

Unrealism: A Moment That Already Belongs to the Past
Photos from the Unrealism exhibition at Water Street Studios were taken just five minutes before the show transitioned into that mysterious and unreachable place known as the past. Art openings always exist in this strange temporal space; intensely present for a few hours, then immediately converted into memory, documentation, and whatever traces remain. And yet, in some alternate universe, the convergence of three artists — David Hauptschein, Michelle Stone, and Allen Vand


WELTS! Performance September 2025
Back by Popular Demand! by David Hauptschein Presented at Rhino Fest Friday Sept. 5 & Saturday Sept. 6 at 7 p.m. 2025 Jarvis Square...


BANNED BY FACEBOOK:
An Art Show Too Raw for the Algorithm David Hauptschein and Allen Vandever On Saturday, August 9, 2024 , Phygital Art Gallery was...


The darkly comic stories of "Country of Hotels" now streaming.
Country of Hotels tells surreal stories of desperate souls in Room 508 of a decaying hotel, where mundane objects become sinister...


Book Review “An Alchemy of Flesh and Other Plays.” Windy City Reviews 2023
Another rave for “An Alchemy of Flesh and Other Plays.” from 2023 written by Catherine Marcroft. @windycityreviews “thought out, and give...


“Doomscapes and the Digital Beyond”
ARC Gallery Exhibition review from New City Magazine - featuring David Hauptschein's HAUPTScene


The Spoken Word Café
Friday & Saturday, April 19 & 20, 2024 8:00 to 10:00pm Chicago Filmmakers 1322 W Hollywood Ave, Chicago, Illinois The event will feature...


Gallery Exhibition: Hauptschein/Segedin: Self-Portraits @ Rare Nest Gallery in Chicago!
Don’t miss the opportunity to attend the opening reception of Hauptschein/Segedin: Self Portraits at Rare Nest Gallery in Chicago,...


A Rave Review for When the Walls Have Ears and Other Plays
When the Walls Have Ears and Other Plays was recently given a rave review for Susan Gaspar of Windy City Reviews. According to Gaspar: If...



















