Tuesday, March 06, 2007

Exhibit of the City

Everyone's favorite Viennese architects will be presenting their findings after exploring Los Angeles without a car for the last 6 months. Their final project will be on display starting tomorrow at the Schindler House in West Hollywood and only be on exhibit for a few days.

They've contact LA City Nerd during their stay in our great City, and we are eager to see their end result. Though they talked to us about community names and designations, the MAK website lists more detail about their project:

Los Angeles Without a Car,” the project of Anke Freimund and Alex
Dworschak, is inspired by Thom Andersen’s documentary, “Los Angeles Plays
Itself” (2003). Scrutinizing the urban myth that a car is unavoidable in
L.A., the Viennese architects used only public transportation as they
conducted walking tours throughout the city. In the exhibition, they present
visual diary of their experiences. In seeking a guidance system for their
research, they selected the official city signs that designate neighborhood
names as waypoints. However, in their photographs documenting their
experience, they eliminate common landmarks, letting the places speak for
themselves.

The show has an opening exhibit tomorrow night (March 7th) and then runs through March 11th. Check it out: Schindler House, 835 N. Kings Road, West Hollywood 90069-5409.

3 comments:

Zach Behrens said...

that's so cool. I was not aware that they did that!

m. berru said...
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m. berru said...

Erm, nevermind! ("Look more closely before posting" is my new resolution. Apologies!)