Virtual Conversation: Amanda Williams and Cauleen Smith

In this conversation presented on the occasion of “The Obama Portraits,” artists Amanda Williams and Cauleen Smith come together to explore the idea of representing place through creative practice. Known for creating other worlds through their work—Smith through the medium of film and Williams through architecture—both artists also have connections to Chicago’s South Side and have engaged and activated neighborhoods and communities through a wide range of practices involving public art installations and performative gestures.