Reviews
Back by unpopular demand, our advertorial freelancer—the Ad Man—appraises exhibitions, conferences, lectures, awards, books and other miscellanea. Read on for a sampling of their enthusiasms and anathemas. For more from Flat Out’s Ad Man, order our print editions here.
Biennials
Chicago Architecture Biennial: Make New History
Sharon Johnston and Mark Lee, Artistic Directors
Chicago Cultural Center, Sept. 16, 2017–Jan. 7, 2018
Installations
Five Rooms
Paul or Paul (Paul Andersen and Paul Preissner)
Chicago Architecture Biennial, Sept. 16, 2017–Jan. 7, 2018
Installations
MIES Understandings
AGENdA with Camilo Echavarría and Camilo Echeverri
Chicago Architecture Biennial, Sept. 16, 2017–Jan. 7, 2018
Installations
She Knows She Is in Chicago
Marianne Mueller
Chicago Architecture Biennial, Sept. 16, 2017–Jan. 7, 2018
Installations
Skin mock-up, University of Illinois at Chicago Visual and Performing Arts Center
Zago Architecture
Chicago Architecture Biennial, Sept. 16, 2017–Jan. 7, 2018
Symposia
CAB Symposium: Make New History
Chicago Cultural Center, Claudia Cassidy Theater, Sept. 14, 2017
Symposia
GSD at the Chicago Architecture Biennial: New Materialisms: Histories Make Practice | Practices Make History
Chicago Cultural Center, Claudia Cassidy Theater, Sept. 14, 2017
Symposia
Making Books Now: Architects on Print—Chicago Architecture Biennial Artistic Director’s Symposium produced in collaboration with Columbia GSAPP (Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation)
Chicago Cultural Center, Claudia Cassidy Theater, Sept. 15, 2017
Symposia
MCHAP/CAB Tête-à-Tête—Dialogues around the Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize
Illinois Institute of Technology, S. R. Crown Hall, Sept. 16, 2017
Symposia
The Aggregate Architectural History Collaborative: Evidence and Narrative in Architectural History
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Sharp Building Room 327, Sept. 16, 2017
Symposia
Now & Then—Chicago Architecture Biennial Artistic Director’s Symposium produced in collaboration with the University of Illinois at Chicago School of Architecture
UIC School of Architecture, Architecture and Design Studios Building, Sept. 16, 2017
Publications
Make New History: 2017 Chicago Architecture Biennial
Mark Lee, Sharon Johnston, Sarah Hearne, and Letizia Garzoli, eds., Lars Müller Publishers, 2017
Biennials
Meta-review
Reviewing reviews of the Chicago Architecture Biennial, 2017
Symposia

Public Gestures
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, LeRoy Neiman Center, Nov. 18, 2017
Symposia
Feminist Art & Architecture Collaborative: Making/Writing/Teaching Contested Histories
Chicago Cultural Center, Claudia Cassidy Theater, Dec. 1, 2017
Symposia
Starship Chicago: Helmut Jahn’s Thompson Center at the Crossroads
Chicago Cultural Center, Claudia Cassidy Theater, Jan. 5, 2018
Biennials
Prediction: 2019 Chicago Architecture Biennial
Chicago Cultural Center and various anchor sites and events throughout the city, Sep. 19, 2019–Jan. 5, 2020
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Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts
UIC Office of the Vice
Chancellor for Research
UIC College of Architecture, Design, and the Arts
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Out
Benefactors
Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts
UIC Office of the Vice
Chancellor for Research
UIC College of Architecture, Design, and the Arts
Flat Out
Flat Out Inc. is a 501 (c) 3 tax-exempt not-for-profit organization registered in the state of Illinois.
Email editor@flatoutmag.org
This website is supported in part by the National Endowment of the Arts