JUNK MAIL EXHIBITION | CHICAGO ARTS DISTRICT | APRIL 11 - DECEMBER 31, 2008
Sponsored by the Chicago Arts District and Podmajersky, Inc., Barbara Hashimoto presents White Trash and Junk Mail in the 2003 South Halsted Street complex. more >

BARBARA HASHIMOTO ON FRESH CUT
A video of Barbara Hashimoto: Junk Mail by Dorothee Royal-Hedinger link>

ART IN AMERICA REVIEW
The sensation of swimming in trash, or junk, seems quintessentially modern – a consequence of insatiable appetites for new products and the attendant proliferation of packaging and advertising. more >

BARBARA HASHIMOTO GETS ALL TRASHY
Hashimoto gracefully scoops up mounds of multicolored shredded junk mail while musician Edward Torrez vigorously plays lingering piano riffs. more >

JUNK MAIL TIMELINE
 As Artist-in-Residence at BauerLatoza Studio, a multidisciplinary architecture firm with a committed sustainable design practice, Hashimoto proposes to collect the junk mail that the firm receives for 12 months. more >

JUNK MAIL WEAVINGS
"...restrained abstractions composed of woven strips of shredded advertisements". Kirsten Swenson, Art in America, April 2008 more >

WHITE TRASH | ARTROPOLIS 2008
In conjunction with ARTropolis, Hashimoto presents a Junk Mail installation and premieres White Trash. more >

BARBARA HASHIMOTO'S INTERVIEW ON WTCC
Hashimoto discusses The Junk Mail Project on Chicago Public Television (aired April 20) excerpt from the interview coming soon>

JUNK MAIL FACTS
100 million trees are cut down to produce junk mail annually. The majority of junk mail is produced from natural forests. more >

BARBARA HASHIMOTO AT MONUMENT, APRIL 2008
Hashimoto creates a shredded junk mail installation in the lobby of The Ruth Page Center for the Arts during the run of The Seldoms' Monument. more>

INSTALLATION PERFORMANCE | CHICAGO 2007
 In conjunction with the City of Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs, Barbara Hashimoto presented the performance/installation, Shredded Junk Mail with Grand Piano. more >

JUNK MAIL WITH LUNA NEGRA DANCE THEATER BENEFIT
After cocktails, live music, and tapas at the Dubhe Carreno Gallery, guests strolled down the block to see Barbara Hashimoto: Junk Mail exhibition at 2003 South Halsted Street.