Archinect - News2024-05-03T11:49:12-04:00https://archinect.com/news/article/131428421/art-architecture-jimenez-lai-s-beachside-lonelyhearts-at-jai-jai-gallery
Art + Architecture: Jimenez Lai's 'Beachside Lonelyhearts' at Jai & Jai Gallery Nicholas Korody2015-07-08T19:35:00-04:00>2023-09-06T10:46:09-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/98/98h560x8bx6z8qdt.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>“Is there a line between architecture and art?” <a href="http://www.aud.ucla.edu/faculty/sylvia_lavin_11.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sylvia Lavin</a>, the influential architecture critic and scholar, asked <a href="http://bureau-spectacular.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jimenez Lai</a>, the architect-cum-artist, during a “Pillowtalk” reopening of his ongoing exhibit at <a href="https://www.jainjai.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jai & Jai Gallery</a> in Los Angeles. It’s a question that hovers over the rest of their open conversation, documented in videos posted below, as well as the show itself.</p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/4y/4yg78d5bzynep9ef.jpg"></p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/1g/1gvtuouk7yk3anxg.jpg"></p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/3t/3twcr289rbazs3nu.jpg"></p><p><em>Beachside Lonelyhearts </em>is the name of Lai’s immersive art installation, but it also encompasses what could be considered a durational performance or an architectural intervention. In fact, it’s a show that seems to inevitably precipitate such reflections about the status and relevance of genre distinctions – in no small part because of the distinction-defying oeuvres of both the artist and the gallery. </p><p>On the other hand, it’s an installation that has the capacity to grip you in its dizzying embrace, initiating a momentary lapse into a near-fugue state as you’re overcome by its byzantine array of black lines an...</p>