Damon Rich - Liquidated Architecture: Hope and the Shape of the City

PRESENTED IN CONJUNCTION WITH OUR CURRENT EXHIBITION: ACTIONS: WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH THE CITY Monday, January 25, 2010 Talk begins 6pm Madlener House galleries will be open before the talk. Admission is free. Graham Foundation, Madlener House 4 West Burton Place, Chicago www.grahamfoundation.org www.cca-actions.org Space is limited, please RSVP to [email protected] Buildings sit at the center of the global financial crisis. By way of a post-apocalyptic settlement in Montréal, a public learning center about finance and architecture in New York City, and a plan for the riverfront of Newark, New Jersey, Damon Rich's presentation will explore how tools of architecture might shift catastrophe to revitalize relationships between people and their living environments. Damon Rich is a designer and artist who uses video, sculpture, graphics, and photography to investigate the political economy of the built environment. His work has been exhibited internationally at venues including the 2008 Venice Biennale, Storefront for Art and Architecture and SculptureCenter (New York City), the Canadian Centre for Architecture (Montréal), and Netherlands Architecture Institute (Rotterdam). In 1997, he founded the Center for Urban Pedagogy (CUP), a New York City nonprofit organization that uses the power of design and art to improve the quality of public participation in urban planning and community design, where he was the Creative Director for 10 years. His solo exhibition Red Lines Housing Crisis Learning Center, supported by a grant from the Graham Foundation, was on view at the Queens Museum of Art May 31-September 27, 2009. For more information on Damon Rich visit www.damon.anothercupdevelopment.org Accessibility: Talks are held in the ballroom on the third floor which is only accessible by stairs. The first floor of the Madlener House is accessible via an outdoor lift. Please call 312.787.4071 to make arrangements.