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).
Introduction
Unlike Queen Victoria, We Are Amused
Issue introduction by Iker Gil, editor in chief of MAS Context
Interview
Architect Iker Gil interviews Matt Clark, co-founder and creative director of United Visual Artists
Introduction
Entering the Second Year with more Energy
Issue introduction by Iker Gil, editor in chief of MAS Context
Interview
Iker Gil and Andrew Clark interview photographer Mitch Epstein, author of American Power
Interview
Iker Gil interviews Eric Bricker, director and producer of Visual Acoustics, a film that celebrates the life and career of Julius Shulman
Essay
James Lockhart, a former resident of Cabrini Green, shares his memories with Iker Gil about growing up in the Chicago Public Housing.
Project
Architects Sharon Haar and Iker Gil propose the first Chicago Design Festival
Introduction
Spanning Lines of Longitude and Latitude
Essay by Iker Gil and Andrew Clark, editors of MAS Context University Works
Interview
A conversation between Andrew Clark, Judith De Jong, Alexander Eisenschimdt, Iker Gil, Jimenez Lai, Paul Preissner, Juan Manuel Rois, and Karla Sierralta