Final Projects: Group L Opening Reception
The MAK Center for Art and Architecture is pleased to present Final Projects: Group L, featuring works by Emilija Škarnulytė, Julia Obleitner, Helvijs Savickis, and Manuel Gorkiewicz. This exhibition marks the culmination of the fiftieth iteration of the Artists & Architects-in-Residence Program at the Mackey Apartments.
Wait a Minute: Publication Launch
Snapshots from a suspended moment within a global pandemic: artists, architects and thinkers with feet in both Vienna and Los Angeles consider the shape of a future in flux.
The presentation will take place simultaneously in Los Angeles and Vienna.
Mackey Apartments Block Party
Join the MAK Center for the Mackey Apartments Block Party, an afternoon with friends and collaborators! The Mackey Apartments Block Party invites the general public to learn more about MAK Center’s Mid-City location through studio visits, self-guided tours, exhibition viewing and playlist listening.
Inverted Dome: Opening Reception
Please join us for the opening reception of Kristin Posehn: Inverted Dome, at the Mackey Apartments Garage Top.
Garage Exchange: Aleksandra Domanović and Jen Liu: Opening Reception
The MAK Center for Art and Architecture proudly presents the eighteenth iteration of our Garage Exchange series. Please join us for the opening reception at the Mackey Garage Top Gallery in Mid City.
Garage Exchange: Antwerp with Benjamin Hirte and Nancy Lupo: Opening Reception
The MAK Center invites you to attend the opening reception for our 2021 Garage Exchange: Antwerp with Benjamin Hirte and Nancy Lupo. The reception opens with a conversation between the artists, moderated by curator Aurora Tang.
Chris Emilie x The Kennedy Center
Presented by the Kennedy Center’s new online Couch Concert Series, multi-disciplinary artist Chris Emile presents a 30 minute solo performance accompanied by DJFM. The solo will take place in the MAK Center’s Garage Top, and will encompass the fleeting/hard hitting feelings of joy, anxiety, and unsureness that inhabit us all during these times. Following the performance by Chris Emile, meditation and movement practitioner Nkechi Njaka will be streamed with her partner Tauwoo from Northern California.
Garage Exchange: Christoph a. Kumpusch and Youmna Chlala: Opening Reception
This sixteenth iteration of the Garage Exchange Vienna-Los Angeles exhibition series, brings together Christoph a. Kumpusch of Forward-slash ( / ) Architektur and artist Youmna Chlala.
Garage Exchange: Constanze Schweiger and 69: Opening Reception
This fifteenth iteration of the Garage Exchange Vienna-Los Angeles exhibition series, brings together Constanze Schweiger and 69.
Meaning to Matter: Authorization in the Here and Now
The title of this conference, Meaning to Matter, carried two connotations. First, it named a process of moving what exists in the mind in the psychological realm into the physical world of material things—to the world of matter. Second, it implied an intention to make a difference and have an impact in a social context. In both of these aspects, transforming meaning to matter involves the authorization of ourselves and others.
Garage Exchange: Spomenici revolucije - Marko Lulić / Sam Durant: Opening Reception
Upon invitation to return to Los Angeles and work with any local practitioner of his choosing, Vienna-based former MAK Center artist-in-residence Marko Lulić reached out to L.A.-based artist Sam Durant—since the 1990s the two have found a promising overlap in the way their practices have used historical reference as part of their long-term, contemporary political engagements.
Creating Space for Immersion in Group Dynamics
The MAK Center for Art and Architecture at the Schindler House and GREX presented a three-day intensive experiential group relations conference in the Tavistock tradition. In the spirit of architect R.M. Schindler’s experimentation with social space as well as built space, the conference explored social dynamics in a unique architectural structure. Unlike conferences featuring panel discussions and lectures, this conference was structured to create an environment in which participants learned directly from experience. Small group, large group, and inter-group events gave conference members opportunities to experience and reflect on powerful group dynamics as they unfolded. Meetings designed for review and application provided further opportunities for understanding and integrating the learning into everyday life.
Palm Capsule: Conceived and compiled by Christian Mayer
For this event only, contributions to the Palm Capsule were displayed at the Mackey Garage Top before going underground the next day.
Succulents: Opening Reception
During the opening, Bonny Poon presented a new installment of her ongoing performance work Body Movement Workshop (2010-).
Alfredo Barsuglia: Social Pool
Artist Alfredo Barsuglia joined MoMA curator Stephanie Weber and MAK Center Director Kimberli Meyer to discuss his project, Social Pool.
Push and Pull! Workshop
The workshops highlighted urban patterns and complemented them with political reflection in the form of comic drawings. Visitors were asked to come by the Mackey Apartments and talk about their mobility and/or migration experiences. Or, more simply, answer the question “How did you get here/there?”