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Shir Ende

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Through drawing, print, performance, and video, Shir Ende uses a degree of speculative thinking to explore movement within modern space. Ende works to reduce the “bigness” of architecture, re-imagining built structures as intimately scaled forms generated by movement. Education: BFA, 2015, School of the Art Institute of Chicago; MFA, 2018, University of Illinois at Chicago. Exhibitions: University of Illinois Springfield, Comfort Station, Riverside Art Center, Buddy Chicago, the Chicago Artist Coalition, Gallery 400, Heaven Gallery, Hyde Park Art Center, Terrain Biennial, Mana Contemporary. Awards: Illinois Arts Council, Hatch Residency - Chicago Artist Coalition, Center Program - Hyde Park Art Center, High Concept Labs Sponsored Artist.

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In this class we will look into the relationship between the body and architecture. Through different exercises, readings and field trips we will explore those relationships from the intimacy of the room to the public realm of the city. We will experiment in collecting observations on the built environment and will use them as research. Students will engage with different artistic practices and will use the city of Chicago as their field of operation. Students will work on weekly exercises that will be used as research for 3 assignments: intervene and respond, translate, and reimagine architecture through different modes of making.

We will look at artists such as Amanda Williams, Edra Soto, Julia Fish, Do Ho Suh, Rachel Whiteread, Deb Sokolow, Valie Export, Francesca Woodman, James Turrell.

Class Number

1256

Credits

3