AD—WO in Conversation
Join AD—WO, a globally renowned New York art and architecture practice, for a conversation about their work and the forces shaping our streetscapes and public spaces.
Film/Video Theater
Jen Wood and Emanuel Admassu, who founded AD—WO in 2015, question architectural and urban-design norms through art, design, and curatorial interventions—and their works invite us to do the same. AD—WO challenges borders and classifications, including the ways that spaces are valued and owned, using frameworks in Black studies, decolonization, and conceptual art.
From buildings to objects to exhibition designs, the New York–based practice has completed projects in Ethiopia, Tanzania, Germany, Italy, and the US. Their work has been exhibited at the Venice Biennale’s 18th International Architecture Exhibition (2023); Art Omi in Ghent, New York (2023); and The Museum of Modern Art in New York City (2021); and is in the permanent collections of the Art Institute of Chicago and Atlanta’s High Museum of Art. Among many other accolades, AD—WO received a United States Artists Fellowship in 2024.
An audience Q&A follows the presentation. This program is a collaboration with Ohio State’s Department of Design and the Knowlton School.