Kate Yeh Chiu and Jia Yi Gu, curators and editors of Material Acts, will discuss their most recent publication and exhibition, Material Acts: Experimentation in Architecture and Design.
Material Acts: Experimentation in Architecture and Design accompanies and shares a name with the exhibition at Craft Contemporary in Los Angeles in 2024, offering a companion space that delves into the research shown in the galleries. The publication is organized around the same five thematic material acts of the exhibition: Animating, Disassembling, Feeding, Re-fusing, and Stitching. Content formats include commissioned essays, photography, how-to-guides, and conversations featuring the exhibition’s scope.
The publication includes contributions and projects by Adobeisnotsoftware, After Architecture, Amy Zhang, Anupama Kundoo, Assemble, Assia Crawford, Atelier LUMA, BC architects, Caroline A. Jones, Charlotte Malterre-Barthes, Didem Ekici, DOSU Studio Architecture, Dylan Wood, Elsa MH Mäki, Gramazio Kohler Research, HANNAH, Hilary Huckins-Weidner, Jennifer Johung, Joar Nango, Katariina Träskelin, Lola Ben-Alon, Mae-Ling Lokko, Maru Garcia, Omar Kahn, Post Rock, Rael San Fratello, Sara Inga Utsi Bongo, SOFTLAB, Soft Matters, Strat Coffman, Sutherlin Santo, Tag Christof, Ye Rin Mok, Yogiaman Tracy Design, Zara Pfeifer, and Zofia Trafas White.
Material Acts, eds. Kate Yeh Chiu and Jia Yi Gu, 2024. Image courtesy of Becca Lofchie.
→ Material Acts: Experimentation in Architecture and Design (Craft Contemporary, 2024).
Thanks to the School of Architecture at UIC for partnering for this program.
