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Eavesdrop> SCI-Arc expected to tap Diaz Alonso to succeed Eric Owen Moss

Eavesdrop> SCI-Arc expected to tap Diaz Alonso to succeed Eric Owen Moss

It’s not official, so don’t tell anyone we told you it was. But… It looks like SCI-Arc Graduate Programs Chair and Principal of Xefirotarch Hernan Diaz Alonso is going to be the next director of SCI-Arc, taking over for Eric Owen Moss in September 2015. According to SCI-Arc spokesperson Georgiana Ceausu, the school’s Executive Search Committee yesterday recommended Diaz Alonso to the school’s board, which is now “in the process of making the decision.” There won’t be any official appointment until July or August.

Diaz Alonso’s mesmerizing, fluid, alien, and digitally-based images and installations have been featured in museums around the world, including SFMOMA, the Art Institute of Chicago, the MAK Center, and the FRAC Center. But he will be the first SCI-Arc director to have not built a building (despite numerous competition entries), perhaps signaling a new direction for the school. We’ll have more on Diaz Alonso, and the future of SCI-Arc, if and when the appointment becomes official.


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