Next time you’re in Urbana, make sure to check out the latest installation at Blacklight Box (2204 S Lynn Street) featuring Alicia O. De Leon’s Chanclaz Del Cosmos. De Leon offers the simple chancla (flip flop) as a symbolic solution for contemporary strife. The artist’s statement explains that the chancla delivers quick and efficient justice and discipline, and “is here to remind us that what we need is to mind our business and love (all) our neighbors.” For maximum appreciation of this primo example of UV art, visit after sundown.
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