David Zink Yi / Group XIX, Jan 05 - May 05

OPEN HOUSE / OPEN STUDIO

5/13/05 to 5/13/05

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

Group XIX offered a program of Final Projects multi-media presentations on Friday, May 13, 2005 from 7:00 to 10:00 p.m. Presented in the courtyard of the 90% renovated Mackey Apartments, the multi-media installation transformed the building’s rear windows into a screening facility. Newly re-stuccoed and with all new windows, the R.M. Schindler-designed apartment complex lent a fresh, clean-edged ambiance to the evening. The multi-media presentations presented image research gathered throughout the residency and related work-in-progress.

Throughout his travels to his childhood home of Lima, Peru, as well as his investigations of Los Angeles and Mexico City, David Zink Yi studied the tendency of Latin American cities to develop in reference to American capitalistic models. Why were these Latin American mega-cities adopting U.S. values that pressure the individual with priorities such as owning a single family home or ensuring abundant leisure time? His goal was to focus on the interactions between people and their socio-cultural environment, stressing the interplay between urban planning and personal lifestyle choices.