Zac Whittenburg
@trailerpilot.bsky.social
Chicagoan, Coloradan, cyclist, grantmaker, shutterbug, writer, and a few other things. Posts are mine alone, he / him, reskeet ≠ “I think”
Delighted to announce that, as of this evening, I have been photographed on Scott Burton’s Two-Part Chaise (1986–89) in two buildings by Tadao Ando (Pulitzer Arts Foundation and Wrightwood 659) in two U.S. states (Missouri and Illinois)
November 6, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Delighted to announce that, as of this evening, I have been photographed on Scott Burton’s Two-Part Chaise (1986–89) in two buildings by Tadao Ando (Pulitzer Arts Foundation and Wrightwood 659) in two U.S. states (Missouri and Illinois)
TMW three of my friends recreated classic Diane Keaton looks for Halloween, and we ran into a fourth Diane Keaton
November 1, 2025 at 11:52 PM
TMW three of my friends recreated classic Diane Keaton looks for Halloween, and we ran into a fourth Diane Keaton
The vacant, former Hanig’s Footwear at the base of the Hancock Center is like a Donald Judd
October 31, 2025 at 3:51 AM
The vacant, former Hanig’s Footwear at the base of the Hancock Center is like a Donald Judd
Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens, interesting views from hotel fitness centers
October 22, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens, interesting views from hotel fitness centers
Heist in progress at 50 South Sixth in downtown Minneapolis (Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, 2001)
October 22, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Heist in progress at 50 South Sixth in downtown Minneapolis (Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, 2001)
We didn’t see Eric Adams but my husband and I just spent the past week in Tirana, Albania and it really feels halfway through a profound transformation
October 12, 2025 at 3:06 AM
We didn’t see Eric Adams but my husband and I just spent the past week in Tirana, Albania and it really feels halfway through a profound transformation
So great to, a week later, tune into live coverage of the 215th Aniversario del Grito de Independencia bit.ly/46EGb9V
September 16, 2025 at 3:52 AM
So great to, a week later, tune into live coverage of the 215th Aniversario del Grito de Independencia bit.ly/46EGb9V
Found and bought in a friend’s used bookstore in Mexico City a copy of dancer and choreographer Valery Panov’s autobiography. Found out afterward that Panov died just a few months earlier, June 3 of this year
September 14, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Found and bought in a friend’s used bookstore in Mexico City a copy of dancer and choreographer Valery Panov’s autobiography. Found out afterward that Panov died just a few months earlier, June 3 of this year
Back in Chicago after a week working remotely from Mexico City, where the Independence Day decorations were going up everywhere and where I love being so much
September 8, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Back in Chicago after a week working remotely from Mexico City, where the Independence Day decorations were going up everywhere and where I love being so much
South Wabash Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, June 18, 2025
June 20, 2025 at 4:16 AM
South Wabash Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, June 18, 2025
Surely I’m not the first to wonder why lesbian and gay aren’t on this otherwise remarkably exhaustive list, my crackpot theory being that they’ll aim to narrow Obergefell to same-sex relationships between cisgender people only, wrapped exclusively in a demonstrably nonexistent binary bit.ly/4hdcy1z
March 8, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Surely I’m not the first to wonder why lesbian and gay aren’t on this otherwise remarkably exhaustive list, my crackpot theory being that they’ll aim to narrow Obergefell to same-sex relationships between cisgender people only, wrapped exclusively in a demonstrably nonexistent binary bit.ly/4hdcy1z
The headline at Der Spiegel right now is “Diplomatischer Abgrund” — diplomatic abyss
March 1, 2025 at 5:34 AM
The headline at Der Spiegel right now is “Diplomatischer Abgrund” — diplomatic abyss
Four photos I took during the final rally of Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign in Manassas, Virginia on November 3
November 3, 2024 at 2:11 AM
Four photos I took during the final rally of Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign in Manassas, Virginia on November 3
Looking forward to facilitating a conversation between cross-disciplinary artists Brendan Fernandes and bree gant Wed Oct 9 at the SLIPPAGE Lab of Northwestern University t.ly/p42YO
September 27, 2024 at 2:53 PM
Looking forward to facilitating a conversation between cross-disciplinary artists Brendan Fernandes and bree gant Wed Oct 9 at the SLIPPAGE Lab of Northwestern University t.ly/p42YO
You know it’s true, what they say about the Circuit Court of Cook County: “Come because you’ve *literally* been summoned, stay for the views!”
September 23, 2024 at 10:45 PM
You know it’s true, what they say about the Circuit Court of Cook County: “Come because you’ve *literally* been summoned, stay for the views!”
I’m chuffed to have two interviews — each with two artists — in the latest issue of Dance Magazine. It was a real pleasure to connect with Shannelle “Tali” Fergus, Arturo Lyons, Will West, and Omari Wiles.
April 25, 2024 at 6:39 PM
I’m chuffed to have two interviews — each with two artists — in the latest issue of Dance Magazine. It was a real pleasure to connect with Shannelle “Tali” Fergus, Arturo Lyons, Will West, and Omari Wiles.
Yesterday at the Black Trustee Alliance for Art Museums convening, Bryan Stevenson gave one of the greatest speeches I have ever heard in my life. (If it appears online at any point, do yourself a favor and take it in.)
April 13, 2024 at 5:38 PM
Yesterday at the Black Trustee Alliance for Art Museums convening, Bryan Stevenson gave one of the greatest speeches I have ever heard in my life. (If it appears online at any point, do yourself a favor and take it in.)
Anyone else see what looked like two Bell Valor–esque aircraft fly first east, then back west over Chicago around lunchtime?
April 6, 2024 at 8:59 PM
Anyone else see what looked like two Bell Valor–esque aircraft fly first east, then back west over Chicago around lunchtime?
There’s a Serra I love called “Joe” in a traylike, concrete courtyard at Tadao Ando’s Pulitzer Arts Foundation in St. Louis bit.ly/49exEsD
March 27, 2024 at 5:03 AM
There’s a Serra I love called “Joe” in a traylike, concrete courtyard at Tadao Ando’s Pulitzer Arts Foundation in St. Louis bit.ly/49exEsD
Richard Serra on the set of CREMASTER 3, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, New York, 2000. Production still from Art in the Twenty-First Century, episode “Consumption,” season one, 2001.
March 27, 2024 at 4:14 AM
Richard Serra on the set of CREMASTER 3, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, New York, 2000. Production still from Art in the Twenty-First Century, episode “Consumption,” season one, 2001.
It’s such a petty and characteristic annoyance to be served an ad for Chrome while using Chrome
February 10, 2024 at 4:53 AM
It’s such a petty and characteristic annoyance to be served an ad for Chrome while using Chrome