked by drivers. Making parking space during winters implies shoveling snow from the street. To guard this spot and efforts, drivers recur to random placeholders called dibs. As extensions of body and property, dibs make a claim over public space.
This series portrays 31 dibs and their transformation from winter to spring. As the snow melts, the dibs soil and are confused with trash. By spring, the signals that mark public space become muddled.
As dibs alter the functionality of objects and mix signals, I encased the photographic portraits of dibs in aluminum salad containers
![The Guardian, 2021Digital photography, inkjet print encased in aluminum tin](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4ca6828aae668d5870bb15d752967496d4e92b7a3ae7c1f80a0339f5275153bc/02_CDIBS_2_Astro.jpg)
![Found and Created Sculpture, 2021Digital photography, inkjet print encased in aluminum tin](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f45896867b48ab51be090cf8d64a24f534f150e1e34fca6d699dadaf876d0c6f/02_CDIBS_1_Astro.jpg)
![It’s a Goodyear, 2021Digital photography, inkjet print encased in aluminum tin](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ed42ce45e3aa7c9e4f2a4b04ffd60c82a2367b0a31708de32eae1258f4461c77/02_CDIBS_3_Astro.jpg)
![Quiet Delegate, 2021Digital photography, inkjet print encased in aluminum tin](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c7749e798580cbe6ae4ee04c36a00530eaa17cc420792bfc7eddc1195ac88c10/02_CDIBS_4_Astro.jpg)
![An Ending, 2021Digital photography, inkjet print encased in aluminum tin](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c59b3cc3c019b3c4460c2cdd786f254f8d69f8966c32bf03300e5afdf750a437/02_CDIBS_6_Astro.jpg)
![Hide and Seek, 2021Digital photography, inkjet print encased in aluminum tin](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d88ca71e268722f82014c570d8b25f124e354421755a5e31f3fbf00aa0474baa/02_CDIBS_5_Astro.jpg)
Exhibitions
Exhibitions
Strawberry Moon
Baby Blue Gallery, Chicago, 2021
Curated by Roland Santana
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