The third Chicago Architecture Biennial will forego a single theme in order to push the architecture profession to "think more meaningfully" about a host of contemporary issues, according to artistic director Yesomi Umolu.
Titled "...And Other Such Stories", the biennial will be broadly structured around "four guiding curatorial frames" ? established by Umolu and her team after months of research, which involved trips to Johannesburg, São Paulo and Vancouver.
The Chicago-based curator said the plan was to ruminate on a wide scope of issues in today's society, rather than a single focus, to tease out many different responses.
Artistic director Yesomi Umolu spoke to Dezeen at the unveiling of the curatorial focus for the 2019 Chicago Biennial. Portrait by Zachary Johnston "We don't have a singular manifesto, we're not trying to convince the world of a particular perspective," she told Dezeen during a press event on 5 February 2019, when the focus of the 2019 Chicago Architecture Biennial was revealed ahead of its opening in September this year.
"What we're trying to do is draw out multiple positions and perspectives, a range and diversity of experience, and how through being aware of that, there might be solutions or learning points that you can take forward."
Third Chicago Biennial to focus on "four guiding curatorial frames"
Umolu's four-part framework will include "No Land Beyond", which will look int...