Part one of a two-part architectural installation, “A Vast Furniture”, by Carmen Argote at the Schindler House in West Hollywood will be on display until May 17.

With one sculpture and two sites, Los Angeles-based artist Argote uses the floor plan of the Schindler House as an inspiration and guide to literalize the understanding of architectural space as delineated and distinguished from non-architected space.

Argote materializes the simple line-drawing action that gave shape to the house’s determining features back in 1921, when memories of time in Yosemite National Park led the architect to produce what he conceived of as a permanent campsite.

For part two, Argote’s sculpture will be separated from its defining walls and reconstructed in an open landscape in the Mojave Desert.

Installed in collaboration with Joshua Tree-based High Desert Test Sites, the traced line-as-object will carry the influence and socio-cultural imprint of the house. Within the outlined perimeter of vast horizons, the architecture of both spaces will be simultaneously activated. Visitors will be able to take up residence in the ghost image of the Schindler House as the sculpture will function both to define a campsite and host conversation around home ownership, cycles of prospecting throughout the region’s history, and the meaning of the outskirts to a city like Los Angeles.

The desert portion of the project will be accompanied by on-site programming linking Kings Road to Wonder Valley through the shared legacy of new beginnings manifesting as real estate inherent to Southern California. The Schindler House is located at 835 N. Kings Road in West Hollywood. For information, visit www.MAKcenter.org.