Join us for a conversation between Finnegan Shannon and Ignacio G. Galán. Shannon is one of Gallery 400’s current exhibiting artists in our fall exhibition Don’t mind if I do and I wish gays hung out at places where we could sit down. Galán is featured in the Chicago Architecture Biennial, showcasing their installation titled Fragments of Disability Fictions. Come learn from these two inspiring artists as they engage with each other in a discussion on accessibility.

ABOUT

Finnegan Shannon is an artist experimenting with forms of access. They are especially interested in access that intervenes in ableist structures with humor, earnestness, and rage. Their hobbies include making snack platters and looking at the sky.  Some of their recent work includes Alt Text as Poetry, a collaboration with Bojana Coklyat that explores the expressive potential of image description; Do You Want Us Here or Not, a series of benches and cushions designed for exhibition spaces; and Don’t mind if I do, a conveyor-belt-centered exhibition that prioritizes rest and play.

Ignacio G. Galán is a New York-based architect, historian, and curator. His work explores and intervenes in the entanglements of architecture, politics, and the making of society, with attention to questions of residence, citizenship, belonging, and kinship. These interests manifest in design projects as much as in diverse scholarly and curatorial endeavors concerning nationalism, colonialism, migration, and disability cultures. His work operates across media and is continuously informed by different collaborations.