Lillian Schwartz Art from Technology

Air Date
September 23, 2023
Uncover the impactful work of Lillian Schwartz with the curator of our exhibition Lillian Schwartz: Whirlwind of Creativity, Kristen Gallerneaux. Lillian was a groundbreaking filmmaker and digital multimedia artist who began working at the intersections of creativity, science and technology in the 1960s. Learn about her time as a “resident visitor” at Bell Laboratories, where she was inspired by the possibilities of computers and also found ways to push beyond their limitations.
Architect

Throughout her career as a practicing architect and educator, Toshiko Mori has pursued a technical interest in the properties of materials, and especially synthetic materials, in addition to her concerns for purity of line, visual lightness and thermal performance.

Why She Innovates

As an architect, Toshiko Mori has always taken a personal delight in discovering new properties and potentials in materials. Whether designing exhibitions, houses or institutional projects such as the Visitor Center for Frank Lloyd Wright’s Darwin D. Martin House in Buffalo, New York, she enjoys a process that combines intuition with the rigor of research.

Toshiko Mori Interview Highlights Transcript

Toshiko Mori

I would say every architect that I know is a philosopher on his or her own.

Lillian Schwartz Art from Technology

15 Jan, 01:34 PM
Uncover the impactful work of Lillian Schwartz with the curator of our exhibition Lillian Schwartz: Whirlwind of Creativity, Kristen Gallerneaux. Lillian was a groundbreaking filmmaker and digital multimedia artist who began working at the intersections of creativity, science and technology in the 1960s. Learn about her time as a “resident visitor” at Bell Laboratories, where she was inspired by the possibilities of computers and also found ways to push beyond their limitations.
Lillian Schwartz Art from Technology