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Valerie Snobeck, MFA’08, rarely exhibits the same piece twice—much of her work depends on its setting, inspired by the space between a gallery’s doors or between electrical sockets. The wood slats attached to the mirror above—from a fall installation of deconstructed mirrors, wood, and other materials at New York’s Renwick Gallery—she explains, “are the ratio of the marks in a small black tool hung near the thermostat in the gallery, used to repair watches, which has only the phrase ‘American Standard Movement.’”

Byte cop

Brett Goldstein maps out Chicago’s crime-ridden spots with his predictive-analysis system.

Minister of science

Theodore Peters brings a theological lens to biotechnological research.

Practical philosophy

Lauren Tillinghast uses her philosophy training as an alternative to psychotherapy.

On Screen

Three alumni filmmakers explore Chicago’s metal scavengers in a 2010 documentary.

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