Sonia Leimer / Group XXI, Oct 05 - Mar 06

LOVE AFTER THE COLD WAR IN AN OPEN HOUSE OF A (RE) CONSTRUCTED BABYLON BY A POPULAR MECHANIC

3/10/06 to 3/12/06

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

In appreciation of the hospitality they felt from art and architecture professionals, the residents presented – beside their final projects – works by Los Angeles colleagues in the Mackey Penthouse, a guest apartment. Exhibition artists included Jonathan Ballak, Mika Cho, Zoe Crosher, Skylar Haskard, Nicholas Kersulis, Mayumi Date, Arthur Ou, Nicola Stäglich, Melissa Tolar, Sergio Torres and Richard Wearn. Rob Faucette performed the Heartsink Sound of Amy Radio, which was broadcast with an FM-sender throughout the apartments.

Italian-born Sonia Leimer intended to enact a fictional “sale” of the Schindler House. For this “sale,” the artist worked with a local real estate company to generate advertisements, stage the Schindler House, and give a Sunday afternoon of tours. Her project, "Open House," referred to the concept of the Kings Road House, which was planned to be a venue for open discussion, as well as to the real estate business. At the exhibition at the Mackey, she displayed her research with photographs, video, drawings, and found materials.