With designer Stephen Burks in conversation with Tura Cousins Wilson & Shane Lapiste from Soca
Presented by Wedge Curatorial Projects (WCP)-A non-profit organization in Toronto With a heir to the increasing black artistic expression loading, the wedge lecture enters the audience to deal with radical possibilities at the interface of art, architecture and social change.
How can the design react and lead? In conversation with the visionary architects Shane Lapiste and TuRa Cousins Wilson by Studio Contemporary Architecture (Soca), join together with the internationally known designer Stephen Burks to change a timely discussion about the power of design, to re -shape stories, confirm the identity and to imagine more, including futures.
Stephen Burks brings a lively integration of global craft traditions in contemporary design. His practice bridges continents and cultures and brings a humanly centered, deeply collaborative ethos into projects with large international brands. His last appearance in Toronto –Man made Toronto (2012), presented by WCP after the debut in the Studio Museum in Harlem – was a milestone. The return of Burks builds up with Thelma Golden on the first lecture of last year and further expands the conversation about black creativity and design.
The winners of the 2023 recipients of the Canada Council for the Arts Prix de Rome in architecture, Lapiste and Cousins Wilson are known for a courageous, first-time approach for the built environment. Her work is critical of the role of architecture: Who it serves, how it is structured and its power to repair and strengthen communities.
Regardless of whether you are a designer, artist, architect or lawyer for equity, this conversation with the wedge lecture promises strong insights into creative practice to give our most urgent challenges – and open up new ways. The approvals are 25 USD per person