THE GEN(H)OME PROJECT
MAK Center for Art and Architecture October 29, 2006 – February 18, 2007 at the Schindler House
http://www.MAKcenter.org
*Opening Events, MAK Day, Sunday, October 29, 2006, 1-8 pm
Free and open to the public all day!
1 pm Tours of exhibition
3 pm Opening Remarks:* Peter Noever, Kimberli Meyer. Keynote Speaker: Martin Bressani
4 pm Two Panel Discussions with:
*Marcos Novak/UCSB, Helene Furjan, Karl S. Chu, Christopher Hight, Ulrika Karlsson, Sean Lally, GregLynn, Chandler Ahrens
Moderated by: Eran Neuman, Aaron Sprecher
6-8 pm Reception
As part of its ongoing mission to facilitate and advance cultural innovation, the MAK Center for Art Architecture presents /The Gen(H)ome Project/, an exhibition exploring the integration of recent developments in information technologies and the natural sciences — especially genetics — into cutting-edge architecture. Interacting with one of the 20th century’s most renowned architectural experiments, the Schindler House, exhibition projects offer “genetic modifications” of the home’s structure, interiors and grounds. Among the many scientific methodologies referenced are nanotechnology, climatology, cell physiology, astronomy, robotics and algorithms. The exhibition is guest curated by Eran Neuman, Aaron Sprecher and Chandler Ahrens of Open Source Architecture, with MAK Center Director Kimberli Meyer.
Participants include *Greg Lynn FORM, Karl S. Chu, servo, Marcos Novak, ocean D, Weathers-Sean Lally, Philippe Rahm, Christa Sommerer and Laurent Mignonneau,* and *Open Source Architecture*. The exhibition will be accompanied by a podcast and catalogue detailing the projects, along with essays by Martin Bressani and Robert Jan van Pelt, Marie-Ange Brayer, Helene Furjàn and Peter Lloyd Jones, Christopher Hight, Aaron Sprecher and Eran Neuman.
*/Allo_Gen(H)ome/ by Marcos Novak:
In light of the new developments in nanotechnology and materials, Marcos Novak employs techniques for decoding and recoding genomes into chimerical combinations in his “Allo” series. Here, in /Allo_Gen(H)ome/, he continues to explore what happens to architecture once we stop building it and start growing it. Composed of cell-like forms derived from magnetic resonance images of the activation of a brain, Novak offers a hulking, alien “presence,” the largest member of a family of peripheral forms attached to nearby ceilings and walls. Embedded computers and sensors within the forms activate speakers and projectors, which in turn animate the space.
The MAK Center for Art and Architecture is located at:
The Schindler House
835 North Kings Road
West Hollywood, CA 90069
Public hours are Wednesday through Sunday, 11am-6pm
Parking is vailable at the public structure at the corner of Kings Road and Santa Monica Boulevard.
Admission to the house and exhibition:
With purchase of the Guide Book /Schindler by MAK/: $17/$16 students and seniors. Admission only: $7/$6 for students and seniors. Children under 12 and /Friends of the Schindler House /are free.