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artist Sam Durant—since the 1990s the two have found a promising overlap in the way their practices have used historical reference as part of their long-term, contemporary political engagements.

Scholar Johanna Drucker and artist Matt Sheridan Smith conversed about the evidence of Katie Holmes’s secret Whole Foods entrance, Venn diagrams of third-rate hip hop, Athanasius Kircher’s 1669Ars Magna Sciendi, and other forms of visual knowledge production.

SASSAS presented internationally renowned cellist Charles Curtis performing the world premiere of a new work by Carolyn Chen, and the Los Angeles premiere of works by Alison Knowles and Christian Wolff, plus works by Morton Feldman and Tobias Hume

For the fall 2015 architecture tour fundraiser, the MAK Center for Art and Architecture at the Schindler House featured classic works of architecture in the San Fernando Valley

The MAK Center presented a new work by composer Scott Benzel: Op. 21: Inner Experience Fellowship/Friends of Crime prepared for piano, vintage electronics, guitar, experimental percussion, tape loop, gong, and central mixing station. The one-day only, 9-hour performance took place at the Schindler-designed Fitzpatrick-Leland House.

The MAK Center for Art and Architecture at the Schindler House was pleased to announce its Third Annual MAK Games, a benefit tournament that combined tennis, architecture, art, cocktails, barbecue, and a fabulous party, held at the spectacular Sheats/Goldstein Residence designed by John Lautner.

For this event only, contributions to the Palm Capsule were displayed at the Mackey Garage Top before going underground the next day.

In conjunction with the A Vast Furniture exhibition on view at the Schindler House, artist Kim Stringfellow presented a lecture on historical and contemporary instances of homesteading in the California desert, from her Jackrabbit Homesteads project examining the relics of the Small Tract Act of 1938 to the community behind current placemaking efforts in the Mojave Desert.

The artist and MAK Center staff led a guided walking tour of the Kings Road gardens and landscaping. Looking at a 1932 site plan, they discussed Schindler’s intentions and choices in designing the grounds, and the logic of the preservation process that later followed.

This online publication documents an exhibition-oriented initiative that prompts artists and architects to develop installations highlighting Rudolph M. Schindler’s domestic experiment.

In conjunction with the A Vast Furniture exhibition on view at the Schindler House, artist Kim Stringfellow presented a lecture on historical and contemporary instances of homesteading in the California desert, from her Jackrabbit Homesteads project examining the relics of the Small Tract Act of 1938 to the community behind current placemaking efforts in the Mojave Desert.

This online publication documents an exhibition-oriented initiative that prompts artists and architects to develop installations highlighting Rudolph M. Schindler’s domestic experiment.

During the opening, Bonny Poon presented a new installment of her ongoing performance work Body Movement Workshop (2010-).

An evening reading with poet Jeremy Sigler, who read from his new book of poetry ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ, published by The Kingsboro Press and For The Common Good, and author Benjamin Weissman reading from a new manuscript of stories.

In conjunction with the A Vast Furniture exhibition on view at the Schindler House, artist Kim Stringfellow presented a lecture on historical and contemporary instances of homesteading in the California desert, from her Jackrabbit Homesteads project examining the relics of the Small Tract Act of 1938 to the community behind current placemaking efforts in the Mojave Desert.