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
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