Under the Influence 009

Please join us for Under the Influence 009, , an event in collaboration with the Neutra VDL Studio and Residences which will take place at the Neutra VDL Studio and Residences, designed by Richard Neutra. 

Under the Influence is a series of conversations that expands upon the concepts of Los Angeles Modernism. This radical movement rejected predetermined rules and embraced experimentation, striving for freedom of expression in all areas of culture. Modernism also catalyzed an interest in social equality, politics, healthy environments, new materials, and innovation, ushering design into a new and transformative era. The series brings together architects, artists, and designers from all over the world to engage in dialogue with local architects, landscape architects, and creatives in LA's quintessential iconic modernist spaces. We aim to uncover the influence of this radical approach on today’s culture and will reflect on what we do next by bringing foreign and local voices into experimental and progressive conversations.

Two speakers are invited for each talk: one local and one from elsewhere. Each speaker will present their work, highlighting the experimental approach’s influence that Los Angeles Modernism set in motion. The presentation will be followed by a conversation among the speakers and with the audience.

Speakers: Frances Anderton (Los Angeles) and Johanna Hurme (Winnipeg)

Date: Wednesday, November 20th, 6:30pm to 9:00pm

Venue: Neutra VDL Studio and Residences, designed by Richard Neutra

Address: 2300 Silverlake Blvd, Los Angeles 90039

Tickets: Non-Members $30, Members and Students $15

Bios:

Frances Anderton

Frances Anderton covers Los Angeles design and architecture in print, broadcast media and public events, with a current focus on housing. She is the author of the award-winning book Common Ground: Multifamily Housing in Los Angeles, and co-author of Awesome and Affordable: Great Housing Now, a multimedia project for Friends of Residential Treasures: Los Angeles (FORT: LA). She lectures on urban housing typologies at USC school of architecture, she has made short films for the nonprofit housing developers Community Corporation of Santa Monica and Venice Community Housing, and, most recently, edited the housing section for Of The Moment. Anderton also writes a regular newsletter for KCRW public radio station, for which she previously hosted the KCRW show DnA: Design and Architecture, and produced the current affairs shows Which Way, LA? and To The Point. Honors include the Esther McCoy Award, from the USC Architectural Guild, for her work educating the public about architecture and urbanism. 

Johanna Hurme

Johanna Hurme is an architect, co-founder and managing partner of Winnipeg-based 5468796 Architecture. For the past 16 years, the firm has been pursuing a critical architectural response to contemporary issues in multi-family housing and urban design, grounded in real-life practice-based experience and a tandem investigation into world-wide housing research and built work. The firm’s work has been awarded "50 Best Architectural Firms in 2020" by Domus, Rice Design Alliance Spotlight Award, WAN 21 for 21, Architectural League of NY Emerging Voices, and the Design Vanguard by Architectural Record. 5468796 represented Canada at the Venice Biennale in Architecture, and were the recipients of the Prix de Rome Award in Architecture for Canada.

Johanna is also an activist and an advocate, having initiated a number of design related events. She is past Chair of the Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce, a member of the International Council Van Alen Institute NY and the President Elect of RAIC I Architecture Canada. She has taught architecture at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY, the IIT College of Architecture, in Chicago, and at the University of Toronto, Montreal, Calgary and Manitoba. Johanna lectures extensively and is co-author of Innovative Solutions for Creating Sustainable Cities (2018), and platform:MIDDLE: Architecture for Housing the 99%, (2023).

This program is supported, in part, by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Department of Arts and Culture, and by Neutra VDL Studio and Residences.

Event Organizers: Noam Sararagosti, Jose Herrasti, Ryan Conroy, Lorena Garcia, Monica Lamela Blazquez, Donatella Cusmá, Roberto Paz

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Image credits:

Johanna Hurme’s images courtesy of: 5468796 Architecture

Frances Anderton