Actions for Chicago Torture Justice
Action #1: Think about torture. Create an action to address torture. Write the action down. Think about performing the action. Complete the action.
Actions for Chicago Torture Justice is an accumulating list of actions created by both Lucky Pierre and the public in response to the Chicago police torture cases. The torture, inflicted by the Chicago Police from 1972 to 1992, involved over 110 victims – all African Americans from the south side of Chicago.
Lucky Pierre began the project in October 2012 as an answer to the call by The Chicago Torture Justice Memorial Project for speculative monument proposals to memorialize the Chicago police torture cases.
A total of 529 actions were collected. A selection of the actions were transformed into bronze wall plaques.
A Shameful Episode - Bughouse Square Debates (performance)
As part of Chicago’s annual Bughouse Square Debates, Lucky Pierre created a live performance created from a selection of the collected actions.
Publication - 100 Actions for Chicago Torture Justice
100 Actions for Chicago Torture Justice documents the first 100 actions generated by the project. The booklet is published by Half Letter Press and Temporary Services.
Actions for Chicago Torture Justice has been presented at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago Sullivan Galleries (Chicago), Speckstrasse Gängeviertel (Hamburg), and The Co-Prosperity Sphere (Chicago).
Created by: Holly Abney, Travis Hale, Kevin Kaempf, Jeff Kowalkowski, Heather Lindahl, Tyler B. Myers, Bill Talsma, Michael Thomas, Mary Zerkel, and with many contributions from the public.
