Shane Reiner-Roth is a writer, curator and photographer. Through publications, exhibitions, and lectures, his work examines the means by which certain objects appeal to an economy of expression by communicating higher values than their own on the cheap.
Curriculum Vitae
University of Southern California (USC) / lecturer / 2022 - / los angeles, ca / arch.usc.edu
Fall 2022 - 314: 20th Century History and Theory
Spring 2023 - 563: 20th Century History and Theory
UCLA Jumpstart Program / teaching fellow / 2022 / los angeles, ca / aud.ucla.,edu
Lectures: Plastic in Architecture and Design
Prefabrication in Architecture and Design
Los Angeles Housing, Part 1: 1900-1945
Los Angeles Housing, Part 2: 1945-present day
UCLA / teaching assistant / 2020 - 2022 / los angeles, ca / aud.ucla.,edu
Fall 2020 - AUD 30: Introduction to Architectural Studies
Winter 2021 - AUD 10A: Architectural History: From the First Societies to the 1600s
Spring 2021 - AUD 10B: Architectural History: From the 1500s to the contemporary
Fall 2021 - AUD 30: Introduction to Architectural Studies
Winter 2022 - AUD 10A: Architectural History: From the First Societies to the 1600s
Spring 2021 - AUD 10B: Architectural History: From the 1500s to the contemporary
The Architect’s Newspaper / 2019 - / archpaper.com
Archinect / 2018 - 2019 / archinect.com
Massachusetts Institute of Technology / teaching assistant / 2016-2018 / architecture.mit.edu
Venice Biennale / presenter, organizer / 2018 / labiennale.org
Array Photo Journal / copy editor, writer / 2017 - present / los angeles, ca / arrayphotojournal.com
Joe Day / assistant curator / 2015 / los angeles, ca and jakarta, indonesia / deegandaydesign.com
MyKukun / writer / 2015 / online / mykukun.com
LAXART / writer / 2015 / west hollywood, ca / laxart.com
Thresholds Journal / 2022, #50 / cambridge,ma / thresholdsjournal.com Signal Change
Log Journal / fall 2020, #50 / new york, ny / anycorp.org
Internet Browser
Log Journal / spring.summer 2019, #45 / new york, ny / anycorp.org
Caution! Slippery
Log Journal / spring.summer 2015, #34 / new york, ny / with kyle branchesi / anycorp.org
A Movable Taste
Architectural Digest / July 2021 / new york, ny / architecturaldigest.com
A First Look at the New Office of STUDIOpractice
Pidgin Journal / 2016, #20 / princeton, nj / pidginmagazine.com
Bricks and Stickers
Thresholds Journal / 2017, #45 / cambridge, ma / thresholdsjournal.com
The Great Imposter: Mythologizing Clean Labor, Practical Ethics, and Adorable Authenticity
Offramp Journal / spring 2016, #10 / los angeles, ca / offramp.sciarc.edu
Museum of the History of the Motel
Manifest Journal / winter 2021 / new york, ny / manifestproject.org
R P, RE OP, RES TOP, REST STOP
Lunch Journal / summer 2015, #11 / charlottesville, va / uvalunch.com
Strangely Familiar: A Study of Everything Between Every Single Thing
Plat Journal /fall 2018, #7.0 / platjournal.com
Plans for Others
Lobby Online / spring 2015 / bartlettlobby.com
Gateway Tower Gated
Clog Journal / fall 2014 / new york, ny / with kyle branchesi and jing yan / clog-online.com
History of the World Trade Center, Part II
Dear Architecture / winter 2015, #1 / new york, ny / with kyle branchesi / blankspaceproject.com
Becoming Upside Down
Mas Context / winter 2015 / chicago, il / with kyle branchesi / mascontext.com
Figural Monuments: Six Ways to Commemorate Celebrity Mishaps
Soiled Journal / forthcoming, #6 / chicago, il / with kyle branchesi / soiledzine.org
Joining the Invisible Choir
Oxford School of Architecture Journal / summer 2014, #1 / oxford, uk / osamag.bigcartel.com
The Architect Laughs Last
Venice Biennale / 2018 / Venice, IT / labiennale.org
Venetian Soap
WUHO Gallery (Closed Worlds Symposium) / 2018 / los angeles, ca / architecture.woodbury.edu
37 Fearless Moments of Modern History
Yale University (Americanist Symposium) / april 2018 / new haven, ct / arthistory.yale.edu
The Kalahari Resort and the Interiority of Cultural Reproduction
Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts (Millions of Plans Conference / november 2017 / copenhagen, dk / kadk.dk
Plans for Others
University of Iowa Museum of Art (What’s Your Sign Symposium) / september 2017 / iowa city, ia / uima.com
R E, RE OP, RES TOP, REST STOP
University of Manitoba (Atmospheres Symposium) / february 2017 / winnipeg, ca / umanitoba.ca
The Production of Denial Aesthetics
Harvard University (Deception Symposium) / december 2016 / cambridge, ma / fas.harvard.edu
You Don’t Need a Door on a Formica Kitchen
