The Courtroom Artist Residency Report: Residencies #1-4

This is a collection of reports from Public Collectors’ meal-based artist residency. During these sessions, artists and creative workers observed Criminal Court in Chicago, had a meal at Taqueria Milagro, and discussed their observations. Each residency lasted six hours, including transportation within Chicago. This zine contains accounts of the first four residencies in this program.

They observed challenging cases, including the murder trial of former police officer Jason Van Dyke and a hearing for Gerald Reed, who was convicted of a murder he did not commit after a forced confession made under torture by police.