The internationally-acclaimed artist, potter, educator and breaker of rules, Theaster Gates, addressed the 2014 AIA Convention in Chicago today and argued that his role, as well as that of artists and design professionals, is to push the envelope.
“I don’t feel constrained by being trained as a planner,” Gates said. “As a result I’ve been breaking a lot of rules. In some ways, I know that my amateur tactics don’t seem to be transformative at a city level, but architects, designers and planners can make the baby steps that lead to policy changes.”
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