Please Join Us at the MAK Center
Final Projects: Group XXX
September 11-12, 2010
Opening Reception: Friday, September 10, 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
MAK Center for Art and Architecture
at the Schindler House
835 N. Kings Road
West Hollywood, CA 90069
Please join us for the 30th Final Projects presentation by the MAK Center's Artists and Architects-In-Residence.
Architect and aspiring historian from India, Zameer Basrai has conceived a project deeply rooted in the social elements of urban planning. He criticizes the fragmentation of American cities, be it through the built environment or forces such as marginalization, racism, or gentrification. Basrai's final project, Urbanism Alone, will present a series of photographic works documenting such action at three such sites: 5th St. & Main St., the Los Angeles River near downtown, and the Westwood neighborhood. Through these, he seeks to explain and locate the "abstract forces" defining urban life in Los Angeles.
Final Projects: Group XXX
September 11-12, 2010
Opening Reception: Friday, September 10, 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
MAK Center for Art and Architecture
at the Schindler House
835 N. Kings Road
West Hollywood, CA 90069
Please join us for the 30th Final Projects presentation by the MAK Center's Artists and Architects-In-Residence.
Architect and aspiring historian from India, Zameer Basrai has conceived a project deeply rooted in the social elements of urban planning. He criticizes the fragmentation of American cities, be it through the built environment or forces such as marginalization, racism, or gentrification. Basrai's final project, Urbanism Alone, will present a series of photographic works documenting such action at three such sites: 5th St. & Main St., the Los Angeles River near downtown, and the Westwood neighborhood. Through these, he seeks to explain and locate the "abstract forces" defining urban life in Los Angeles.
German artist Mandla Reuter presents presents a portion of his project West Elusive. Throughout his residency, the artist has prospected for real estate throughout Los Angeles. To invoke conversation on authenticity and ownership, Reuter intends to purchase land in L.A. and transport a layer of its topsoil around the world, to be exhibited at various sites in a layout that matches the shape of the plot. At the Schindler House, Reuter shows pieces and documents circumscribing the yet unrealized work.
Austrian artist Markus Zeber has been making an ever-increasing body of kinetic sculptures during his residency. Pairing domestic goods with batteries and other power sources, Zeber gives new personalities to the overlooked pieces of cheap plastic and out-dated electronics that fill Los Angeles's garages and flea markets - two fly swatters engage in meditative movements through a hanging mobile, a coat hanger struggles to stand up, then falls down, then begins again, et cetera. For his final project at the Schindler House, Zeber is interested in exploring the relations between the movement and mechanics of the human body with that of the engineered world that surrounds us.
New York-based, German architect and publisher Felix Burrichter and German artist Sarah Ortmeyer have produced a publication entitled XXX BURRICHTER ORTMEYER. The project presents and expands upon their research into the inextricable link between Rudolf Schindler's architectural practice and his wife Pauline's radical, progressive politics. Burrichter/Ortmeyer's 48-page, color magazine is organized around a photo series documenting Schindler houses across Los Angeles. These are interspersed with photographs that position design as a social practice. Images of Schindler furniture are seen alongside letters between Rudolf and Pauline. The publication, which will be available for sale, is accompanied by a small installation based on a text on dress by Immanuel Kant.
