Christian Mayer / Group XXXVII, Oct 2013 - Mar 2014

JAYWALK

3/14/14 to 3/16/14

Mackey Apartments and Garages 1137 S. Cochran Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90019

Artist Christian Mayer shared his focus on an Exposition Park palm tree. At 170 years, this tree is one of the oldest living things in Los Angeles that can be evidenced with photographs. During its lifespan, the city has transformed from a small pueblo to megalopolis, and the tree itself has been relocated from quiet Palm Springs to the front of the historic train station in the 1880s where it symbolized California to the newly arrived, to its current bucolic park setting, its service commemorated with a plaque. For jaywalk, Mayer presented material for a time capsule to be buried near the tree on the 100th anniversary of its move to Exposition Park. Video and photographic works formed an installation in the Garage Top. A real palm of the same species (Californian Fan Palm) stands in the Mackey Courtyard, boxed to echo the mobility of the original.