Julian Feritsch / Group XLII Apr 2016 - Sep 2016

FINAL PROJECTS: GROUP XLII

9/10/16 to 9/11/16

Schindler House 835 N. Kings Rd. West Hollywood, CA 90069

Vienna-based artists Julian Feritsch and Julia Hohenwarter operate simultaneously as forensic examiners of space and producers of the environment to be examined. Negotiating different forms of deserted public landscapes—synthetic manicured environments across the corporate spaces of Los Angeles—the two focused their study on the ‘leftovers’ of quasi-public space. What narratives form from the traces and residue of bodies that have passed through contemporary, controlled spaces? For their installation at the Schindler House, Feritsch and Hohenwarter presented a scenic, multimedia environment in the set-up of an intimate, impromptu gathering, much like a picnic. Visitors to the exhibition found themselves archeologists within the situation, slowly putting together again the activity evidenced by the sculptural, textual, textural, and audio components.