Lorenzo Rocha Cito / Group XIV, May 02 - Sept 02

FINAL PROJECTS

9/17/02 to 9/29/02

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

"Missing Room," a temporary room addition to the penthouse of the Mackey Apartments by Lorenzo Rocha Cito, explored transparency in the relationship of public to private space. As with "Desert Cloud," the project of Bernhard Sommer, "Missing Room" was a denial of the stability and permanence that architecture usually seeks. By creating a public platform for private activity, Rocha involved the building’s neighbors as they became active witnesses to and participants in the interactions of the temporary enclosure. Artist Selva Barni’s contribution of a documentation of a fictitious missing person created a residue in the space that suggested a prior habitation that had been disrupted or partially erased. "Missing Room" was represented at the Schindler House with documentation materials and was available for viewing at the Mackey Apartments from September 18 through September 29.