THIS Visits: Machine Histories
L.A.’s Lincoln Heights neighborhood is home to the studio of Jason Pilarski and Steve Joyner, the duo behind the design collaborative Machine Histories.
THIS Visits takes a look into the work and driving forces behind Machine Histories.
THIS Visits: Machine Histories
L.A.’s Lincoln Heights neighborhood is home to the studio of Jason Pilarski and Steve Joyner, the duo behind the design collaborative Machine Histories.
Just what is Machine Histories? Pilarski and Joyner explore forms by humanizing technology, working with new methods to create an array of spaces, furniture, products, and more. They treat tech in a way that doesn’t try to get the most resolution out of it, but instead breaks the resolution down.
Their website says it all, “The thread that links everything together is our belief in process and production, regardless of the medium or venue. Our comprehension or even aversion to a given process is what drives the production.”
THIS Visits takes a look into the work and driving forces behind Machine Histories.
Kudos and thanks to Noe Montes , who helped interview and shoot video for this visit.
THIS Visits: Eddy Sykes
THIS Visits presents a fascinating look at the work of Eddy Sykes, an artist whose unique process yields stunning results.
THIS Visits: Eddy Sykes
Eddy Sykes is a man of many fascinations. THIS met up with Eddy at his studio in the Frog Town section of LA, where he melds architecture, sculpture, assembly, industrial design and whimsy to craft complex kinetic chandeliers that are as beautiful as they are inspiring. Some of his past projects include house plants and ashtrays carved out of bowling balls, sculptures built entirely from ostrich eggshells, a kinetic bacon and eggs… you get the drift.
THIS Visits: Clyde Kusatsu
Credited in over 220 film titles, Clyde Kusatsu is one of the hardest working actors in Hollywood. After collaborating with nearly every major Hollywood A-lister, he still remains humbled and charming. THIS Visits sat with Kusatsu in his Los Angeles home to talk about the craft of acting, modern American history, the biz and his meeting with a sitting President. The man is a workhorse and true gentleman.
THIS Visits: Clyde Kusatsu
Credited in over 220 film titles, Clyde Kusatsu is one of the hardest working actors in Hollywood. After collaborating with nearly every major Hollywood A-lister, he still remains humbled and charming. THIS Visits sat with Kusatsu in his Los Angeles home to talk about the craft of acting, modern American history, the biz and his meeting with a sitting President. The man is a workhorse and true gentleman.
Enjoy a glimpse into the life of Clyde Kusatsu, one of the most recognizable faces in television and film.
THIS Visits: Jim Smith
Come have a look and listen inside the walls of The Smell as Luis Farfan and Aaron Farley speak with the man behind the D.I.Y. club.
A THIS Visit with Jim Smith of The Smell
Soft-spoken and succinct, Jim Smith is a mild-mannered union organizer and owner and operator of The Smell, a D.I.Y. art and music space in downtown Los Angeles. For more than 10 years The Smell has been dedicated to promoting and championing avant-garde music acts from across the nation.
It was the Delta that gave the Blues a home and the Village Vanguard that housed the burgeoning Jazz scene. Then it was the CBGB that cradled Punk in America. Now we have The Smell and Jim Smith, champions for the sounds of the future, which will go down in the annals of rock and roll history as a birthplace for some of the most exciting and vibrant acts of today.
Come have a look and listen inside the walls of The Smell as Luis Farfan and Aaron Farley speak with the man behind the D.I.Y. club.
THIS Visits: Danger
The 3rd video in the THIS Visits series features collage artist Danger. He refuses to participate with the world around him and has a general disdain for humanity. That said, he is mildly obsessed with Lady Gaga and has a real fondness for Roxy Music and Ladytron.
THIS Visits Collage Artist Danger
Lifelong Redondo Beach, CA resident Danger is an artist who painstakingly creates hand-cut, hand-glued collage works. By working with existing materials including out-of-print books, magazines and other paper ephemera, Danger re-contextualizes the meanings of existing imagery, producing works that are both frightening and incredibly intricate.
Danger refuses to participate with the world around him and has a general disdain for humanity. That said, he is mildly obsessed with Lady Gaga and has a real fondness for Roxy Music and Ladytron.
Learn more about Danger and his unique world view straight from the artist himself in our THIS Visits with Danger, one of the gallery’s favorite artists.
