SAE Lecture Series: Michelle Jaja Chang, "Resident Artist, Visiting Architect" and "On Obscurity"

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Michelle JaJa Chang Director, JaJa Co Associate Professor, USC School of Architecture Tuesday, November 3 6:00pm PT Yeon Salon – “Resident Artist, Visiting Architect” Cottrell House, Portland (RSVPs closed) Zoom Meeting ID: 959 3017 1837 Wednesday, November 4 noon PT “On Obscurity” UO Portland, Highland Hall Gallery, 6410 NE 27th Ave Zoom Meeting ID: 923 2687 6177 In "Resident Artist, Visiting Architect," Chang presents recent work from her practice, JaJa Co. She speculates on a form of peripatetic practice through four projects: one completed at the Headlands Center for the Arts, another at the American Academy in Rome, and two building designs for a new artist residency. This event is the first in a new series of “Yeon Salons” hosted at the historic Cottrell and Watzek houses, designed by John Yeon and maintained by the UO. RSVPs for this event are closed, but a Zoom option is available. Then, in the lunch talk on November 4 in Highland Hall at UO Portland, Chang discusses obscurity, drawing from her essay “Opacity” in the most recent Log, and from her book, Also Known As (MIT Press, 2024). This event is free and open to the public, and a Zoom option is also available.

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