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Research & Development Studio Projects

The outcomes of our studio practice are projects varying in form and scale that are developed in service to our mission of contextualizing our histories, imagining our futures, and grounding us in the now.

A creative research studio at the intersection of indigenous histories and intuitive futures. Through our cooperative practice and intercommunal services we aim to inspire the public into innovative-ancient ways of being. We be in community, through arts, and towards a vision informed by intuition, context, and ancestors.

Memoryhaus 555

Studio Services:

Beginning January 2021, Memoryhaus 555, opened as an imagination of four walls, a porch, and a kitchen. A 960 sqft loft space off of Figueroa in Historic South Central Los Angeles was the site for an endeavor into placemaking informed by ITS-IN-SCOPE Neighborhood Studios thesis developed in conjunction with Meet The Youngs.

What became materialized in January 2021 expanded from the thesis into a living archive informed by the community that occupied the space-time the four walls and a central intention created. Named by founding fellow, Altagracia Alvarado, the Memoryhaus functioned as an alternative site for education, optimism and imagination for four years. An offering of place and a model for cooperative placemaking, the space served as a portal for collective learning and contemporary archiving through a curation of built environments and intimate experiences. A tearoom, printmaking studio, research library, cinemahouse, classroom, concert venue, store, and so much more this space was beloved by a community of artists, researchers, seekers, and memory keepers to whom we are most grateful to building and sustaining this project.

title
Memoryhaus 555

format
Installation & Placemaking

practices
Collective Learning, Community Archiving, Creative Direction, Programming Development, Installation, Placemaking, Facilitation, Design & Propaganda, Service Design, Curatorial Development

seasons
Winter 2021 - Winter 2025

contributors
Altagracia Alvarado, Marvin James, Mary D, SunXochitl Castro, Annalie Juan, Karim Wadood, Juniper Jones, Phylizia Carillo, Paolo Manlucu, Jacob Nadir Gray, Brenda Ceja, Keenan Rhodes, Sara Luttrell, Alex Mercier, Ezra, Crea, Asha Grant, Ephraim Owairu, Nijuel X, Jordan Silver, The Don Brown Collective, AnAkA, Barney Bones, Jason E. C. Wright, Annessa De La Cruz

partners
Ctrl+Space
Jardin de Altagracia
Meet The Youngs
ZEAL Co-Op