The 2019 Chicago Architectural Biennial tells stories that originate here and connect with global communities, cities, territories and ecologies. Images from the exhibition …and other such stories begin to reveal the worlds of culture, history and politics in the built and natural environment of this metropolis. Stay tuned for our conversations with artists, designers, activists, curators and community builders involved in shaping the Biennial.
From the Biennial Souvenir Book: Sitting at the crossroads of the Great Plains and the Great Lakes, Chicago has been shaped by planetary forces: colonial expansion, mass migration, extraction economies, and rapid industrialization. The city’s urbanism is the product of flows of people, goods, and capital—and the concurrent exploitation of bodies, labor, and nature.
Sami Baloji, Filip de Boeck, The Tower 
Culture Lab, 2019 
Santiago Z, Koasati Chamoru, Hayo Tikba, 2019 
Oscar Tuazon, Great Lakes Water School, 2016- 
Chicago skyline 
Jimmy Robert, Descendence du nu 
Decolonizing Architecture Art Residency (DAAR) 
Museum of Oil 
Carolina Caycedo, A Gente Rio, 2016 
Palestine Heirloom Seed Library, 2019 
Palestine Heirloom Seed Library, 2019 
Alexandra Pirici, Re-collection, 2019 
Maria Gaspar, Unblinking Eyes, Watching 
Theaster Gates et al, The Landed, 2019 
Sweetwater Foundation 
Mapping 
Construct Lab, 2019 
Yesomi Umolu, Curator, CAB 2019 
Martha Rosler, Passionate Signals, detail, 2019 
Edra Soto, Screenhouse, 2019
Related Links: Chicago Architecture Biennial, Curbed Chicago: 11 Things We Loved
