Renée
Petropoulos
“Pershing
Square/Title”
Curated
by
Susan
Horowitz
Independent
Curator for Phantom Galleries LA
About Susan Horowitz
Please
visit car radio (106.9 fm) when traveling in the vicinity
audio stream
About
Renée Petropoulos
Contact:
Susan Horowitz
susanhorowitzproject@mac.com
Courtesy
of Rosamund Felsen
Gallery
Location:
Title Guarantee
Building Lofts
411
West 5th Street Los Angeles, 90013
Art Space is on Hill Street at Hill and 5th Street
TitleGuaranteeBuilding.com
Exhibit
runs:
April 22- June 30, 2008.
Pedestrian viewing 24/7
Upcoming
Title Guarantee Building Arts Space Exhibits
1929-31 JOHN & DONALD PARKINSON ARCHITECTS
CITY OF LA HISTORIC-CULTURAL MONUMENT
DESIGNATED 1984
“Pershing
Square/Title” is a site-specific visual and sound
installation by artist Renée Petropoulos. This project
continues Renee Petropoulos' exploration of the relationship between
the architectural and social culture of LA. The starting point
for this project is the original function of the building which
housed the Title Guarantee and Trust Co., a business comprised
of holding the deeds to LA properties. The work consists of a
series of audio commentaries by various voices (people) revealing
their points of view on different LA locations. Both amateur and
authoritative voices are included and the often poetic, emotional
nature of the language of these perceptions reveals unexpected
passions for the historic and the current elements of the city.
Descriptions of hospital rooms, immigration offices, cinema locations
and palatial pink factories serve to illuminate our cumulative
and collective response to LA. The fusion of the public and private
perceptions of the city furthers ideas about architecture, ownership
and individual interior reflection.
The project will be in constant evolution reflecting a changing
situation through both audio and visual encounters. The audio
component of the interviews will be broadcast from the building
being available at street level, and through your car radio (106.9fm)
when traveling in the vicinity and via the PhantomGalleriesLA.com
website, excerpts made of vinyl lettering, culled from the interviews
will be added one sentence at a time on a weekly basis to the
Title Guarantee Building Art Space Windows.
“Pershing Square/Title” at the Art
Deco/ Zigzag Moderne LA Historic-Cultural Monument on Pershing
Square, presents a compelling urban street experience of encountering
diverse perspectives of LA. The Pershing Square area is central
to Downtown LA’s extraordinary urban transformation as a
vital place to work, live and visit. It is a resonant place to
consider the issues raised by this public art work.