Evan Pavka is interested in the interrelations between power, memory, gender, sexuality, media and the built environment. These investigations often manifest through various forms of writing and publishing that examine emerging and historical works as part of a spectrum to weigh upon the present. His writings on art, architecture, design and contemporary culture have appeared in various popular and academic platforms including Azure, AnInterior, The Architect鈥檚 Newspaper, Article, Canadian Art, Canadian Interiors, DAMN, Disc, Field, Icon, idea journal, Inflection, Lunch, Pidgin, Plat, Pool, NUVO and -SITE, among others. His creative and scholarly work has been presented in Banff, Brighton, Chicago, Detroit, Gimpo, Montreal, Ottawa, Oxford, Toronto, San Francisco, Stockholm and Vancouver. He currently serves as Associate Editor of Interiors: Design/Architecture/Culture and routinely contributes to national and international journals.
- History and Theory
- Memory, Gender and Sexuality
- Contemporary Design Discourse
- Writing and Editing
Book Chapters
- Pavka, E. 鈥淚nfested Interiors.鈥� Upkeep: Maintenance and Repair in Adaptive Interiors. Routledge, forthcoming 2025.
- Pavka, E. 鈥淟iquid Interiors.鈥� Interior Ecologies. HEAD 鈥� Gen猫ve/Institute for Postnatural Studies, forthcoming 2025.
- Pavka, E. 鈥淪oft Objects鈥� in Anderson, J. and Weinthal, L., eds. Digital Fabrication in Interior Design: Body, Object, Enclosure. New York: Routledge, 2021,100-108.
- Pavka, E. 鈥淲oof,鈥� in Giliand, C. et. al., ed. Lunch 13: Mischief. San Francisco: Applied Research + Design Publishing, 2019, 68-75.
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
- Pavka, E. 鈥淢onumental Dreams.鈥� LA+: Memory. Forthcoming, 2026.
- Pavka, E., and Busch, B. 鈥淪cans, Residues, Misrecognition and Other Materialities of Loss.鈥� react/review: a responsive journal for art & architecture vol 5. Forthcoming, 2025.
- Pavka, E. 鈥淣onmonogamous Interiors,鈥� Interiors: Design, Architecture, Culture vol 12, no.1 (2023): 125-148.
- Pavka, E. 鈥淗ow Not to Forget: The Speculative Interior as Apparatus of Memory,鈥� IDEA Journal 19, no.1 (2022): 138-162.
- Pavka, E. 鈥淔rom the Closet to the Grave,鈥� Field Journal vol 7, no.1 (2017): 175-187.
Journal Articles
- Pavka, E. 鈥淭he Girls and Their Church.鈥� PLAT vol 12 (2024): 32-37.
- Pavka, E. 鈥淔eeling-Building.鈥� Pidgin vol 31 (2023): 36-42.
- Pavka, E, 鈥淓ven Closer.鈥� DISC vol 2 (2023): 170-178.
- Pavka, E. 鈥淩ecord of Rubble.鈥� Inflection vol 6 (2022): 8-11.
- Pavka E. 鈥淨ueens of Ohio.鈥� POOL vol 7 (2022): 48-51.
- Pavka, E. 鈥淗ollows, Voids and Other Openings.鈥� Article vol 27 (2021): 9-13.