Selfie Museums, Chicago Architecture Biennial

Hosted by Frances Anderton Dec. 19, 2017

There’s been a trend of so-called "selfie museums" in LA, with “made-for-Instagram” sets designed for taking flattering self-portraits. So how does selfie culture jibe with “high art”? Meanwhile, Los Angeles-based curators bring new architectural ideas to the Windy City. But are they “boring”? And, one of Apple’s first “town squares” opens in Chicago too.

Photo: Visitors point to the plug-in vertical city by Tatiana Bilbao, part of the Chicago Architecture Biennial’s “Vertical City” exhibit. (Frances Anderton)

From this Episode:

Selfie culture takes over the museum

A visitor to Happy Place, one of LA’s many “selfie museum” pop-ups.

12 min

Chicago Architecture Biennial

Mark Lee and Sharon Johnston at the exhibition they designed for “Moholy-Nagy: Future Present” at LACMA. Photo by Frances Anderton.

10 min

Apple's new product: a town square

The inside of Chicago’s new Apple “town square.” Photo by Frances Anderton.

6 min

Credits

Host:
Frances Anderton

Producers:
Frances Anderton, Avishay Artsy