I'm On the Scene, Video-wiseFrom a New York Times piece:
In this month's blazing heat, Maximilian's Schell,
an installation at the gallery Materials & Applications, is casting the most buzzed-about bit of shade in Silver Lake.
The airy vortex-shaped canopy was created by Benjamin Ball, an architect and former production designer, and Gaston Nogues, an architect and product designer at Frank Gehry Partners. They started developing the project over a year ago.
They cut 504 pieces of amber Mylar with a computer-controlled machine, fitting them together to create a structure that shades and defines the gallery's outdoor space, which they lined with hay bales for seating.
"We wanted to create an environment that would be used by the community," Mr. Gaston said. The hay, he said, "added to the casualness of the space."
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