Center for Design and Material Culture

CDMC Conversation Series: Lois Bielefeld

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Virtual Event
@ 12:00 pm

CDMC Conversation Series:
Lois Bielefeld
January 29, 2021. 12PM CT.

Image of a woman dressed in a sari walking across a bridge in front of American flags
Lois Bielefeld. “Downtown- Sari 18. 2017.” (From “Reaching through 5 ½ yards | 8497 miles” collaborative work with Nirmal Raja.)

 

Lois Bielefeld is a Chicago-based commercial and gallery photographer. Her gallery work focuses on constructing visual stories of everyday life while asking what links routine and ritual to the formation of identity and personhood. In addition to her gallery work, Bielefeld is an accomplished commercial photographer who travels nationally to shoot advertisements for leading retailers. Bielefeld was in conversation with CDMC’s Operations Manager Laura Sims Peck.

 

Event was free and open to the public thanks to the support of The Anonymous Fund.

 

This event has passed, but you may still view/listen to the conversation below.

Image of two women in an interior space. A woman in a yellow hoodie bends down to wipe her hands on her sock; a woman in a blue shirt looks out the window holding a sock.
Lois Bielefeld. “House, Hold” series. 2020. May 29: When Lois doesn’t have a pocket, she uses her waistband to hold tissues. When Jackie doesn’t have a napkin, she wipes her fingers on her sock.

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Poster featuring artwork Image of two women in an interior space. A woman in a yellow hoodie bends down to wipe her hands on her sock; a woman in a blue shirt looks out the window holding a sock.