Thrilled with the following interviews!

Here I talk with Maria Kruglyak about my curatorial work and writing on Ken Isaacs, occasioned by the multiplatform mapping project Visual Natures: The Politics and Culture of Environmentalism in the 20th and 21st Centuries, organized by the Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology in Lisbon, which featured Isaacs’s Knowledge Box. Read the interview online…

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Reviews of Inside the Matrix: The Radical Designs of Ken Isaacs are in!

Metropolis | Ken Isaacs Wanted to Retool the Way We Live by Justin Kamp • February 18, 2020 New City | Before the Tiny House: Inside the Matrix Dives Into the Design Legacy of Ken Isaacs by Michael Workman • April 14, 2020 Inland Art | Inside the Matrix: The Radical Designs of Ken Isaacs by Paul Krainak…

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New book out now!

At long last, my book Inside the Matrix: The Radical Designs of Ken Isaacs published by Half Letter Press is now available! Inside the Matrix surveys the highly individual practice of American architect and designer Ken Isaacs, whose populist, DIY designs created from the 1950s to the 1970s challenged mainstream definitions of modernism. Highlighted here are his Living Structures, Microhouses, and Alpha Chambers, experimental living and educational environments that provided alternative solutions to the spatial and environmental challenges of midcentury modern life.

You can purchase a copy here: https://halfletterpress.com/inside-the-matrix/

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Support from Graham Foundation

Honored and thankful for the Graham Foundation’s support of my book, Inside the Matrix: The Radical Designs of Ken Isaacs, published by Half Letter Press and due later this year.

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Arts Writers Grant

Honored to receive an Arts Writers Grant from Creative Capital/Andy Warhol Foundation for my blog IN/SITE: Reflections on the Art of Place. So grateful for their support.

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Panel and Workshop: “Muralla Alta/High Wall”

Please join me at the Museum of Contemporary Art on Friday, January, 12, 2018, at 6pm, where I’ll be hosting a brief panel and workshop, as part of Edra Soto’s Open 24 Hours, part of the MCA’s new Commons Artist Project space. Entitled “Muralla Alta/High Wall,” audiences are invited to meander through a visual experience that includes a narrative installation of 35-mm slide projections, co-organized by Soto and Daniel Hojnacki, and to create their own written and visual responses.

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