Zlatan Vukosavljevic / Group XV, Oct 02 - Mar 03

FINAL PROJECTS

3/21/03 to 3/23/03

MAK Center at the Mackey Apartments, 1137 - 1141 South Cochran Avenue, Los Angeles, CA

In his project at the Mackey Apartments, artist Zlatan Vukosavljevic contrasted two building typologies from the same era: R.M. Schindler’s sleek, transparent Modernism as evidenced in the Mackey Apartments (1939-40) and militaristic structures from World War II. Creating an observation tower on the Mackey roof terrace and bunker-like sculptures in one of the apartments, the artist explored the logistics of architectural intervention and its representation. The military bunkers of the 1940s were instruments of control; their counterpart dummy bunkers were used for deceit and propaganda. These imposing functions were echoed when the structures were illuminated on the night of the opening by an LAPD helicopter doing a “fly by.”