Theaster Gates
Following Kalyani’s post about urban planning I can highly recommend the following programme (on radio 4) about Theaster Gates a black artist living in Chicago who uses his art (made from salvaged materials from rundown buildings) to transform the Southside of Chicago where he lives. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b041469Also some nice links with the readings about materials that we will discuss in TT week 3.
See also Theaster’s website http://theastergates.com/home.html and the Rebuild Foundation http://rebuild-foundation.org/
