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Petting Zoo.

Title:: Mike Kelley: Petting Zoo
Architect:: Escher GuneWardena Architecture
Category:: Community/; Playgrounds and Recreation Spaces

Escher GuneWardena worked with conceptual artist, Mike Kelley, in the planning and architectural design of his installation at an abandoned public urban space in the heart of the historic town of Münster for the international exhibition which recurs every decade. Kelley's piece, which revolves around the biblical story of Lot, and notions of domesticated animals, consisted of a chicken coop, a goat tower and a round barn dominated by a salt-lick in the form of Lot’s wife which stood in the center. Skulptur Projekte Münster 07 was curated by Kaspar König, Brigitta Franzen and Carina Plath for the Westfalian Museum of Art and Cultural History, Münster, Germany.

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Escher GuneWardena Architecture. Escher GuneWardena, founded in Los Angeles in 1996, came to international recognition for their creative and flexible approaches to a wide range of projects, bringing their diverse interests and talents into play, and cross-pollinating one architectural or artistic discipline with another to achieve innovative solutions. Commercial spaces are treated as conceptual art works, hillside residences emerge as poetic responses to difficult sites. Historic preservation projects, including such icons as the Eames House and John Lautner's Chemosphere, testify to Escher GuneWardena’s sensitivity to, and expertise in, 20th century architectural history. Their presence in the world of contemporary art is confirmed by their numerous collaborations with artists such as Sharon Lockhart, Mike Kelley, and Stephen Prina. Inhabiting both the worlds of architectural history and of contemporary art, the work of Escher GuneWardena reflects the unique conditions of Los Angeles, which has been a stage for 20th-century architecture and is, today, a hub for contemporary art.