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Opening Reception for Schindler House: 100 Years in the Making
May
28
Opening

Opening Reception for Schindler House: 100 Years in the Making

 

Join us for the opening reception of Schindler House: 100 Years in the Making on May 28, 2022 from 7pm to 9pm.

In celebration of the centennial of the Schindler House, the MAK Center for Art and Architecture presents an expansive exhibition exploring the pivotal century of the landmark home and studio of the Austrian-American architect R.M. Schindler. The exhibition Schindler House: 100 Years in the Making, features contributions by artists, architects and writers, including Carmen Argote, Reyner Banham, Anthony Carfello, Fiona Connor, Irving Gill, Julian Hoeber, Kathi Hofer, homeLA, Bernard Judge, Andrea Lenardin Madden, jas lin, Mai Ling, Esther McCoy, Renée Petropoulos, Gala Porras-Kim, Stephen Prina, R.M. Schindler, Peter Shire, Jakob Sellaoui, Virginia Swenson, and Rosten Woo, among others. The exhibition is complemented by summer-long programming and events including lectures, reading groups, benefit events, edible performances, in-person curator-led tours, and asynchronous audio tours.

The exhibition Schindler House: 100 Years in the Making will be on view at the MAK Center for Art and Architecture through September 25, 2022. 

 
 

The opening reception is made possible with support from MAK Center Centennial Council, Patron Program and the Austrian Consulate General in Los Angeles.

 
 

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Opening Reception for Garage Exchange: Cosmic Commissioner
Apr
14
Opening

Opening Reception for Garage Exchange: Cosmic Commissioner

 

The MAK Center for Art and Architecture proudly presents the nineteenth iteration of Garage Exchange Vienna—Los Angeles, featuring new work from Vienna-based artists Hanakam & Schuller in collaboration with Los Angeles architects Current Interests.

ABOUT GARAGE EXCHANGE

Garage Exchange seeks to foster relationships, conversations and collaborations in the arts between Los Angeles and Austria. In order to expand the cultural exchange at the core of the Artists and Architects-in-Residence program, The Austrian Federal Chancellery, and the MAK Center invite Austrian and Vienna-based alumni residents to collaborate with L.A. artists and architects of their choosing at the Garage Top at the Mackey Apartments for the Garage Exchange Vienna-Los Angeles exhibition series.

 
 

This exhibition series is made possible by The Austrian Federal Chancellery.

 
 

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GARAGE EXCHANGE: COSMIC COMMISSIONER

April 14, 2022 – July 03, 2022

 
 
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Final Projects: Group L Opening Reception
Mar
17
Opening

Final Projects: Group L Opening Reception

The MAK Center for Art and Architecture is pleased to present Final Projects: Group L, featuring works by Emilija Škarnulytė, Julia Obleitner, Helvijs Savickis, and Manuel Gorkiewicz. This exhibition marks the culmination of the fiftieth iteration of the Artists & Architects-in-Residence Program at the Mackey Apartments.

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Soft Schindler: Opening Reception
Oct
12
Opening

Soft Schindler: Opening Reception

Soft Schindler, curated by Mimi Zeiger, begins with traces of pink paint on redwood—faint evidence of when in late 1949 Pauline Schindler, estranged from her architect husband but living in half of the house they built together, painted her side of the interior salmon pink. To R.M. Schindler, her intolerable act violated a sanctum of modernism and his desire for honest expression of natural materials. This exhibition, however, interprets her act as softening our canonical understanding of house as manifesto—softness as resistance—and yields to plural narratives that lay interpretive ground for contemporary artworks and architectural installations.

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Meaning to Matter: Authorization in the Here and Now
Sep
23
to Sep 25
Opening, Lecture

Meaning to Matter: Authorization in the Here and Now

The title of this conference, Meaning to Matter, carried two connotations. First, it named a process of moving what exists in the mind in the psychological realm into the physical world of material things—to the world of matter. Second, it implied an intention to make a difference and have an impact in a social context. In both of these aspects, transforming meaning to matter involves the authorization of ourselves and others.

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Garage Exchange: Spomenici revolucije - Marko Lulić / Sam Durant: Opening Reception
Nov
12
Opening

Garage Exchange: Spomenici revolucije - Marko Lulić / Sam Durant: Opening Reception

Upon invitation to return to Los Angeles and work with any local practitioner of his choosing, Vienna-based former MAK Center artist-in-residence Marko Lulić reached out to L.A.-based artist Sam Durant—since the 1990s the two have found a promising overlap in the way their practices have used historical reference as part of their long-term, contemporary political engagements.

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Creating Space for Immersion in Group Dynamics
Sep
25
to Sep 27
Opening, Lecture

Creating Space for Immersion in Group Dynamics

The MAK Center for Art and Architecture at the Schindler House and GREX presented a three-day intensive experiential group relations conference in the Tavistock tradition. In the spirit of architect R.M. Schindler’s experimentation with social space as well as built space, the conference explored social dynamics in a unique architectural structure. Unlike conferences featuring panel discussions and lectures, this conference was structured to create an environment in which participants learned directly from experience. Small group, large group, and inter-group events gave conference members opportunities to experience and reflect on powerful group dynamics as they unfolded. Meetings designed for review and application provided further opportunities for understanding and integrating the learning into everyday life.

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