Dorit Margreiter / Group XII, Apr 01 - Sept 01

20/35 VISION

9/21/01 to 10/28/01

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

The exhibition offered a multiplicity of viewpoints for regarding the Los Angeles cityscape as seen in the work of David Hullfish Bailey, Kaucyila Brooke, Robbert Flick, Barbara Kaucky, Richard Sparham and Elizabeth Hesik, Dorit Margreiter, Florian Pumhösl and Martha Stutteregger, and Michael Wildmann. Just as each individual’s perspective is unique and no single outlook tells the whole story, the exhibition title, 20/35 Vision—the average of each contributor’s eyesight—represented the un-ideal vision of any singular view of the city.

Employing video, photography, and narrative panels in "I Like L.A. and L.A. Too," Dorit Margreiter explored the concept of "home" and conditions for "ideal living." The project title refered to a New York Times article entitled "I Like New York and L.A. Too," which described the complex and layered ambivalence that underlies the city structure and popular notions about Los Angeles. Margreiter explored various concepts of the "ideal" life stemming from different historical and personal perspectives, including those developed by architects, urban planners, filmmakers, critics, and theorists.