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Anna Neimark: Rude Forms Among Us

2020 SCI-ARC GALLERY LOS ANGELES, CA
Exhibition walk-through, directed by Reza Monahan, June 18, 2020
“Dolmens are prehistoric stone assemblies. At the end of the 19th century, Eugène Trutat, Director of the Museum of Natural History of Toulouse, took photographs of these megalithic structures in the French landscape. Inspired by the Dolmen de Vaour in Tarn, this exhibition imagines extending the elusive quality of rude forms into the modern-day Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU).   Anna Neimark is Faculty at SCI-Arc and Co-Principal of First Office in Los Angeles. Collaborator Frédérique Gaillard is Curatorial Assistant and Head of Photo Library at the Natural History Museum, Toulouse.   Additional support was provided by The Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts And the Alliance Française de Los Angeles Crew Credits - Production: Creator and Executive Producer - Hernan Diaz Alonso Producers - Marcelyn Gow/Reza Monahan Director - Reza Monahan Director of Photography - Sean Morris B Camera - Robert Moreno Post-Production: Story Producer - Marcelyn Gow Editors - Cal Crawford/Reza Monahan Photography: Joshua White/JW Pictures ©2020 SCI-Arc Channel”

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First Office was founded in 2011 by Anna Neimark and Andrew Atwood to create a dialog between architectural practice and academic discourse. Their collaborative work spans buildings, exhibitions, and publications, all rooted in the belief that architecture is a form of cultural production.

The practice has engaged with leading institutions, including the MAK Center for Art and Architecture, the Chicago and Venice Biennials, MoMA PS1’s Young Architects Program, and the Architectural League of New York. The projects and essays of First Office have been recognized with awards and compiled in Nine Essays (Treatise Press, 2015), as well as in Andrew’s publication Not Interesting: On the Limits of Criticism in Architecture (Applied Research and Design, 2017).

Anna Neimark
Design Faculty and Visual Studies Coordinator, SCI-Arc
anna.neimark@gmail.com

Andrew Atwood
Licensed Architect and Associate Professor, UC Berkeley
w.andrew.atwood@gmail.com