Publications, research programs, exhibitions, films, podcasts, and other initiatives – 64 projects by individuals will receive grants from the Graham Foundation in 2023, for a total of USD 559,100. Selected from 500 submissions from around the world, these projects feature innovative and interdisciplinary ideas, and contribute critical perspectives on architecture and design. The projects were submitted by 92 people from different fields, including architects, designers, artists, curators, and writers. In July, the foundation will be announcing the projects submitted by organizations to win funding.
Among this year’s individual grantee projects, there are several of the installations featured at the Venice Architecture Biennale, curated by Leslie Lokko and open through November 26 at Giardini and Arsenale, including The Uhuru Catalogues by Thandi Loewenson, Textural Threshold Hair Salon: Dreadlock by Felecia Davis, Black City Astrolabe by Yolande Daniels, and Index of Edges by Huda Tayob. Grantee projects in the national pavilions include The Carpet House by Giovanni Bellotti, Alessandra Covini, and Adelita Husni-Bey in the Italian pavilion, curated by Fosbury Architecture; and Labor (Un)settlement and Migration Futures by NHDM: Nahyun Hwang and David Moon in the Korean pavilion, curated by Soik Jung and Kyong Park.
Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts
The Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts is a Chicago-based nonprofit founded in 1956 by a bequest from architect Ernest R. Graham, who died in 1936. The foundation promotes the development and exchange of ideas about architecture and its role in the arts, culture, and society. In its 67 years of operation, the Graham Foundation has awarded over USD 43 million to support more than 5000 projects by individuals and organizations around the world.
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Maria Gaspar, Footage used for "I Believe in the Things You Cannot See", 2021. Digital film still
Courtesy the artist. From the 2023 grant to Maria Gaspar for the film "I Believe in the Things You Cannot See"
Ziad Jamaleddine and Makram El Kadi (L.E.FT Architects), "Cave of Life Shrine", Beirut, Lebanon, 2023. Point Cloud 3-D Scan
Courtesy L.E.FT Architects. From the 2023 grant to Makram El Kadi and Ziad Jamaleddine for the publication "From the Mountain to the Sea: Architectural Excursions in the Lebanese Landscape and Beyond"
Megan Echols and Dana McKinney, "Black—Still: Watercolor Sketch", 2022. Watercolor on paper, 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 in
Courtesy enFOLD Collective. From the 2023 grant to Megan Echols and Dana McKinney for the exhibition "Black—Still"
Stull & Lee Inc., Flyer for the Harriet Tubman House, built 1975
Courtesy Stull & Lee, Inc. Photo: James Heard. From the 2023 grant to Gabriel Cira, James Heard, Wandy Pascoal, and Julian Phillips for the exhibition "Stull & Lee: Black Architecture Vision for an Infrastructural City"
Huda Tayob, "Index of Edges", 2023. Archival college
Courtesy the artist. From the 2023 grant to Huda Tayob for the exhibition "Index of Edges"
Tony Smith, The Glass House, 1954. Charcoal on paper, 12 1/8 x 18 in
Courtesy Tony Smith Estate/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. From the 2023 grant to John Keenen for the publication "Tony Smith Architecture Catalogue Raisonné"
Chandra Laborde, "Unbuilding Carceral Structures", 2022. Digital collage
Courtesy the author. From the 2023 grant to Chandra M. Laborde for the exhibition "Transecological (Re)Imaginations in the Tenderloin"
Léa Namer, "Temple of the Sexto Panteón", designed by Itala Fulvia Villa, built 1950–58, 2019. Digital photograph
Courtesy the author. From the 2023 grant to Léa Namer for the publication "Chacarita Moderna: The Brutalist Necropolis of Buenos Aires by the Architect Itala Fulvia Villa"
Drawing created through the "Beyond Documentation: Aesthetics of Policing, Civic Gaze Workshop", The Center for Human Rights & the Arts (CHRA), Bard College, February 4, 2023. Digital image
Annotations courtesy the artist Haitham Haddad. From the 2023 grant to Camila Palomino and Sean Vengezzi for the research project "Civic Gaze"
Living Root Bridge near Mawlynnong, East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya, India, 2016. Digital Photograph
Courtesy CC-BY-SA-4.0. Photo: Aditi Verma. From the 2023 grant to Paola Antonelli and Alice Rawsthorn for the new media project "Design Emergency"
Chandra Laborde, "Unbuilding Carceral Structures," 2022. Digital collage
Courtesy the author. From the 2023 grant to Chandra M. Laborde for the exhibition "Transecological (Re)Imaginations in the Tenderloin"
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