Scoring, Building: New work by Michelle Jaja Chang

Scoring, Building is a new project by Michelle Jaja Chang that investigates architecture as an allographic or notational art. The work is a temporary and durational intervention in the courtyard of the Mackey Apartments. The project proposes an architectural instantiation from the basis of a score, written by the architect, which is then translated into instructions for the construction of the installation itself. The work is action-based, slowing down and reframing the activities of conventional drywall construction to focus on-site preparation (measuring, documenting, marking); framing construction (stacking, ordering, assembling), and drywall installation (scoring, affixing, finishing), rather than material assemblage. The installation is scored in three recursive “iterations”, each one accompanied by a public program in order to unpack the ideas of the installation itself. Alongside the physical installation, the project is distributed through a live audio feed of the on-site construction, and documentary photography by Tag Cristof. Scoring, Building is commissioned by Materials & Applications as the winning project of an open call for projects in 2018. 

The installation is scored in three recursive “iterations”, each one accompanied by a public program:

Iteration I takes place on February 1, 7pm - 9pm with guest appearance and electronic music performance by Neil DenariI

Iteration II takes place on February 15, 7pm - 9pm in conversation with CCMA 

Iteration III takes place on February 29 with a closing party 

Opening reception and Iterations I-III take place at the Mackey Apartments (1137 S Cochran Ave) 

Image courtesy of Michelle Chang, 2018.
When
18 January to 29 February 2020
Where
Mackey Apartments and Mackey Garages
1137 South Cochran Avenue
90019 Los Angeles, CA, USA
Organizer
Materials & Applications
Link
materialsandapplications.org

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