Close
  

MAS Context Spring Talks 2013

Suburbia Gone Wild

June 18, 2013 at 6PM

Martin Adolfsson discussed his project Suburbia Gone Wild along with Natasha Egan, director of the Museum of Contemporary Photography (MoCP) at Columbia College, and graphic designer Larry Mayorga who designed the limited-edition book for the series.

Contributors

Mas event 2013 suburbia gone wild 01

Suburbia Gone Wild, Chicago, 2013. © Wallo Villacorta.

About Suburbia Gone Wild

For the past six years Martin has been photographing model homes built for the newly minted upper middle class in emerging economies around the world. The model home works as a 1:1 scale “no assembly required” model for the potential home buyer that is fully decorated up to and including family photos of John Kerry. The work expands across every continent and includes the suburbs of Bangkok, Shanghai, Bangalore, Cairo, Moscow, Johannesburg, São Paulo, and Mexico City. Suburbia Gone Wild was featured in the Ownership issue of MAS Context. You can check it here.

Thanks so much to Wallo Villacorta and the the crew at Public Works for hosting the event, and to the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts and The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation for supporting MAS Context.

Here are a few photographs by Wallo Villacorta from the event that MAS Context organized to celebrate the release of the limited-edition book Suburbia Gone Wild.

Mas event 2013 suburbia gone wild 02

Iker Gil, Suburbia Gone Wild, Chicago, 2013. © Wallo Villacorta.

Mas event 2013 suburbia gone wild 03

Andreas Adolfsson, Suburbia Gone Wild, Chicago, 2013. © Wallo Villacorta.

Mas event 2013 suburbia gone wild 04

Natasha Egan and Martin Adolfsson, Suburbia Gone Wild, Chicago, 2013. © Wallo Villacorta.

Mas event 2013 suburbia gone wild 05

Larry Mayorga and Martin Adolfsson, Suburbia Gone Wild, Chicago, 2013. © Wallo Villacorta.

Mas event 2013 suburbia gone wild 06

Suburbia Gone Wild, Chicago, 2013. © Wallo Villacorta.

Mas event 2013 suburbia gone wild 07

Suburbia Gone Wild, Chicago, 2013. © Wallo Villacorta.

Mas event 2013 suburbia gone wild 08

Suburbia Gone Wild, Chicago, 2013. © Wallo Villacorta.

Comments

Contributor Bios

Contributor

Bio

Contact

Martin Adolfsson

Martin Adolfsson is a Swedish photographer based in NYC since 2007. He shoots portraits, travel and architectural work for magazines and advertising agencies around the globe. His personal work focuses on social structures and behaviors.

Natasha Egan

Natasha Egan is the executive director of the Museum of Contemporary Photography (MoCP) at Columbia College, Chicago. From 2000 until 2011 she was the museum’s associate director and curator. She has organized over fifty exhibitions with a focus on contemporary Asian art and artists concerned with societal issues, such as the environment, war, and economics. For over a decade, she taught in the photography and humanities departments at Columbia College Chicago, and holds a BA in Asian studies, MA in museum studies, and MFA in fine art photography.

Larry Mayorga

Larry Mayorga is a graphic designer and artist born in Colombia based now in NYC working on a variety of media including communications, editorial design, music, product, branding, web and media art for a mix of cultural and commercial clients, and self-initiated projects.