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MAILBOX HOUSE


Installation
Venice Beach, Los Angeles, 2016

Constructing a “mailbox house” which is an exact copy of the actual house, located in 621 Brooks ave, comments on the big transformation that Venice Beach has been experiencing these past years. After the establishment of Google Headquarters nearby, the area is being slowly transformed into “Silicon Beach”. Oakwood, one of the few historically African American districts in West Los Angeles, is turning into a white wealthy neighbourhood after a number of evictions that have been taking place some years now. The old bungalows from the 20′s are being replaced by new, modern, overly designed houses with high fences, completely changing the character and erasing the history of the place. The mailbox house -apart from it’s functional use- is being installed as an attempt to save and remember the identity and the history of Oakwood in west Los Angeles.