On Saturday, November 9, 2024, MAS Context will organize the eighth edition of our Tracing / Traces event when readers will have the chance to get a behind-the-scenes look at selected items from the Ryerson & Burnham Art and Architecture Archives located at the Art Institute of Chicago.
Five architects and designers will select items of the collection and discuss them in relationship to their practice, the discipline, and/or society. Nathaniel Parks, Tigerman McCurry Director of the Art Institute of Chicago Archives, will provide a brief introduction to the archives.
Participants include:
Robert Becker and Sharon Xu – Studio Becker Xu
Sarah Blankenbaker – Architectural designer and educator
Akima Brackeen – Educator, designer, and researcher
Susan Conger-Austin – S. Conger Architects
Alexander Eisenschmidt – Designer, theorist, and educator
For more information about this talk, please visit: https://mascontext.com/events/tracing-traces-architecture-and-the-archive-2024
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