CURRENT EXHIBITION
Fragmented Manifestos
SHIFT: Architecture in Times of Radical Change
Chicago Architecture Biennial
Curated by Florencia Rodriguez
Through Feb 28, 2026

GALLERY AND BOOKSHOP HOURS
Wednesday–Saturday, 12–5 p.m.
Free admission, no reservations required—ring the doorbell for entry.

Fragmented Manifestos brings together a constellation of moments in recent architectural history that emerged in response to periods of radical transformation—political, technological, and cultural. Participants include: Amancio Williams, Sergio Prego, Anne Tyng, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Charles Jencks, Stan Allen, and a collaboration between MOS and Tony Cokes. Hard Sun Interstate by Sam Chermayeff Office was hosted by the Graham Foundation during the Biennial’s opening weekend (September 18–20, 2025).

As Fragmented Manifestos enters its final week, the Graham Foundation Bookshop is offering 20% off all purchases from Saturday, February 21, through Friday, February 28, plus a Chicago Architecture Biennial tote bag with purchases over $100.

The Graham Foundation Bookshop features a curated selection of publications by Foundation grantees, alongside new, historically significant, and rare books on architecture, art, urbanism, and related fields. In addition to monographs, exhibition catalogues, and theory-based titles, the bookshop carries local and international journals and magazines. Chicago-based designer Ania Jaworska designed the bookshop in 2013.

Sale Hours:
Sat, Feb 21 — 12–8 p.m.
Wed, Feb 25 — 12–5 p.m.
Thu, Feb 26 — 12–5 p.m.
Fri, Feb 27 — 12–5 p.m.
Sat, Feb 28 — 12–5 p.m.

On view in the galleries: Fragmented Manifestos, part of the sixth edition of the Chicago Architecture Biennial, SHIFT: Architecture in Times of Radical Change, an exhibition bringing together episodes from recent architectural history through drawings, writings, diagrams, installations, and proposals by Amancio Williams, Sergio Prego, Anne Tyng, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Charles Jencks, Stan Allen, and a collaboration between MOS and Tony Cokes.

Photo: Ricardo E Adame

Chicago-based artist Irene Hsiao presents 氣, a piece developed for performances across the Chicago Architecture Biennial and part of Hsiao's project Mond(e): 月亮代表我的心, named for the Taiwanese love song "The moon represents my heart." In 氣, Hsiao performs in response to a sculpture by artist and fellow Biennial participant Dominic Kießling, accompanied by soprano Mickey Farès. Inspired by the shifting phases of the moon and the impermanence of architecture and anatomy, the work explores the interplay of air and energy—氣 (qi)—as Kießling’s sculpture receives, amplifies, and returns each movement and emotion in a cycle of mutual transformation. Mond(e): 月亮代表我的心 – 氣 was developed at the Graham Foundation in fall 2025 for presentations at the Narrow Bridge Arts Club and the Driehaus Museum and Hsiao returns to the Madlener House for the closing presentation.

Mond(e): 月亮代表我的心 is a year-long performance and community art project developed through Hsiao's 2025 residency at Hyde Park Art Center, creating site-specific performances with new collaborators that evolve in reference to the moon's periodic phases and its influence. This program is partially supported by an Individual Artists Program Grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, as well as a grant from the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency, from federal funds through the National Endowment for the Arts.

Irene Hsiao creates dance and performance through object-driven inquiry with museum spaces, exhibitions, and artworks. She is the inaugural Artist in Residence at the Smart Museum, first Artist in Residence at 21c Museum Hotel Chicago, first Resident Artist at the Heritage Museum of Asian Art, a Radicle Resident at Hyde Park Art Center, and the first artist in residence at the Chinese Fine Arts Society.

Dominic Kießling is a visual artist whose practice transforms lightweight materials into large-scale kinetic installations animated by fans, hair dryers, or human performance. Born in Dresden in 1984, he studied industrial design before working for a decade in motion and stage design in Berlin. In 2019, he returned to Dresden to focus on analogue art, experimenting with everyday materials and immersive sculptural forms. In 2023, he established his studio in a former factory building to pursue one of his most ambitious projects. Starting with little more than plastic bags and a hair dryer, Kießling developed a dynamic aesthetic that blurs the line between object and organism. His work continues to explore themes of transformation, movement, and material tension.

Mickey Farès is a Chicago-based soprano and improviser with a rich cultural heritage rooted in Venezuela, Spain, and Lebanon. Trained in classical opera performance, her vocal practice explores the full elasticity of the human voice—stretching its expressive limits and weaving together a diverse range of sonic textures. Her improvisational style draws on the raw spontaneity of free jazz and the rich emotionality of Spanish folkloric singing, creating a unique and deeply embodied sound language. Collaborating with movement artists has become central to her work, where the interplay of physical and vocal expression allows for a dynamic exchange of energy between performers. At the heart of her artistic process is a commitment to shared energy—how it is passed, shaped, and amplified among collaborators. For Mickey, improvisation is a playground for presence, curiosity, and connection.