September 29

Dimensions of Citizenship at EXPO CHICAGO

Dimensions of Citizenship at EXPO CHICAGO
© Tom Harris. Courtesy of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the University of Chicago.
Navy Pier, Chicago
2-3p.m.

How do we visualize belonging? Tracing the responsibility of the architect and the artist to depict not only flows of data, but also manifestations of glitches or abstractions, this discussion will examine the role of representation as an agent to reveal truth. Moderated by Mimi Zeiger, Co-Curator of the US Pavilion, this panel will be hosted within the context of the exhibition at the Venice Biennale for Architecture, entitled Dimensions of Citizenship.

Participants

Keller Easterling: Architect and Writer, Professor, Yale University.

Laura Kurgan: Associate Professor of Architecture, Graduate School of Architecture Planning and Preservation, Columbia University.

Robert Gerard Pietrusko: Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture and Architecture, Harvard University Graduate School of Design.

Moderated by Mimi Zeiger, Co-Curator, US Pavilion.

This program is presented in partnership with CULTURED Magazine, and co-commissioners of the US Pavilion the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the University of Chicago. Followed by a book signing.