Virtual
Exhibition
Illinois Institute of Technology
Invited Curator & Adjunct Faculty Member
UX Design / Branding / Graphic Design
The inaugural virtual exhibition for IIT’s College of Architecture, Strata, presents a survey of selected work from all levels of the college. Through the interactive exhibition, Strata invites guests to participate in the juxtaposition of curatorial voice and architectural catalog. Student work is presented in two modes: curated exhibition and course catalog.
Collaborators: Jeffrey Wigen (Co-Curator/Co-Designer) & Matt Soria (Web Developer).
Programs/Interfaces used: Adobe CS, Microsoft Office, Google Workspace, WordPress.
Curated Exhibition and Course Catalog
Creative Direction / UI & UX / Website Design / Brand Identity / Graphic Design / Curatorial Direction / Social Media Strategy / Submission Infrastructure / Public Relations
Previous iterations of the Open House exhibition were held IRL in Crown Hall. Work was organized by course and course section, resulting in separated “rooms” of information. In response to the remote conditions brought about by the COVID pandemic and to increase access to the students’ work, an interactive virtual exhibition space was developed.
Strata subverts the separation of previous exhibitions, posing work to be arranged in parallel to encourage new connections and dialogues between the different levels of coursework. The interactive exhibition invites users to navigate both a curated selection of work as well as a comprehensive overview of all work by course. In both approaches, work is presented in layers.
Curated Exhibition
Curated work is presented in strata and organized according to ten different themes: Aperture / Procession / Reparation / Ritual / Glitch / Veil / Fragments / Tapestry / Constellation / Entourage. By navigating the curated strata, users are able to participate in the pairing of over 22,000 permutations of work in parallel.
Comprehensive Coursework
A comprehensive collection of student work, representing work completed over the course of the academic year is presented in stara and organized according timeframe, degree requirements, and academic level.
