Johann Lurf / Group XXXIII, Oct 2011 - Mar 2012

FINAL PROJECTS: GROUP XXXIII

3/9/12 to 3/11/12

MAK Center for Art and Architecture Mackey Apartments and Mackey Garage Top 1137 S. Cochran Avenue Los Angeles

Johann Lurf spent several months documenting Morris Reservoir near Asuza, California, which functioned for decades as a military torpedo testing site and water source. Torpedos were fired into the water at different angles, using a movable ramp structure. Now that the site has been decommissioned, all that remains are infrastructural oddities. Lurf produced a video study of the site's immediate context and its place in the larger conversation of L.A. civil engineering.