"ECHOES 002" w/Archie Lee Coates IV (PLAYLAB) + Akima Brackeen (EXHIBIT A)
About this Event
OUR GUEST SPEAKERS:
Akima Brackeen is the director of Exhibit A, a practice focused on investigating the social, political, and ecological dimensions of water access. Blending architecture, installation, digital media, and sound, her practice reveals the systems of power and care that shape perceptions and values of aquatic sites.
Her design work has been exhibited at the American Academy in Rome, Venice Architecture Biennale U.S. Pavilion, Exhibit Columbus, Princeton University School of Architecture, Van Alen Institute, and the Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago, and has been recognized by the United Nations Association–Chicago. Brackeen is also an assistant professor of architecture at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and is a Fellow of the American Academy in Rome.
Archie Lee Coates IV is the co-founder of PlayLab which is an extremely multi-disciplinary Los Angeles-based creative studio with no focus founded in 2004. They realize Ideas across a wide range of scales by creating fashion shows, films, campaigns, furniture, retail, installations, books, brands, comapnies, artworks and more, through creative and art direction, strategy, design and production.
Playlab has collaborated with Louis Vuitton, Nike, Rimowa, Virgil Abloh, Post Malone, SZA, Mad Happy, Bottega Veneta, Marc Jacobs and more
Agenda
🕑: 07:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Opening ceremony
Info: This is time to allow all guest into the building, to meet friends make new ones. To network, grab a drink and vibe to the music.
🕑: 08:15 PM - 09:00 PM
Echoes conversation / Q+A
Info: The conversation between C.A.G , Archie and Akima. Followed by a Q+A with the audience.
🕑: 09:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Ending Ceramony
Info: Time to chat with the guest speakers and host of the event, purchase merch and make final connections with other creatives.
Where is it happening?
Event Location & Nearby Stays:
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