Deem Symposium 03 → Theaster Gates and Nu Goteh, with DJ Duane Powell



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Theaster Gates and Nu Goteh, with DJ Duane Powell









Multi-sensory Placemaking
The weekend opened on Friday, October 24, with a pre-party at Stony Island Arts Bank, a Rebuild Foundation site and Chicago Architecture Biennial installation space. The evening continued at the Land School, formerly St. Laurence Elementary, with a multi-sensory placemaking experience. Theaster Gates and Nu Goteh picked up the cover conversation from Deem’s fourth issue, exploring placemaking as a social practice, and the night closed with a sound experience from DJ Duane Powell.



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