Packed within a 6,000-square-foot space on Chicago’s south side is a fictional universe teeming with pinned up newspaper clippings, towers of retro electronics, and tons of vintage advertising from McDonald’s to Vienna Hot Dogs. It’s the world of Hebru Brantley’s iconic characters, Lil Mama and Flyboy, whose enlarged head rests on the floor in one room of the immersive installation, titled Nevermore Park. Moving through the pathways lined with plastic toys and paint-spattered pallets, visitors pass a downed spaceship and a brick wall of street art, elements that structure Brantley’s narrative for the surreal environment.

NEVERMORE PARK :: HOME OF FLYBOY

IMMERSIVE ART EXPERIENCE

PRODUCTION DESIGN: GABRIEL HAINER EVANSOHN

COMPOSITION AND SOUND: WILL JOHNSON

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