Iker Gil
About
Iker Gil is a founding partner at 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 was the 2024 Morgenstern Visiting Chairs at the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) and has taught at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), and the Escola da Cidade (São Paulo).
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Building and Demolishing Legacies
Issue statement by Iker Gil, editor in chief of MAS Context
Introduction
Drawings, Storytelling, and Subjectivity
Issue statement by Iker Gil, editor in chief of MAS Context
Interview
What Does Big Brother See, While He is Watching? A Look at the Secret Stasi Archives
Iker Gil interviews Simon Menner
Interview
Claude, Are you Dreaming, or is this Really Happening?
Iker Gil interviews astronaut Claude Nicollier
Interview
Iker Gil interviews Geoff Manaugh and Nicola Twilley, directors of Venue
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Issue statement by Iker Gil and Paul Mougey, editor in chief and editor of MAS Context respectively
