MAS Context Spring Talks 2026

GOFF

Name: MAS Context
Price range: $

March 10, 2026 at 6PM

No RSVP required

Film screening of GOFF, a documentary that explores the life of architect Bruce Goff, one of the most innovative yet forgotten American architects of the twentieth century, and the path that lead to the destruction and restoration of his memory and dwellings. The screening, organized by MAS Context and UIC School of Architecture, will take place at UIC School of Architecture, Room 1100 A+DS (845 West Harrison Street, 1100 A+DS, Chicago, Illinois 60607).

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About GOFF

Bruce Goff was one of the greatest American architects of the twentieth century. His unconventional perspective challenged stigmas about the Midwest’s inability to produce innovative work. A peer to Frank Lloyd Wright, his work had a profound influence on the next generation of architects, including Phillip Johnson and Frank Gehry. However, Goff’s willingness to explore unprecedented forms often solicited polarized perspectives of his work. As a result of establishing his practice in an otherwise conservative landscape and his unabashed desire to experiment with the possibilities of form, much of his work has been left to decay or forgotten altogether. GOFF explores the life of an iconoclast and chronicles the events that lead to the destruction and renewed interest of his memory and dwellings.

“Each soul is a dark forest, where we must walk with the utmost precaution.”
—Bruce Goff

Struckus House, Woodland Hills, CA. © Britni Harris.

Ford House, Aurora, IL. © Britni Harris.

Nicol House, Kansas City, MO. © Britni Harris.

Nicol House, Kansas City, MO. © Britni Harris.

FEATURING

Fred Allen Nephew of Bruce Goff
Susan Atkinson City Planner City of Oklahoma City
Joanne & Richard Bennett Original owner of the Bennett house in Bartlesville, OK
Jerri Bonebrake Bruce Goff’s secretary during his years at the University of Oklahoma
Bob Bowlby Bruce Goff’s architecture student who later worked as Goff’s assistant in Bartlesville
Hans Butzer Dean of the architecture school at the University of Oklahoma
Penelope Dean - University of Illinois at Chicago, professor at the School of Architecture
David DeLong Author of Goff’s biography Bruce Goff: Toward Absolute Architecture
Jim Gardner Architecture student of Bruce Goff
Herb Greene Studied architecture with Bruce Goff and taught architecture at OU for six years
Nick Harm Previous professor for the University of Oklahoma Architecture School
Doug Harris Worked alongside Goff for many years
Tom Hart Worked with Goff during that later part of his career
Arn Henderson Professor emeritus of architecture for the University of Oklahoma
Scott Lane Kansas City Real Estate Agent and Bruce Goff follower
Chris Lilly Architect for the restoration of Bruce Goff’s building The Tulsa Club
Dr. Carol Mason Professor of gender & women’s studies at the University of Kentucky
Rod Parks Owner of the Nicol House in Kansas City, MO
Joe Price Former owner of Shin’enKan, one of Bruce Goff’s iconic designs
Bart Prince Worked with Bruce Goff in the later part of career, finished the Japanese Pavilion of Art
Ted Reeds Architect and senior associate at the Macintosh Group
Jody Searing Original owner of the Searing House in Prairie Village, KS
Mark White Chief Curator at Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art in Norman, OK
Rev. David Wiggs Senior Pastor at the Boston Avenue Methodist church in Tulsa, OK

Credits

Director & Producer Britni Harris
Producer Michelle Svenson
Editor Claire Edwards
Cinematography by Shane Brown, Britni Harris
Location Sound Royce Sharp
Music Composed by Samuel Regan, Mark Kuykendall
Additional Camera Colette Ghunim, Jeff Jones, Joshua Morris
Music Supervisor Mark Kuykendall
Additional Music By Scott Bell, Amy Cottingham
Sound Editor / Re-recording Mixer Raphael Ajuelos
Production Assistant Sarah Gilpin, Kaitlyn Shelby, Christa Whetstone
Archivist Katie Bush
Colourist Luke Wittmann
Graphics Animator Jason Yang
Legal Counsel Deena Kalai

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Penelope Dean

Penelope Dean is a scholar who studies contemporary architectural culture with an emphasis on the exchanges between architecture and the allied design fields—interior, industrial, graphic, environmental, and strategic design—from the mid-twentieth century onwards. Dean’s essays, book chapters, op-eds, and reviews cut across architectural history, theory, and criticism, combining a formal analysis of buildings, objects, drawings, photographs, renderings, and exhibition within their political-economic contexts and disciplinary histories. In addition to her writings, Dean is founding editor of Flat Out, an independent print magazine that enacts multiple genres of architectural criticism through fifteen recurring, fictitious characters.

flatoutmag.org

Britni Harris

Britni Harris is a multi-tool creative with roles as a producer, director, cinematographer, editor and overall documentary filmmaker. She is passionate about using media and storytelling for educational outreach, generating constructive conversation and empowering voices of change. She was the producer for Stacey Abrams for Governor 2022 and during the 2020 election was the lead producer for Stacey Abrams’ organization Fair Fight Action. This work resulted in historic consequences for our country. Her first feature documentary GOFF debuted in 2020 and she went on to co-create an outreach campaign “Goff Fest” to spark conversation around preservation. Work has been featured through Lionsgate Entertainment and on ESPN, CNN, PBS, VICE TV, HBO, Food Network, Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival and other national and international film festivals.

porchspace.com

Alison Fisher

Alison Fisher is a curator of architecture and design at the Art Institute of Chicago. Her writing and curatorial projects focus on alternative modern architecture, urbanism, and design. Past exhibitions include Bertrand Goldberg: Architecture of Invention, The City Lost and Found: Capturing New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles, 1960-1980, Georg Jensen: Scandinavian Design for Living, and Bauhaus Chicago: Design in the City. In addition to the forthcoming retrospective on American architect Bruce Goff, her current work includes a long-term project on the Chicago Institute of Design.

@afisherchicago

Craig Lee

Craig Lee is an assistant curator of architecture and design at the Art Institute of Chicago. He previously held fellowships at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art and Museum of the City of New York and completed internships at the Princeton University Art Museum, Fallingwater, National Gallery of Art, and Museum of Modern Art. Past projects have included work on Charles Moore and Helmut Jahn, in addition to writing on Denise Scott Brown, Edgar Miller, and histories of commercial signage.

@craighlee

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