A unique opportunity to hear from the Chicago-based artist, curator, urbanist and winner of the Artes Mundi 6 prize, Theaster Gates. Discussing recent projects that attempt to instigate the creation of cultural communities by acting as catalysts for social engagement, Gates focuses on the physical and symbolic value of the materials he uses and the sources he draws on when creating his work. Gates is joined in conversation by Mark Godfrey, Curator of International Art, Tate Modern and Lisa Yun Lee, Director of the School of Art & Art History at University of Illinois at Chicago.
