{"id":"8","title":"Public Reading: Myths from the Huarochirí Manuscript","starts_at":"2025-06-12 19:00:00","ends_at":"2025-06-12 20:00:00","body":"<p>The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago presents contemporary art exhibitions, events, and publications. “The Ren”—as we are known by many—is an independent, non-collecting museum driven by an uncompromising commitment to artists and their ideas.</p><p>For artists, we offer an unfettered platform for bold experimentation.&nbsp;</p><p>Our work with artists frequently results in newly commissioned art, and these&nbsp;presentations in our gallery at the University of Chicago spur further scholarly&nbsp;and creative reflections in our publications and public programs.&nbsp;Events—including artist talks, lectures, screenings, concerts, readings, and more—offer further&nbsp;opportunities for discovery and discussion.&nbsp;</p><p>All exhibitions and events are free to attend.</p><p>#</p><p>Join The Ren's mailing list <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https://renaissancesociety.org/about/\" target=\"_blank\">here.</a></p><p><em>The Renaissance Society is a registered 501(c)(3). We are a member of Mod/Co, Common Field, and UChicago Arts, and we are an independent affiliate of the University of Chicago.</em></p><p>Image: Diego Marcon,&nbsp;<em>Krapfen</em>, 2025, installation view, the Renaissance Society&nbsp;at the University of Chicago. Photo by Bob.</p>","type":"EventCategory","state":"published","slug":"artist-talks-panel-discussions","created_at":"2018-10-22 18:54:31.814977","updated_at":"2018-12-20 22:48:03.447021","excerpt":"","is_timeless":false,"organization_id":499,"highlighted":false,"opening_starts_at":null,"opening_ends_at":null,"searchable":"'17':46B 'andean':38B 'aspect':68B 'balanc':65B 'centuri':48B 'cosmic':64B 'cosmolog':72B 'element':57B 'embodi':60B 'english':18B 'excerpt':22B 'exhibit':12B 'featur':50B 'fire':54B 'germin':13B 'god':55B 'griev':52B 'huarochirí':6A,25B 'live':41B 'manuscript':7A,26B 'mother':53B 'myth':3A,42B 'one':27B 'place':9B 'present':21B 'public':1A,15B 'quechua':34B 'read':2A,16B 'record':32B 'region':39B 'spanish':20B 'spirit':58B 'struggl':62B 'surviv':31B 'take':8B 'text':49B 'th':47B 'trickster':51B 'under':71B 'within':10B 'worldview':35B","thumbnail":"https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1762927107/m3dzr7b90sgmzg8p6an2.jpg","calendar":null,"carousel":false,"event_body":"<p>Taking place within the exhibition&nbsp;<em>Germinations,&nbsp;</em>this public reading in English and Spanish presents excerpts from the Huarochirí Manuscript,<strong>&nbsp;</strong>one of the few surviving records of Quechua worldviews from the Andean region. The lively myths in this a 17<sup>th</sup>-century text feature tricksters, grieving mothers, fire gods, and elemental spirits, who embody the struggle for cosmic balance and other aspects of the underlying cosmology.</p>","name":"Talks","organization_type_id":"5","district_id":"3","telephone":"+17737028670","website":"https://renaissancesociety.org","email":"info@renaissancesociety.org","hours":"W-F 12–6; Sa & Su 10–6","location":"5811 S. Ellis Ave. Chicago, IL 60637","display_location":"University of Chicago, 5811 S. Ellis Ave., Cobb Hall, 4th Fl., Chicago, IL, 60637","latitude":"41.788966","longitude":"-87.600932","contact":"","sub_district_id":"10","promoted_at":"2018-10-24T19:32:20.032Z","optional_sort_name":"Renaissance","paid":true,"position":3,"category_name":"Talks","orgname":"The Renaissance Society","orgslug":"the-renaissance-society","image":"https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1749080993/vtok0tsmuxj8qpinooow.jpg"}