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Iker Gil

About

Iker Gil is the founder of MAS Studio, Editor in Chief of the nonprofit MAS Context, and Executive Director of the SOM Foundation. Iker has edited or coedited several books including Radical Logic: On the Work of Ensamble Studio and Shanghai Transforming. He has curated multiple exhibitions including Nocturnal Landscapes, Poured Architecture: Sergio Prego on Miguel Fisac, and BOLD: Alternative Scenarios for Chicago, part of the inaugural Chicago Architecture Biennial. He was Associate Curator of the US Pavilion for the 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale and cocurator of Exhibit Columbus 2020–2021. He has taught at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), and Escola da Cidade (São Paulo).

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Introduction

Revisiting the Ordinary

Issue statement by Iker Gil, editor in chief of MAS Context

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Urban Prisons

Issue statement by Iker Gil, editor in chief of MAS Context

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True Repetition

Issue statement by Iker Gil, editor in chief of MAS Context

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Interview

Claude, Are you Dreaming, or is this Really Happening?

Iker Gil interviews astronaut Claude Nicollier

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Introduction

Architectural Narratives

Issue statement by Iker Gil, editor in chief of MAS Context

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Interview

Cartooning Architecture and Other Issues

Iker Gil interviews graphic artist Klaus

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Introduction

Reinterpreting our Traces

Issue statement by Iker Gil, editor in chief of MAS Context

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Interview

A Year on the Road with Venue

Iker Gil interviews Geoff Manaugh and Nicola Twilley, directors of Venue

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Interview

Embracing Idiosyncratic Weirdness

Iker Gil and Andrew Clark interview Moby

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Interview

Tracing Wright

A conversation between Richard Wright, Zoë Ryan, and Iker Gil

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Unlikely, but Possible

Issue statement by Iker Gil and Paul Mougey, editor in chief and editor of MAS Context respectively

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Dismantling boundaries

Issue statement by Iker Gil, editor in chief of MAS Context

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A production of Production

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Interview

Chicago Production: Raw Quality

Iker Gil and Andrew Clark talk to Arnold Horween III, president of Horween Leather Co., and John Culliton, VP sales

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Interview

Chicago Production: Creating a Lifestyle

Iker Gil interviews Michael Salvatore, owner and CEO of Heritage Bicycles General Store

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Interview

Chicago Production: Producer as Consumer

Iker Gil interviews Jake Nickell, founder and Chief Community Officer of Threadless

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Film

Filming Production

Iker Gil selects a series of short films that document the processes and outcomes generated by individuals and small businesses

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Waiting to be Revealed

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Interview

Visual Complexity

Iker Gil and Andrew Clark interview Manuel Lima

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Learning to Communicate

Issue statement by Iker Gil, editor in chief of MAS Context

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A Sound Life

Iker Gil interviews movie sound designer Oriol Tarragó