Andrea Lenardin Madden / Group II, Apr 96 - Sept 96

FINAL PROJECTS

9/17/96 to 9/30/96

MAK Center for Art and Architecture L.A at the Schindler House, 835 North Kings Road, West Hollywood, CA

The residents joined with local colleagues to present an evening of festivities for the Final Projects exhibition entitled "Multi-Media Celebration." In the tradition of "happenings," this art event encompassed a range of simultaneous activities. In Gilbert Bretterbauer's house, poet Benjamin Weissman read from his work and artist Christiana Glidden created a light sculpture. Videos, slides and Super-8 films were continuously projected on screens hung from the roof of the Schindler House. Andrea Lenardin and food stylist Alison Attenborough created a buffet and music was provided by DJs Marnie Castor and Josh Berman.

Inside the Schindler House, Andrea Lenardin displayed "Instant Days." This highly-machined "Rolodex" supplied nourishment for the emotions and was an extension of her ongoing project entitled "The Museum of Consumption." A motorized axle slowly turned the Rolodex cards that consisted of vacuum packed polaroid images and objects. The nutritional content of each packet was described in the language of human emotions. Like instant meals, each packet depicted a hypothetical day and evoked a multiplicity of responses in viewers. Inspired by American consumerism, Lenardin's work commented on our propensity to make choices without thinking, similar to the practice of selecting a frozen meal at the grocery store.