Staple + Stitch Fair
November 14-16
55 East Ontario Street
Chicago, IL 60611
Staple + Stitch is an art book and print fair. A celebration and engagement with art, text, print, and paper. Exhibitors include arts publishers, small and independent presses, book artists, zine makers, and printmakers. Tandem programming includes book signings, workshops, and demonstrations open to all ages.
The three-day fair is free and open to the public with an emphasis on publications, artist books, zines, and other print-related materials, and will feature over 70 vendors.
American Sentiment X by Jeff Phillips is on view at 55 East Ontario Street for the 2025 Terrain Biennial. American X is a data-driven public projection that reveals the emotional pulse of the nation in real time.
Drawing from millions of live posts on X (formerly Twitter), the system scrapes hashtags and keyword patterns to generate a constantly evolving word cloud—a dynamic portrait of American sentiment in the moment.
The project explores how public emotion is shaped, surfaced, and distorted by algorithms. It asks: What are we feeling? Why do some express it so loudly? And how does witnessing that visibility shape what we feel ourselves?
Displayed in public space, American Sentiment X becomes both ambient and confrontational—a mirror of the national psyche, built from our raw, unfiltered contributions to the feed.
