Nicolas Février / Group XVI, Apr 03 - Sept 03

ABSOLUT L.A. INTERNATIONAL

8/15/03 to 9/7/03

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

Selected video works related to the work of current and former MAK Center Residents were shown at a special screening. Works by Una Szeemann, Suwan Laimanee, Christoph Kumpusch and Elias Nahamias in collaboration with Lorenzo Rocha Cito were shown. The screening was held on Friday, August 29 at 8 p.m.

An architectural promenade designed by architects Nicolas Février (France) + Roland Oberhofer (Italy), temporarily altered one’s perception of and approach to the Mid-Wilshire Mackey Apartments (1939). Their project served as an experiment towards a new type of public space that could co-exist with a private residential building. A long staircase wrapped around and over the existing structure and provided guests from the neighboring community an opportunity to enjoy panoramic views of Los Angeles from atop the three-story Modernist building. The goal of the architects was to develop a new model for outdoor private/public space by using the flat rooftops that are typical of L.A.’s Modernist housing tradition.