and other such stories
Vision
The third edition of the Chicago Architecture Biennial …and other such stories, was curated by Artistic Director Yesomi Umolu and curators Sepake Angiama and Paulo Tavares.
…and other such stories encouraged participants and visitors to engage with architecture as a lens to examine pressing global issues, including land ownership, memory, rights, and civic participation, and was structured around four curatorial sub-themes: “No Land Beyond” explored landscapes of belonging and sovereignty, challenging conventional notions of land as property. “Appearances and Erasures” addressed the visibility and invisibility of narratives within the built environment. “Rights and Reclamations” investigated spatial practices related to human rights and the reclamation of space. “Common Ground” focused on shared spaces and the collective shaping of the urban environment.
Work by more than 80 contributors from 22 countries was presented in exhibitions and public programs across Chicago, including: Adrian Blackwell; Akinbode Akinbiyi; Alejandra Celedón, Nicolás Stutzin, and Javier Correa; Alexandra Pirici; Avijit Mukul Kishore and Rohan Shivkumar; Black Quantum Futurism; Borderless Studio; CAMP; Carolina Caycedo; Center for Spatial Research; Chicago Architectural Preservation Archive; City of Detroit Planning and Development Department; Clemens von Wedemeyer; Cohabitation Strategies and Urban Front; ConstructLab; Decolonizing Architecture Art Residency (DAAR): Alessandro Petti and Sandi Hilal with Isshaq Al Barbary, Husam Abu Salem, Luca Capuano, Elsa Koehler, and Sandy Rishmawi; Do Ho Suh; FICA (Fundo Imobiliário Comunitário para Aluguel); Forensic Architecture and Invisible Institute; Herkes İçin Mimarlık; Jimmy Robert; Joar Nango; Jorge González; Keleketla! Library; Maria Gaspar; MASS Design Group; MSTC (Movimento Sem Teto do Centro) in collaboration with Escola da Cidade and O Grupo Inteiro; Ola Hassanain; Oscar Tuazon; Palestine Heirloom Seed Library; PRODUCTORA; Raumlabor; RIWAQ – Center for Architectural Conservation in collaboration with Yara Sharif and Nasser Golzari; RMA Architects; Sammy Baloji and Filip de Boeck; Santiago X (Koasati/Chamoru); Settler Colonial City Project and American Indian Center; Somatic Collaborative; studioBASAR; Sweet Water Foundation; Tania Bruguera and Asociación de Arte Útil; Tanya Lukin Linklater and Tiffany Shaw-Collinge; Territorial Agency; Theaster Gates; The Funambulist; Usina–CTAH; Vincent Meessen; Walter J. Hood; Wendelien van Oldenborgh; Wolff Architects and Zorka Wollny.
An eponymous catalogue designed by ELLA and published by Columbia Books on Architecture and the City extended the edition’s core questions through written essays by Dr. Denise Ferreira da Silva, Eduardo O. Kohn, Lesley Lokko and Pelin Tan, alongside interviews with cheyanne turions, Vincent Tao, Carmen Siva, Inam Kula, Aviwe Mandyanda, and Emmanuel Pratt; and visual dossiers by Vivien Sansour, Virginia de Medeiros, Mario Gooden, and Stephen Willats.
