Mechthild Weber / Group XXXIV, Apr 2012 - Sep 2012

MATERIAL AND CULTURE

9/7/12 to 9/9/12

MAK Center for Art and Architecture at the Schindler House, 835 N. Kings Rd, West Hollywood

Architects Lukas Allner, Moritz Heimrath, and Mechthild Weber developed alternative strategies for screening films, moving towards a more spatial movie experience and away from the classic arrangement of a single screen with seated audience. During the opening reception, the architects presented a full-scale, fully operable installation, Cinema3, in the front yard of the Schindler House. A textile-wrapped structure supporting a continuous soft surface, Cinema3 fluidly displayed a short prototype film in images from three projectors. As the film's characters moved through the Los Angeles cityscape, they shifted screens within the textile structure, shaping a physical, 3-D space.