More Than Monoliths: Ebere Agwuncha

Artist Talk

Thursday, June 24, at 7pm, via Zoom

Name Pronunciation - eh-bear-ay  ah-gwan-cha

Ebere is a Chicago born, Igbo designer, maker and researcher. She graduated with an Industrial Design degree from Iowa State University in December of 2019 with her thesis - Rescue Point - infusing a circular design economy with her culture.

Her local practice in Chicago extends into community building, care advocacy, and vacant space activation. Currently, she is working with Norman Teague Design Studios and Ọkpara House© - both as a designer and project manager. Since October, Ebere has been serving as a designer in residence with the artist-led, Chicago-based non-profit organization alt_(alt space). She is also a part of the place keeping initiative - in ℅: Black women(in care of Black women) as a contributor, fabricator, and designer. This year she is excited to be on two teams for the Chicago Architecture Biennial, with activations starting this summer addressing the Available City 2021 Edition.

Her conceptual work explores archived artifacts and images from the African Diaspora, preserving them into contemporary iterations through object design and abstract processing video. You can learn more about her practice at ebereagwuncha.com.

Ebere Agwuncha Presentation

Program Slides

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