Sepake Angiama and Paulo Tavares to Co-curate 2019 Chicago Architecture Biennial
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Curator and educator Sepake Angiama and architect and urbanist Paulo Tavares have been appointed as co-curators for the 2019 Chicago Architecture Biennial.Angiama and Tavares will join the event’s Artistic Director Yesomi Umolu to curate the 2019 editSepake Angiama and Paulo Tavares to Co-curate 2019 Chicago Architecture Biennial
Curator and educator Sepake Angiama and architect and urbanist Paulo Tavares have been appointed as co-curators for the 2019 Chicago Architecture Biennial.Angiama and Tavares will join the event’s Artistic Director Yesomi Umolu to curate the 2019 edition. Excited about the announcement, Yesomi Umolu said, “I am thrilled that Sepake Angiama and Paulo Tavares are joining me to steward the curatorial direction of the 2019 Chicago Architecture Biennial. Sepake and Paulo are noted for their contributions in their respective fields. They will broaden the range of ideas and practices at the biennial and will be instrumental as we develop platforms for learning and engagement. I am excited to begin our work together.”Sepake Angiama completed her MA in Curating Contemporary Art from the Royal College of Art, London. In her role as the head of Education for Documenta 14, she brought together artist-led social spaces, schools, and libraries to “unfold discourses around decolonizing education practices,” in her project “Under the Mango Tree: Sites of Learning.” Angiama is based in Europe. Her work explores how “social spaces can be disrupted and provoked by learning, performance, and design,” noted ArchDaily.Paulo Tavares’ explores the intersection between space, rights, conflicts, and visual cultures. He is professor at the Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbinismo at the University of Brasilia, and has previously taught at the Universidad Catolica del Ecuador and Goldsmiths, University of London. He has been featured in Oslo Architecture Triennale, Istanbul Design Biennial, and Harvard Design Magazine. His agency Autonoma is dedicated to urban research and intervention.Jack Guthman, Chairman, Chicago Architecture Biennial, said: “The diverse talents and perspectives our curatorial team brings to the Biennial assure that the 2019 exposition will again meet our dual objectives – to host an important dialogue about architecture in the American city heralded for its architecture and to provide Chicagoans and visitors to our city the opportunity to experience new ways of understanding the built environment. The choice of these artistic leaders promises a compelling and internationally relevant Biennial,” quoted ArchDaily.Chicago Architecture Biennial will run from September 2019 to January 2020 at the Chicago Cultural Center. http://www.blouinartinfo.com/ Founder: Louise Blouin Read more